Category: Vaccine

New Study: Unvaccinated Wrongly Maligned

A large-scale international study of those unvaccinated against COVID-19 finds a pattern of discrimination—and a relatively low hospitalization rate. While the study’s findings are limited by the nature of the selection process, in which unvaccinated people opted in to participate, the new study suggests that those who declined the vaccine may not be the burden…


Few Young Children Are Getting COVID-19 Vaccines: Data

Uptake of COVID-19 vaccines has been low so far in young children, with a small fraction of those newly eligible for a vaccine receiving one, according to new data. In a pair of moves in June, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) made the…


City of Pittsburgh’s Vaccine Mandate Will Decimate Already Struggling Police Force, Says Detective

In the waning days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the city of Pittsburgh is cracking down on unvaccinated employees, telling them to get their COVID-19 shots or they can expect to lose their jobs, despite the fact that the police department is already dealing with a staffing crisis. Employees in the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire, the…


Biden Admin to Make 144,000 Monkeypox Vaccine Doses Available as Demand Outstrips Supply

The Biden administration announced Thursday that it will make an additional 144,000 doses of monkeypox vaccines available as demand outstrips supply in the United States. All appointments for the monkeypox jab at New York City’s Chelsea clinic have been booked out, a New York health officials said. “A sincere apology for the technical difficulties our…


Elon Musk Queries Journalist Over Allegations of Govt-Driven Censorship on Twitter

Elon Musk has called on an independent journalist to provide information on how the U.S. government is allegedly pressuring Twitter to suspend the journalist’s account for posting anti-vaccination content. Musk asked Substack writer, Alex Berenson, in a July 6 post on Twitter, about Berenson’s allegation that the U.S. government had pressured Twitter to censor him for…


Elon Musk Queries Journalist Over Allegations of Government-Driven Censorship on Twitter

Elon Musk has called on an independent journalist to provide information on how the U.S. government is allegedly pressuring Twitter to suspend the journalist’s account for posting anti-vaccination content. Musk asked Substack writer, Alex Berenson, in a July 6 post on Twitter, about Berenson’s allegation that the U.S. government had pressured Twitter to censor him for…


Judge Sides With Parent, Strikes Down Los Angeles School Vaccine Mandate

A plan to mandate COVID-19 vaccine shots for hundreds of thousands of students in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) will remain on pause after a Los Angeles County judge ruled on July 5 that the district lacks the authority to do so. In his ruling, Judge Mitchell Beckloff of the Superior Court of…


Diphtheria Appears for First Time in New South Wales in 100 Years

Australia has confirmed two cases of diphtheria, a contagious and potentially fatal throat infection, in two children from northern New South Wales. It is the first time the disease has been detected in the state in a century. A two-year-old child contracted the disease and was admitted to intensive care in a Queensland hospital on…


Biden Administration Inks $3.2 Billion Deal with Pfizer for 105 Million COVID-19 Vaccines

The Biden administration said it has signed a new agreement with Pfizer and partner BioNTech for 105 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine for a fall vaccination campaign, with the deal worth $3.2 billion. The contract includes doses for both adults and children, as well as supplies of a retooled Omicron-adapted vaccine that is currently…


Elmo, Now Vaccinated, Advertises COVID-19 Vaccine Shots for Children Under 5

“Sesame Street” is advertising COVID-19 vaccines to its youngest audiences after the federal government greenlighted the shots for children under the age of 5. The 1-minute public service ad, released Tuesday by nonprofit educational organization Sesame Workshop, features the red Muppet monster Elmo and his Muppet dad Louie. It begins with Elmo showing a Band-Aid…