Wellness Industry Expands With Procter & Gamble Acquisition of Thorne for $3.8 Billion
Consumer giant Proctor & Gamble has announced its acquisition of supplement maker Thorne for $3.8 billion. The Tide detergent company, which already owns dozens of household brands such as Tide, Olay, Pampers, and Crest, is making a push into the health and wellness market as the market continues to grow.1 The global wellness economy reached […]
CDC Withholding Safety Data on COVID Bivalent Shots and Heart Inflammation
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is refusing to release information it has collected on cases of myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) and pericarditis (inflammation of the membrane around the heart) following administration of messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 bivalent shot. The bivalent shot has been replaced this year with a new […]
CDC, FDA Find Possible Link Between Pfizer’s Bivalent COVID Shot and Strokes
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said last week that they are investigating a possible link between Pfizer/BioNTech’s bivalent messenger RNA (mRNA) Comirnaty COVID biologic and an increased risk of a type of ischemic stroke among people 65 years of age and older. Data from the […]
Public Skepticism Over COVID Shots Fuels Growing Vaccine Hesitancy
A study conducted by the University of Portsmouth in the United Kingdom found that public confidence in vaccines has declined significantly since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study, published in the medical journal Vaccine in October 2022 surveyed a total of 1,009 individuals—739 in 2019 and 270 in 2022.1 2 3 4 5 […]
Safety and Effectiveness of New COVID Bivalent Boosters Based on a Study of Eight Mice?
With no safety and efficacy evidence from human clinical trials, on Aug. 31, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) amended the Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) for Pfizer/BioNTech’s Comirnaty and Moderna/NIAID’s Spikevax messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 biologics to distribute “bivalent formulations” (two-in-one) of the shots to use as a “single booster dose.”1 2 The […]
Renewable Travel Pass May Signal Annual Booster Shots for European Union
As part of an effort to reopen their borders and encourage travelers from outside of Europe, the 27 member states of the European Union (E.U.) began issuing an “E.U. Digital COVID Certificate” (EUDCC) on July 1, 2021 to people who have receive COVID vaccinations to allow freedom of movement within the region. The travel scheme, […]