More Than 1,000 Adverse Reactions to COVID Shots Reported in New Brunswick, Canada

More Than 1,000 Adverse Reactions to COVID Shots Reported in New Brunswick, Canada

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 […]

Thousands of Cases of Pulmonary Embolism Reported After COVID Shots

Thousands of Cases of Pulmonary Embolism Reported After COVID Shots

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 […]

Payout for Deaths Linked to COVID Shots Approved in Japan

Payout for Deaths Linked to COVID Shots Approved in Japan

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 […]

CDC, FDA Find Possible Link Between Pfizer’s Bivalent COVID Shot and Strokes

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 […]

U.K. Coronor Says AstraZeneca’s Covid Vaccine Caused ‘Fit and Healthy’ Young Man to Die from Blood Clot in Brain

U.K. Coronor Says AstraZeneca’s Covid Vaccine Caused ‘Fit and Healthy’ Young Man to Die from Blood Clot in Brain

A 27-year-old man in England developed a blood clot in the brain and died on Apr. 20, 2021, three weeks after receiving the first dose of AstraZeneca/Oxford University’s experimental viral vectored Covid-19 vaccine Vaxzevria (also known as AZD1222), and a U.K. coroner determined his death was causally related to the vaccination. Jack Last of Stowmarket […]

Shingles May Be Triggered by Covid Shots

Shingles May Be Triggered by Covid Shots

A large retrospective cohort study conducted by researchers in Germany and the University of Virginia compared the incidence of shingles among individuals who did and did not get a Covid-19 shot and found a statistically significant difference providing evidence for an association between Covid vaccinations and increased risk for developing shingles or herpes zoster (HZ). […]

Thyroid Disorders Can Be Caused or Worsened by COVID Shots

Thyroid Disorders Can Be Caused or Worsened by COVID Shots

There have been a number of reports published in the medical literature describing cases of thyroid autoimmunity developing in individuals, who have received different types of COVID-19 shots.1 Cases occur in individuals who have never been diagnosed with a thyroid disorder and in those whose thyroid disorders worsen after COVID vaccinations. The thyroid is an […]

More Than 200 Million Doses of COVID Shots Dumped Due to Diminishing Demand

More Than 200 Million Doses of COVID Shots Dumped Due to Diminishing Demand

Nearly two years after the introduction of COVID-19 biologics around the world, the pharmaceutical industry is facing a waning demand for these products. Scott Rosenstein, a New York-based health care adviser to Eurasia Group said: Supply is exceeding demand in much of the world, even with many countries rolling out booster shots. Once the perception set […]

German Report Reveals 1 in 25 Insured Individuals Treated for COVID Shot Reactions

German Report Reveals 1 in 25 Insured Individuals Treated for COVID Shot Reactions

Techniker Krankenkasse, Germany’s largest health insurance company, reported that 437,593 of 11 million (1 in 25) insured individuals in 2021 had to undergo medical treatment as a result of adverse reactions from COVID-19 shots.1 COVID shots currently approved for use in Germany include Novavax’s Nuvaxovid, Moderna’s Spikevax, Pfizer/BioNTech’s Comirnaty, Johnson & Johnson/Janssen’s Ad26.COV2.S, AstraZeneca/Oxford University’s […]