Medicine

CDC’s ACIP Vaccine Advisory Panel Lacks Leader and Voting Members

Bird Flu Outbreak in Oregon Leads to Mass Euthanization of Poultry

Study: Correlation Between Human and Pet Vaccine Hesitancy

Women Are at Higher Risk for COVID Vaccine Reactions Than Men

by Kate Raines

March 21, 2021

Story Highlights It has been reported that women are at greater risk for anaphylactic adverse reactions to the experimental vaccines for COVID-19 ...

J&J to Test COVID-19 Vaccine on Babies, Pregnant Women and the Immunocompromised

by TVR Staff

March 7, 2021

Pharmaceutical and medical device giant Johnson & Johnson, Inc. (J&J) announced on Feb. 28, 2021 plans to test its experimental Ad26.COV2.S vaccine ...

WHO Does About-Face on Whether Pregnant Women Should Get Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine

by Natasha Hobley

February 15, 2021

In early January 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended against pregnant women receiving the Pfizer/BioNTech experimental mRNA COVID-19 vaccine due to ...

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 Vaccine Not Recommended for People Over 65 in Germany

by Carolyn Hendler, JD

February 7, 2021

Health officials in Germany have cautioned that the AstraZeneca/Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine (AZD1222) should not be given to people over the age of ...

Moderna, Pfizer Test mRNA Experimental Biologics on Children

by TVR Staff

February 7, 2021

On Dec. 10, 2020, American biotechnology company Moderna, Inc., which is pioneering the development of experimental messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, ...

Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 Vaccine Approved for Pregnant Women in Israel

by Kate Raines

January 31, 2021

Story Highlights The World Health Organization issued a Jan. 26, 2021 statement recommending that pregnant women should not be vaccinated with Moderna’s ...