The protection from prior COVID-19 infection does not protect well against reinfection against an Omicron subvariant, according to a new study. The protection, known as natural immunity, was estimated at just 6 percent against reinfection with BA.2.75, the Omicron subvariant, by researchers in Qatar, where the subvariant is the dominant virus strain. Natural immunity protected better…
Pre-Omicron Natural Immunity Doesn’t Protect Well Against Omicron Subvariant: Study
Risk of Heart Inflammation in Children Elevated After Receipt of Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine: Study
Children as young as 12 have an elevated risk of heart inflammation after receiving Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, according to a new study. Researchers with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and other institutions analyzed data from the FDA’s Biologics Effectiveness and Safety (BEST) Initiative and looked for safety signals after Pfizer vaccination for children…
Two Studies Showing New COVID-19 Boosters Similar to Old Shots Won’t Change Policy: FDA
Two new studies that showed the updated COVID-19 boosters provoked an immune response similar to the one triggered by the old boosters will not have an effect on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s emergency use authorizations, a top regulator says. Dr. Peter Marks, head of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, told The Epoch…
Officials Across United States Spread Misinformation on COVID-19 Vaccines
November 1, 2022
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Officials across the United States are continuing to spread misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, The Epoch Times has found. The claims include unsupported or misleading statements about vaccine effectiveness and safety. The vast majority of officials responsible for the misinformation were unable or unwilling to provide evidence backing their claims. The Louisiana Department of Health is…
EXCLUSIVE: CDC Officials Told They Spread Misinformation but Still Didn’t Issue Correction: Emails
October 29, 2022
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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officials were alerted that they spread misinformation about child COVID-19 deaths but still did not issue corrections, according to emails obtained by The Epoch Times. Drs. Katherine Fleming-Dutra and Sara Oliver were told within days of presenting to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the CDC’s…
ET Drug Regulator Recommends Adding ‘Heavy Menstrual Bleeding’ as mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine Side-Effect
The European Union’s drug regulator on Friday said it is recommending adding “heavy menstrual bleeding” as a side effect to both Pfizer’s and Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines, according to an advisory panel meeting. The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) safety committee said that “heavy menstrual bleeding should be added to the product information as a side effect…
EU Drug Regulator Recommends Adding ‘Heavy Menstrual Bleeding’ as mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine Side-Effect
The European Union’s drug regulator on Friday said it is recommending adding “heavy menstrual bleeding” as a side effect to both Pfizer’s and Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines, according to an advisory panel meeting. The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) safety committee said that “heavy menstrual bleeding should be added to the product information as a side effect…
‘Substantial Evidence’ COVID-19 Result of Wuhan, China Laboratory ‘Incident’: Senate Report
Considerable evidence points to the COVID-19 pandemic being linked to the high-level laboratory in Wuhan, China, that is located near where the first cases were reported, a U.S. Senate report released Oct. 27 says. “Substantial evidence suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic was the result of a research-related incident associated with a laboratory in Wuhan, China,”…
‘Substantial Evidence’ COVID-19 Result of Wuhan Laboratory ‘Incident’: Senate Report
Considerable evidence points to the COVID-19 pandemic being linked to the high-level laboratory in Wuhan, China, that’s located near where the first cases were reported, a U.S. Senate report released on Oct. 27 states. “Substantial evidence suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic was the result of a research-related incident associated with a laboratory in Wuhan, China,”…
CDC Pushed for COVID-19 Boosters Without Clinical Trials: Emails
October 26, 2022
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) pressured U.S. regulators to clear COVID-19 boosters without clinical trial data, according to newly released emails. CDC officials relayed to counterparts at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in early August 2021 that they wanted authorization for Moderna and Pfizer boosters as data began showing that…
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