Tag: Vaccine

Spread of COVID-19 Variants Around the World Could Be Seen as ‘Next Pandemic’: Taiwan Health Official

The continuous mutation of the CCP virus, with multiple variants circulating around the world, could be described as the “next pandemic,” a top Taiwanese health official has warned. Wu Chung-hsiun, President of Taiwan’s Development Center for Biotechnology (DCB) and Director of the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries Promotion Office of Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA),…


Hospital Suspends 178 Workers for Not Complying With COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

A hospital system in Texas has suspended workers who did not get a COVID-19 vaccine. The Houston Methodist system on April 1 informed employees that they would be required to get a vaccine on or before June 7 or submit documentation for an exemption. Exemptions would only be based on a medical condition such as…


AstraZeneca Jab Causes ‘Slightly Increased Risk’ of Bleeding: UK Study

The Oxford/AstraZeneca CCP virus vaccine is linked to “slightly increased risk of some bleeding disorders,” British researchers have found. Through an analysis of people who received a first dose of the AstraZeneca or Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, researchers at the University of Edinburgh found a small increased risk of an autoimmune bleeding disorder known as immune thrombocytopenic…


Biden’s July 4 COVID-19 Vaccination Target in Peril as Demand Plunges

President Joe Biden’s goal of having seven out of 10 U.S. adults get at least one shot against the virus that causes COVID-19 by July 4 is in peril as demand for the jabs continue dropping. Daily vaccinations soared to 4.3 million on April 1 and remained above 4 million on other days in early…


NDIS Participants, Indigenous Aussies, and All Top End Territorians Over 16 Now Eligible for Vaccinations

All Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders aged over 16, as well as all National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants aged over 16 and all residents of the Northern Territory, will now be eligible to access the CCP virus vaccines. This comes after the national cabinet approved the expansion last week to speed up the vaccine rollout…


Vietnam Approves China’s Sinopharm Vaccine for Use Against COVID-19

HANOI—Vietnam has approved China’s Sinopharm vaccine for use against COVID-19, state media reported on Friday, making it the third brand to be endorsed in the Southeast Asian country that is tackling a new outbreak of infections. The decision to approve the Sinopharm vaccine was issued by the health ministry, the official Vietnam News Agency reported….


Biden Administration to Share 25 Million COVID-19 Doses With Other Countries

President Joe Biden’s administration announced Thursday a plan to share 25 million COVID-19 vaccine doses with other countries. Approximately 19 million doses will be shared through an initiative directed by the World Health Organization known as COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access, or COVAX. About 7 million doses will be sent to South and Southeast Asia, 6 million…


Biden’s Vaccine Goal Not the Bar for Herd Immunity: CDC Director

President Joe Biden’s goal of having 70 percent of American adults vaccinated against the virus that causes COVID-19 by July 4 is not the same as the threshold for herd immunity, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. “We know that the more and more people who get one vaccine…


Biden Announces 5-Part Vaccine Effort to Have 70 Percent of Adults Jabbed by July 4

President Joe Biden on Wednesday repeatedly called for Americans to drop their resistance to being vaccinated against the CCP virus while announcing the administration’s five-part plan for the month of June to encourage 70 percent of U.S. adults to get at least one dose of vaccine by July 4. The administration’s new effort, which includes…


Moderna Applies for Full ‘Biologics License’ Approval of Its COVID-19 Vaccine

Moderna on Tuesday applied for a so-called “biologics license” for its COVID-19 vaccine, a step up from its current emergency use authorization that would open the shot to interstate commerce and allow the drugmaker to market it directly to consumers. The company’s mRNA vaccine was approved for emergency use by the Food and Drug Administration…