Category: booster

Ontario Had More COVID-19 Deaths and Hospitalizations in 2022 Than 2021: Report

COVID-19 hospitalizations in Ontario were 31 percent higher in 2022 than in 2021, while deaths from the disease were 39 percent higher than the previous year, according to a new report from Public Health Ontario. The newly-released data said there were a total of 22,559 COVID-19 hospitalizations in Ontario in 2021, and 29,524 hospitalizations from the…


NTD News Today (March 29): Lawmakers Press Secretary Mayorkas on Border Crisis; WHO Scales Back Vaccine Recommendations

Fired-up lawmakers pressed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during a Senate hearing yesterday. Republican senators questioned Mayorkas’ competence in handling the border crisis. The CDC now says it found concerning data on the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine months earlier than previously known to the public. Meanwhile, the WHO declares that most people…


LIVE NOW: NTD News Today (March 29): Lawmakers Press Secretary Mayorkas on Border Crisis; WHO Scales Back Vaccine Recommendations

Fired-up lawmakers pressed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during a Senate hearing yesterday. Republican senators questioned Mayorkas’ competence in handling the border crisis. The CDC now says it found concerning data on the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine months earlier than previously known to the public. Meanwhile, the WHO declares that most people…


Ofcom Rules GB News Broke Broadcasting Rules Over COVID Booster and Death Rates Claims

Britain’s media regulator Ofcom has concluded that an episode of the Mark Steyn show on GB News broke its broadcasting rules and was “potentially harmful and materially misleading.” On Monday, Ofcom ruled that the Mark Steyn programme, which aired on GB News on April 21 last year, was in breach of its broadcasting rules. Ofcom…


Elon Musk Reveals ‘Major Side Effects’ After 2nd COVID Booster

Elon Musk said he felt like he “was dying” after his second COVID-19 booster shot. “I had major side effects from my second booster shot,” the new Twitter boss wrote in a social media post. “Felt like I was dying for several days. Hopefully, no permanent damage, but I don’t know.” Musk didn’t provide medical…


Elon Musk Reveals ‘Major Side Effects’ After 2nd COVID-19 Booster

Elon Musk said he felt like he “was dying” after his second COVID-19 booster shot. “I had major side effects from my second booster shot,” the new Twitter boss wrote in a social media post. “Felt like I was dying for several days. Hopefully, no permanent damage, but I don’t know.” Musk didn’t provide medical…


Second COVID-19 Booster Provides Worse Protection Than First Booster, Study Finds

The protection provided by a second COVID-19 vaccine booster was worse than that bestowed by an initial booster, with the shielding trending negative after a period of time, according to a new study. Protection against symptomatic infection was boosted to 64 percent seven to 30 days after an initial Pfizer or Moderna booster when compared…


About 50 Percent of Americans Say They Don’t Need New COVID Booster: Kaiser Poll

About half of the U.S. adult population say they don’t need the latest COVID-19 booster while just under a quarter have already taken the jab, according to a recent poll. The findings come despite a Biden administration push to vaccinate during the holiday season. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) COVID-19 Monitor poll, only…


About 50 Percent of Americans Say They Don’t Need New COVID-19 Booster: Kaiser Poll

About half of the U.S. adult population say they don’t need the latest COVID-19 booster while just under a quarter have already taken the jab, according to a recent poll. The findings come despite a Biden administration push to vaccinate during the holiday season. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) COVID-19 Monitor poll, only…


Protection From 4th Dose of COVID Vaccine Wanes Completely Within Months: Study

An Israeli study found that antibody levels after a fourth dose of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine returned to similar levels as after the 3rd dose after about four months. The study, conducted among health care workers at the Sheba Medical Center, the largest hospital in Israel, found that the immunological protection of the 4th…