Category: COVID-19 vaccine

J&J Pulls COVID Vaccine Sales Forecast Due to Low Demand, Supply Glut

Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday rescinded its forecast for sales of its COVID-19 vaccine, as hesitancy in low income countries has led to a glut of supply of a shot once hoped to be the inoculation of choice for the developing world. The company had previously predicted as much as $3.5 billion in 2022 sales…


Facts Matter (April 19): Study Shows Heart Issues in 69% of Children Detected Months After Vaccination

A new study published by researchers at the Seattle Children’s Hospital found that heart abnormalities were detected in some adolescents, months after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Specifically, these researchers were reviewing the cases of children who came into their hospital within a week of getting their second dose of the Pfizer vaccine. Stay tuned for…


Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and First Lady Diagnosed With COVID-19

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and his wife, Fran DeWine, are in quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19. On April 15, DeWine’s office announced on Twitter, “Today, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced that he has been diagnosed with COVID-19 by his personal physician. Governor DeWine has been experiencing mild symptoms such as a runny nose, headache,…


No Documents to Support CDC’s Claims That COVID-19 Vaccines Do Not Integrate Into DNA: Advocacy Group

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) did not rely on any documents for its claims that the COVID-19 vaccines do not alter or integrate into people’s genetic material, according to an advocacy group for vaccine and pharmaceutical safety and the right to informed consent. The Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN) filed a Freedom…


Unvaccinated Richmond City Workers Awarded Back Pay in Rare Canadian Legal Decision

Almost 40 workers for the City of Richmond in B.C. who were put on unpaid leave for not providing proof of COVID-19 vaccination have won the right to return to work with back pay, in a rare legal decision to date in Canada. As a number of decisions relating to the legal grounds of mandatory…


Reports of Rare Vulvar Ulcers in Adolescent Girls Following Pfizer COVID-19 Injections

Cases of rare vulvar ulcers have been diagnosed in adolescent girls after receiving a second dose of the Pfizer messenger RNA (mRNA) shot, according to the April edition of the Journal of Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology. Six cases of adolescent girls ages 12 to 16 developing painful genital ulcers within four days of their second…


LA Unified Hired 1,700 Teachers Without Full Credentials This School Year

LOS ANGELES—More than three-quarters of the teachers hired by the Los Angeles Unified District (LAUSD) this school year were not fully credentialed, according to a quarterly report by the LAUSD Board of Education. The LAUSD hired 2,336 new teachers during the 2021–22 school year, among whom only 607 teachers, or 26 percent, were fully credentialed…


Sweden to Offer Fourth COVID-19 Vaccine Jab to People Aged 65 and Above

STOCKHOLM—Sweden will give a fourth shot of COVID-19 vaccine to people aged 65 and above to boost their defenses against the disease, the health agency said on Monday. “For people aged 65 and over, it is now four months since the previous vaccine dose, and the protective effect of the vaccine diminishes over time,” the…


‘Unbelievable’ That WHO Approved China-Made COVID-19 Vaccines, but Not Canada’s: O’Toole

Former Conservative Party leader Erin O’Toole is criticizing the World Health Organization (WHO) for approving “less-effective” COVID-19 vaccines produced in communist China while rejecting a made-in-Canada version due to the Canadian company’s ties to a major tobacco company. “The WHO has approved several less-effective emergency use vaccines funded by China, but is rejecting an innovative…


Lawmaker Pauses Effort to Require All California Workers to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine

SACRAMENTO—A bill that would have required all California workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 has been shelved, a lawmaker announced on March 29. “Today I’m announcing that I have made a decision to hold AB1993, which would require all California businesses to require their employees and independent contractors to receive the COVID-19 vaccine,” state Assemblywoman…