Category: Vaccine

HHS Becomes Latest Federal Agency to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccines for Workers

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Thursday said that it will require all of its frontline health care workers to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, according to agency Secretary Xavier Becerra. HHS is now the third federal agency to require its employees to receive the vaccine, joining the Department of Veterans Affairs and…


Six Aussies Given ‘Ultra-Low’ Dose of Pfizer at Vaccination Centre

An Australian hospital has apologised after six out of 66 people were given an “ultra-low” dose of Pfizer at the Kippa Ring Vaccination Centre in Brisbane, the Queensland government has announced. Citing an administration error, Queensland Health said it had attempted to contact the 66 people who attended the vaccination centre before 9.30 a.m. on…


Facts Matter (Aug 11): Is It Legal for Military to Enforce Vaccine Mandate on Troops?

On Tuesday, in New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo officially resigned. However, while everyone is focused on his sexual harassment allegations, the FBI quietly dropped their investigation into the way he handled nursing homes. Meanwhile, protests against vaccine mandates have been springing up across this country. Two days ago, we had teams on the ground in…


Los Angeles County to Require Proof of Vaccination to Enter Indoor Public Spaces

The Los Angeles City Council unanimously voted Aug. 11 to prepare an ordinance that will require people to show proof of at least partial COVID-19 vaccination to enter public indoor spaces in the city, including restaurants, bars, gyms, entertainment venues, and retail stores.  The ordinance is more restrictive than a policy recently enacted in New York…


Los Angeles to Create Ordinance Requiring Vaccination to Enter Restaurants, Retail Stores

The Los Angeles City Council unanimously voted Aug. 11 to prepare an ordinance that will require people to show proof of at least partial COVID-19 vaccination to enter public indoor spaces in the city, including restaurants, bars, gyms, entertainment venues, and retail stores.  The ordinance is more restrictive than a policy recently enacted in New York…


California Requires School Employees to Get Vaccinated or Be Tested Every Week

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday announced that all school employees will have to either get vaccinated or submit to a regular test for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, making his state the first in the nation to do so. “To give parents confidence that their children are safe as schools return to full,…


CDC: New Data Show COVID-19 Vaccines Safe for Pregnant Women

New data show no increase in miscarriages among pregnant women who received a messenger RNA-based COVID-19 vaccine, signaling the vaccines are safe for the population, a U.S. health agency said Wednesday. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) researchers analyzed numbers from v-safe, a voluntary phone-based surveillance system, and found the occurrence of miscarriages was…


European Union Reviewing New Possible Side Effects of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines

Experts in Europe are probing three newly reported conditions that appeared in people who received a COVID-19 vaccine built on messenger RNA, the European Union’s drug regulator said on Wednesday. The safety panel of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) is reviewing post-vaccination cases of erythema multiforme, a skin condition that leaves people with round lesions;…


Los Angeles County Employees Required to Get COVID-19 Vaccines, Weekly Tests

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion Aug. 10 to require all Los Angeles County city employees to be fully vaccinated by Oct. 1, or to undergo weekly COVID-19 testing.   “L.A. County should lead by example,” Supervisor Sheila Kuehl told the Epoch Times.   “The best step we can take for the…


Orange County Board of Supervisors to Develop Vaccine Incentive Program

The Orange County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a $4.5 million grant to assist the county in COVID-19 vaccine community engagement and outreach services. The grant also includes an incentive program for those seeking to get vaccinated but are burdened with financial setbacks.   “The vaccine equity program is really a terrific way to get people not…