Category: COVID-19 vaccine

Nets’ Irving Says He Won’t Reconsider COVID-19 Vaccine Despite Durant Injury

Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving on Monday reasserted that he won’t reconsider taking the COVID-19 vaccine despite his teammate Kevin Durant’s knee injury that is expected to sideline him for weeks. Although getting vaccinated would make the seven-time All-Star point guard eligible to play in all Brooklyn Nets’ games, Irving said he won’t be swayed,…


Rare Spinal Cord Condition Flagged as Potential Side Effect of COVID-19 Vaccine: EU Drug Regulator

The European Union’s drug regulator has indicated that a change to the product information for COVID-19 vaccines from AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson has been recommended to include a warning of a rare spinal cord condition called transverse myelitis. TM is a rare condition that involves inflammation of one or both sides of the spinal cord. Symptoms…


Rare Spinal Cord Condition Flagged as Potential Side Effect of COVID-19 Vaccines: EU Drug Regulator

The European Union’s drug regulator has indicated that a change to the product information for COVID-19 vaccines from AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson has been recommended to include a warning of a rare spinal cord condition called transverse myelitis. TM is a rare condition that involves inflammation of one or both sides of the spinal cord. Symptoms…


Rare Spinal Cord Condition Flagged as Potential Adverse Effect of COVID-19 Vaccines: EU Drug Regulator

The European Union’s drug regulator has indicated that a change to the product information for COVID-19 vaccines from AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson has been recommended to include a warning of a rare spinal cord condition called transverse myelitis. TM is a rare condition that involves inflammation of one or both sides of the spinal cord. Symptoms…


Australia Eyes COVID-19 Booster Program for Teens

Australia is considering whether to launch a booster program for young people under the age of 18, according to leading medical authorities. The announcement came after more than 35,000 children had their first COVID-19 jab on the first day of the primary rollout for five to 11-year-old on Monday. While more Australians are queuing to…


EU’s Drug Regulator Expresses Concerns Over Immune Response With Current Approach for COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters

The European Union’s drug regulator expressed doubts about whether a second booster dose of the currently available COVID-19 vaccines would be a sustainable long-term approach. Marco Cavaleri, the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) head of vaccines strategy, told a media briefing, “There is an emergency discussion around the possibility of giving a second booster dose with the same vaccine currently in use. Data has…


‘Think Twice Before You Vaccinate Your Kids,’ Dr. Robert Malone Warns Parents on COVID-19 Shots

Dr. Robert Malone, a virologist and immunologist who has contributed significantly to the technology of mRNA vaccines, issued a strong caution for those who seek to have their children vaccinated against COVID-19. “Think twice before you vaccinate your kids. Because if something bad happens, you can’t go back and say, ‘whoops, I want a do-over,’”…


Judge Gives FDA Just Over 8 Months to Produce Pfizer’s Safety Data

A federal judge on Thursday ordered the U.S. Food and Drug administration to produce the documents it’s relied on to license the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, at a rate of 55,000 pages a month. The rate of 55,000 pages a month would mean the FDA has just over eight months to fully produce all of Pfizer’s pre-licensure safety…


Teacher Potentially Facing 4 Years Jail Time for Allegedly Vaccinating Teen Without Parental Consent

A New York public school science teacher has been arrested after she was accused of vaccinating a 17-year-old student without parental consent. Nassau County police said in a news release that Laura Parker Russo, 54, appeared to give a student a dose of what appeared to be a COVID-19 vaccine at her home in Sea…


Novavax Files Final Data to FDA, Lays Groundwork for COVID-19 Vaccine EUA Request in a Month

Novavax announced it has submitted the final round of data on its COVID-19 vaccine to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in anticipation of submitting a request to the agency for emergency use authorization (EUA) in a month. The final data is related to the vaccine’s manufacturing processes, and its submission is the final prerequisite…