Category: COVID-19 Vaccines

Denmark Continues Exclusion of J&J, AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccines

COPENHAGEN—Health authorities in Denmark said on Friday that COVID-19 vaccines from AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson would remain excluded from the country’s vaccine roll-out following a review of new safety data. “The balance between possible benefit and possible harmful effects is still not favorable, even when we include assumptions in our analyses that benefit the…


Westpac Wants To Help With Vaccine Rollout

Westpac chief executive Peter King wants the corporate sector to be allowed to step in and help Australia’s flagging vaccine rollout. The bank boss said vaccinations were critical to getting lives back to normal and warned closing international borders and relying on lockdowns in response to outbreaks was unsustainable. “I understand there are varying views…


Gift Cards, Cash Up For Grabs In Exchange For COVID Vaccines

LOS ANGELES—Gift cards, cash and sports tickets are among the items up for grabs today and in the coming weeks in Los Angeles County—and across the state—as authorities pull out all the stops to convince people to get vaccinated against COVID-19. On May 28 only, people 18 and over who get their first dose of…


Doctors, Parents Sue HHS Over COVID-19 Vaccine Emergency Use Authorization in Children Under 16

A number of doctors and parents have sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its secretary, Xavier Becerra, in a federal court, seeking to prevent the expansion of the emergency use authorization (EUA) of COVID-19 vaccines from including children under 16 years old. America’s Frontline Doctors—a nonprofit organization—and parents filed a…


FDA Advises Healthcare Providers Not To Use Syringes From Chinese Firm Over Safety Concerns

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on May 20 advised healthcare providers to stop using certain syringes and needles manufactured by China-based medical device maker Guangdong Haiou Medical Apparatus Co. (HAIOU) to administer COVID-19 vaccines due to safety issues. The FDA said it has received information about quality issues, including that certain HAIOU needles were detaching…


More COVID-19 Vaccines Coming to Taiwan as Cases Spike

TAIPEI—Much-needed COVID-19 vaccines should be coming to Taiwan soon, the GAVI Vaccine Alliance said on Monday, as the chip-producing island’s limited supplies run short during a spike in cases that has left the government scrambling for supplies. A surge of coronavirus infections in Taiwan, one of the world’s COVID-19 mitigation success stories, has led to…


Biden Dropping the Ball on Preparedness

Commentary Life is getting back to normal, and not a day too soon. But scientists warn that another pandemic could smack us. While we’re letting down our guard, the federal government should be preparing for that possibility. The 581,000 deaths and economic destruction our nation suffered were caused more by unpreparedness and poor decision-making than…


New South Wales to Offer Vaccinations to Those in Their 40s

Around a million people in NSW aged between 40 and 49 could get a Pfizer COVID-19 jab at the new purpose-built vaccination hub at Sydney Olympic Park within weeks. Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced the “exciting” development at the opening of the government-run Homebush hub on Monday. “People aged 40 to 49 can register their interest…


EU Says US Stand on Patent Virus Waiver Is No ‘Magic Bullet’

PORTO, Portugal—European Union leaders cranked up their criticism of the U.S. call to waive COVID-19 vaccine patents Saturday, arguing the move would bring no short or midterm relief. They instead urged Washington to lift export restrictions if it wants to have a global impact on the pandemic. “We don’t think, in the short term, that…


Main Concerns About COVID-19 Vaccines Are Over Safety and Necessity: UK Survey

The main reasons behind some British peoples’ reluctance to get a CCP virus vaccine are concerns over the jabs’ safety and necessity, a new survey has found. According to survey results released on Friday by Britain’s Office for National Statistics (ONS), people are unsure about getting a COVID-19 jab mainly because they do not believe…