Israel Studying Possible Link Between Heart Inflammation and Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 Shot
The Israeli Health Ministry is evaluating cases of heart inflammation in people in Israel who have received Pfizer/BioNTech’s experimental messenger RNA (mRNA) BNT162b2 vaccine for COVID-19. In a preliminary study, led by Dror Mevorach, MD head of one of the COVID-19 units at Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem in Jerusalem, 62 cases of myocarditis—inflammation of the […]
U.S. Government Partnering With Community Leaders to Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed an initiative called “The
Study Finds Higher Risk of Blood Clots With AstraZeneca/Oxford University’s COVID-19 Vaccine
A new cohort study published in the British medical journal The BMJ on May 5, 2021 found increased rates of blood clots
Demand for COVID-19 Vaccines Declines As Eligibility Expands
As eligibility for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) COVID-19 vaccines expands to people 16 years and older, many counties in the United States are starting to experience a decline in demand for the vaccines.1 Carlos Del Rio, MD, professor at the Emory University School of Medicine said, “I worry that we’re rapidly transitioning our country from […]
“Breakthrough Cases” of COVID-19 Emerging Among Fully Vaccinated Americans
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends getting a COVID-19 vaccine, stating that, “COVID-19 vaccines are effective at protecting you from getting sick. Based on what we know about COVID-19 vaccines, people who have been fully vaccinated can start to do some things that they had stopped doing because of the pandemic.”1 […]
Kansas Woman Dies Day After Being Vaccinated for COVID-19
A 68-year-old woman died suddenly on Mar. 24, 2021 the day after getting the first dose of an experimental COVID-19 biologic in Kansas. Mother and grandmother Jeanie M. Evans experienced an anaphylactic reaction to the shot during the 15-minute observation period following administration of the biologic on Mar. 23 at the Keystone Early Learning Center […]