Yankees’ Torres Positive for COVID Despite Being Vaccinated
The New York Yankees were missing several people as they finished they’re series against the Tampa Bay Rays today. Eight New York Yankee players and staff have now tested positive for COVID-19 and every single cases is what is being called a “breakthrough case,” which means all the members were fully vaccinated but still tested […]
With Little Safety Data, CDC Recommends Pfizer COVID Vaccine for 12-Year-Old Children
Opinion | I monitor meetings of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC). On May 10, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expanded the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) granted Pfizer/BioNTech to distribute its experimental mRNA vaccine in […]
No More Masking?
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its COVID-19 guidance on wearing masks. On May 13, 2021, the CDC announced that “fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear a mask or physically distance in any setting, except where required by federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial laws, rules, and regulations, […]
CDC Investigating Local Woman’s Death After J&J Vaccine
The CDC is investigating the death of a woman from Ionia County just days after receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Thirty-five-year-old Anne VanGeest died April 19th, 11 days after getting the Johnson & Johnson shot and six days after the CDC ordered a pause to investigate an extremely rare but severe type of blood […]
Three Vaccination Sites Pause Use of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine Over Adverse Reactions
Johnson & Johnson’s [COVID-19] vaccine facing a double dose of problems. Georgia, the third state to temporarily shut down a [vaccination] site after eight [people] suffered adverse reactions to the J&J vaccine. In North Carolina, 18 people reporting side effects. In Colorado, 11 reacting to the shot, with symptoms ranging from dizziness, nausea and fainting. […]
Pfizer Poised to Dominate U.S. Market for COVID-19 Biologics
Last week was a bad one for COVID-19 biologics produced by Moderna, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson, Inc. (J&J). News reports began filtering out about new research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which were published on Apr. 5, 2021 in the journal JAMA and revealed that people who receive Moderna’s […]