Texas Man and Dairy Cattle Test Positive for Bird Flu
A man in Texas has tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu after direct exposure to infected dairy cattle. While this is the second recent case of bird flu identified in humans in the United States, it is the first time the disease has been found in dairy cattle.1 The first case of H5N1 in […]
Evidence of DNA Contamination in mRNA Shots Prompts Call for Halting Their Use
On Dec. 6, 2023, Florida’s Surgeon General, Joseph Ladapo, MD, PhD, wrote a letter to the commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Robert Califf, MD, requesting that an investigation be launched into the alleged DNA contamination in Pfizer/BioNTech’s Comirnaty and Moderna/NIAID’s Spikevax mRNA (messenger ribonucleic acid) COVID shots. Not satisfied with the […]
“Long COVID Vaccination” Syndrome and “Long COVID” Illness are Similar
Researchers have been working for several years on understanding why some individuals suffer a pattern of persistent health problems after being infected with SARS-CoV-21 2 or after COVID vaccination.3 4 5 Both long COVID syndrome and long post-COVID vaccination syndrome (LPVCS) are associated with similar debilitating symptoms that affect immune and brain function.6 Although U.S. […]
Pfizer, Moderna Apply for EUA for COVID Shots for Infants, FDA to Decide Quickly
On June 1, 2022, Pfizer and BioNTech submitted an application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to distribute their messenger RNA (mRNA) BNT162b2 (also known as “Comirnaty”) COVID-19 biologic for children as young as six months to five years old. The application is for a three-dose regimen, […]
FDA Approves Fourth COVID Shot. Fifth Shot Considered.
On Mar. 29, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a second booster dose (a fourth shot) of the Pfizer/BioNTech messenger RNA (mRNA) biologic BNT162b2 (“Comirnaty”) and Moderna/NIAID mRNA-1273 (“Spikevax”) for people 50 years of age and older, as well as younger individuals who are immunocompromised. The second booster would be given no […]
FDA’s Expert Panel Recommends COVID-19 Booster Dose for Seniors and Others, Rejects Booster Dose for Children
Despite not convening the Vaccines and Related Biologic Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) last month to vote on effectiveness and safety of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (licensed under the name COMIRNATY), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) convened the advisory committee on Friday, Sept. 17, 2021 to vote on booster doses of the vaccine.1 The […]
