Pfizer’s antiviral oral drug developed to treat COVID-19 can cause severe or life-threatening effects when used with common medications including some anti-coagulants, some anti-depressants, and some cholesterol-lowering statins, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (pdf). FDA does not recommend Paxlovid for those with severe kidney or liver disease. The FDA on Dec. 22 granted emergency…
COVID Antiviral Pills Cause Life-Threatening Reactions When Used With Many Common Meds: FDA
CDC Sued for Withholding Post-Licensure V-safe Data on COVID-19 Vaccines
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been sued by the Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN), which claims the agency is improperly withholding COVID-19 v-safe data from the American public. In a statement on Dec. 29, the non-profit group said it had filed a lawsuit (pdf) against the public health agency and the United States Department…
Johnson & Johnson Booster Protects Against Hospitalization From Omicron: Studies
A booster dose of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine performed well in terms of protecting against hospitalization in people who contracted COVID-19 in South Africa, according to a study published Thursday. A second study indicated that people who initially received Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine and got a Johnson & Johnson (J&J) booster saw a 41-fold increase in neutralizing…
US Authorizes German Firm Siemens Healthineers’ At-home COVID-19 Test
December 30, 2021
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The U.S. drug regulator has granted emergency use authorization to German health technology company Siemens Healthineers’ at-home COVID-19 tests, a move that will boost availability of tests pressured by rising infection cases. The approval comes at a time when companies such as Walmart Inc., Walgreens Boots Alliance, and CVS Health Corp. have limited sales of…
MN Board of Medical Practice Requesting Files of Patients Prescribed Ivermectin: Doctor
December 30, 2021
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A Minnesota family physician who is being investigated for the fifth time in the past 17 months by the state medical board for statements related to COVID-19, says the board is now requesting to see medical records of his patients who were prescribed ivermectin. Dr. Scott Jensen received a notification from the Minnesota Board of…
FDA: Rapid COVID-19 Tests May Be Less Accurate for Omicron Variant
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said rapid COVID-19 tests could be less accurate when trying to detect the new Omicron variant. Rapid tests, including the very commonly used antigen tests, can detect the Omicron variant “but may have reduced sensitivity,” the FDA said in a statement on Dec. 28. The FDA’s findings regarding…
Chicago Suburb Orland Park Refuses to Enforce COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Businesses
December 29, 2021
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Trustees of the village of Orland Park, a municipality in Chicago’s Cook County suburb, voted on Dec. 28 not to enforce the county’s COVID-19 vaccine passport requirement for some businesses. At a special meeting of the Orland Park Village Board of Trustees, officials voted 6–0 in favor of a resolution that opposes Cook County’s vaccination…
Swissmedic Approves Roche’s Ronapreve to Treat COVID-19 Patients
December 27, 2021
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ZURICH—Swiss drugs regulator Swissmedic said on Monday it approved Ronapreve, an antibody treatment jointly developed by Roche and Regeneron, to treat COVID-19 patients. “In this procedure, no data on efficacy against the Omicron variant were submitted,” Swissmedic said in a statement. The antibody treatment was already authorized for prescription in Switzerland under COVID-19 Ordinance 3…
No Supply Issues With Ivermectin: Pharmaceutical Supplying PRINCIPLE Oxford Trial
The New Jersey pharmaceutical company supplying ivermectin to a UK trial that was paused for a short period of time, says there are no supply issues with its pills. Ivermectin is being investigated as part of the government-backed Platform Randomised Trial of Treatments in the Community for Epidemic and Pandemic Illnesses (PRINCIPLE) in the United…
Biden to Lift Travel Restrictions on 8 Southern African Countries
The White House said Friday that the Biden administration will lift travel restrictions on eight southern African countries imposed last month in a bid to curb of the spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. Kevin Munoz, spokesperson for the White House, said in a tweet that President…
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