Category: AMERICA

FDA, CDC Give Emergency Approval to Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine as First Booster Shot

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday signed off on Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine to use as a first booster dose for people aged 18 and older. After the FDA gave an emergency use authorization to the Novavax booster on Wednesday, the CDC recommended its use hours…


New COVID Variants Increase in Proportion of Cases

The proportion of people getting infected with the new BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 variants of COVID-19 is rising, according to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 subvariants—descendants of the BA.5 omicron variant—were recently added to the CDC’s COVID-19 variant list. Between Oct. 7 and 15,…


Top NIH Official Was Unaware of Boston Lab’s New COVID Research With ’80 Percent’ Kill Rate in Mice

A National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases official said the agency will further evaluate a controversial Boston University-commissioned preprint study that developed a COVID-19 hybrid that killed “80 percent” of lab mice, saying the team involved didn’t clear the work with the federal agency. Speaking to STAT News, Emily Erbelding, the head of NIAID’s division…


LIVE at 1:15 PM ET: CDC Advisors Discuss COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Data

The Advisory Committee On Immunization Practices (ACIP) Meeting: Updates to Childhood Immunization Schedule, COVID-19, Influenza, Pneumococcal Vaccines and More in Atlanta, Georgia, on Oct. 19. The Epoch Times will livestream the meeting at 1:30 p.m. ET. Access the livestream on this page, and also at EpochTV. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it…


LIVE NOW: CDC Advisors Discuss COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Data

The Advisory Committee On Immunization Practices (ACIP) Meeting: Updates to Childhood Immunization Schedule, COVID-19, Influenza, Pneumococcal Vaccines and More in Atlanta, Georgia, on Oct. 19. The Epoch Times will livestream the meeting at 1:15 p.m. ET. Access the livestream on this page, and also at EpochTV. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it…


CDC Advisors Discuss COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Data

The Advisory Committee On Immunization Practices (ACIP) Meeting: Updates to Childhood Immunization Schedule, COVID-19, Influenza, Pneumococcal Vaccines and More in Atlanta, Georgia, on Oct. 19. The Epoch Times will livestream the meeting at 1:15 p.m. ET. Access the livestream on this page, and also at EpochTV. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it…


Fauci’s Agency Now Scrutinizing University Study of Hybrid COVID Strain That Killed ’80 Percent’ of Mice

A National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases official said the agency will further evaluate a controversial Boston University-commissioned preprint study that developed a COVID-19 hybrid that killed “80 percent” of lab mice, saying the team involved didn’t clear the work with the federal agency. Speaking to STAT News, Emily Erbelding, the head of NIAID’s division…


Did the FBI Offer a Russian Oligarch $1 Million to Interfere in the 2016 Election?

New court testimony gives evidence that the FBI promised one of Christopher Steele’s Russian clients, a Putin ally, big money. Why? To corroborate the document at the center of the Trump–Russia collusion hoax that continues to divide and destabilize America: Steele’s debunked dossier. In this newsmaking episode of Over the Target, Brendon Fallon and Lee…


Younger People May Not Need COVID-19 Boosters: Moderna CEO

Many younger people may not need COVID-19 boosters, the CEO of Moderna said on Oct. 17. “I think it’s going to be like the flu. If you’re a 25-year-old do you need an annual booster every year if you’re healthy?” Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel said during a Yahoo Finance event. “You might want it because…


Boston University Defends Controversial Study on COVID Hybrid Strain With ’80 Percent’ Mortality Rate in Mice

Boston University issued a statement Tuesday defending its research of a COVID-19 Omicron strain when they took the variant’s spike protein and attached it to the original COVID-19 strain, leading to a higher mortality rate in a certain species of mice, triggering concern among lawmakers. “The Omicron S-bearing virus robustly escapes vaccine-induced humoral immunity, mainly due…