According to a recent study by Cedars Sinai, there was a nearly 30 percent increase in deaths from heart attacks in adults 25 to 44 years old during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic.1 In the first year of the pandemic, the number of deaths due to heart attack increased by 14 percent from the previous year.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare of Taiwan has agreed to pay $114,829 under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) to the family of a young girl in Taoyuan, Taiwan, who died of myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) within days of receiving the second dose of Pfizer/BioNTech’s Comirnaty COVID-19 messenger RNA (mRNA) shot. […]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated recommended vaccine schedules for children, adolescents and adults to include the COVID-19 biologics. The move is consistent with recommendations made by the agency’s Advisory Committee on Vaccine Practices (ACIP) in October 2022.1 2 3 4 5 The update of the recommended vaccination schedules was […]
A new study from Denmark shows that the messenger RNA (mRNA) genetic material, which instructs the body’s cells to make the SAR-CoV-2 spike protein, can be found in the blood as long as 28 days after vaccination with Pfizer/BioNTech’s Comirnaty or Moderna/NIAID Spikevax mRNA COVID1-9 biologics. These findings stand in direct contrast to claims by […]
According to the Department of Health in New Brunswick, Canada, 1,148 people living in that province suffered an adverse reaction after receiving a COVID-19 shot between Dec. 14, 2020 and Jan. 14, 2023. It was reported that 313 of the reactions were considered “serious.”1 Health Canada, the department of the Canadian government responsible for national health […]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) shows that, as of Jan. 20, 2023, there have been 3,855 cases of pulmonary embolism reported following COVID-19 shots.1 A pulmonary embolism is a blood clot that develops in a blood vessel in the body, often in the leg, and […]
In July 2020, the U.S. government ordered 100 million doses of Pfizer/BioNTech’s experimental BNT162b2 (now known as Comirnaty) messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 biologic for $1.95 billion, or $19.50 per dose. A few months later in December, it followed up with a second order for another 100 million doses of the shot for the same price.1 […]
On Jan. 12, 2023, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) approved lump sum monetary payments to the families of five people in the country who died after getting COVID shots. Each payment is valued at ¥44.2 million ($345,677), and there is also a ¥212,000 ($1,658) contribution for funeral expenses.1 2 3 The five […]
In early December 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) amended the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna/NIAID mRNA COVID-19 shots to include administration of the Omicron COVID booster shots to children as young as six months old. The action allows everyone over the age of six months to get the […]
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a focus on the shortage of doctors opting to specialize in infectious disease. According to forecasts by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the United States will face a serious shortage of infectious disease doctors with estimates showing that that by 2035 there will […]