Category: Moderna

UK Approves Moderna CCP Virus Vaccine

The UK government on Friday authorised the Moderna CCP virus vaccine, which became the third vaccine to be approved after the Pfizer/BioNTech and the Oxford/AstraZeneca jabs. Regulatory approval was granted by the UK’s medicines regulator, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). A “thorough and rigorous” assessment had been conducted by scientists, who reviewed all…


EU Approves Moderna CCP Virus Vaccine

The European Commission on Wednesday authorized the CCP virus vaccine developed by U.S. company Moderna, the second COVID-19 jab approved by the EU. The authorization follows a positive recommendation from the European Medicines Agency (EMA), which reached the decision after an assessment of the vaccine’s quality, safety, and efficacy. “We are providing more COVID-19 vaccines…


FDA Officials ‘Strongly Recommend’ Not to Change Dosing Schedule for CCP Virus Vaccine

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) doesn’t recommend doses for the CCP virus vaccine to be cut in half in order to stretch the vaccine supply.


Orange County Paramedics Tapped to Administer COVID-19 Vaccine

Some fire department paramedics in Orange County, California, are being trained to administer COVID-19 vaccinations, in a move officials hope will help alleviate the workload of hospital nurses and doctors. “Because hospital staffing is overworked, they don’t have the [manpower] to inoculate people,” Supervisor Doug Chaffee told The Epoch Times. “We are getting paramedics trained,…


Doctor Reports First Adverse Reaction to Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine

A doctor in Boston reported this week the first adverse reaction to Moderna’s newly approved COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Hossein Sadrzadeh, a geriatric oncologist at Boston Medical Center, got the shot on Dec. 24. Sadrzadeh experienced an allergic reaction. “Six, seven minutes after the injection of the vaccine, I felt in my tongue and also my throat…


Doctor Reports 1st Adverse Reaction to Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine

A doctor in Boston reported last week the first adverse reaction to Moderna’s newly approved COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Hossein Sadrzadeh, a geriatric oncologist at Boston Medical Center, experienced an allergic reaction after he got the shot on Dec. 24. “Six, seven minutes after the injection of the vaccine, I felt in my tongue and also…


A COVID-19 Vaccine Has Caused Side Effects for People With Cosmetic Facial Fillers

One of the two COVID-19 vaccines approved for use in the United States caused facial swelling for people with cosmetic facial fillers. According to information presented during this month’s meeting of a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel on Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, two of four serious adverse events related to the vaccine in a phase…


Health Canada Authorizes Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine

OTTAWA—Health Canada says the COVID-19 vaccine from U.S. biotech firm Moderna is safe for use in Canada. The vaccine is the second to be greenlit in Canada, following the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine on Dec. 9. Moderna anticipates starting shipments to Canada within the next 48 hours. Up to 168,000 doses are set to arrive by the…


Health Canada Has Final Data Needed From Moderna to Make a Decision on Vaccine

OTTAWA—Health Canada says it will “soon” be ready to announce if it can authorize a second COVID-19 vaccine after receiving final documents from U.S. biotech firm Moderna over the weekend. Moderna’s new Canadian general manager—hired just three weeks ago to establish a Canadian office for the company—said Moderna’s team and Health Canada are in constant…


Moderna’s Vaccine to Arrive In States on Monday, Innoculations Set to Begin Right Away

Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine will start arriving in states on Monday, with patients immediately due to start receiving the newly approved product, which has now joined Pfizer’s vaccine in the nation’s arsenal against the pandemic. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Robert Redfield gave the final stamp of approval to Moderna’s vaccine…