Category: Vaccine

Vaccinated Offices and Gyms in San Francisco Are Exempt From California Mask Mandate: Officials

San Francisco offices and gyms where everyone is vaccinated won’t have to follow California’s reimpose mask mandate, according to the city’s health department. “This means that stable cohorts of 100 percent fully vaccinated people in settings like workspaces and gyms will continue to be allowed to remove masks,” the San Francisco Department of Public Health…


EU Regulator Backs Giving J&J Booster Shot to Adults 2 Months After Initial Dose

The European Union’s drug regulator on Wednesday concluded a Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 booster dose may be considered for people aged 18 and older at least two months after their initial shot. In a Dec. 15 statement, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said the recommendation by the agency’s human medicines committee follows data it…


NFL Mandates COVID-19 Boosters for Most Staff, Coaches

The National Football League (NFL) announced in a memo sent to teams on Tuesday that Tier 1 and Tier 2 individuals will be required to get a COVID-19 booster shot by late December. The new regulation comes as 25 players on the active roster and 11 on practice squads were placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list…


Chinese Couple Arrested Over Scheme to Smuggle US Cancer Vaccine Data to China

A Chinese scientist in California had been secretly passing confidential mRNA cancer vaccine research to her husband to benefit his lab in China, a federal agent alleged in a recently filed criminal complaint. For about five years, Chen Lianchun, who resides in San Diego, had been sending documents from her employer that were marked confidential…


Omicron Highlights Vaccine Limitations

The latest installment in the COVID-19 saga is a variant of the SARS-CoV2 virus dubbed omicron. Labeled a “variant of concern” by the World Health Organization (WHO), omicron was first reported at the end of November, and quickly triggered worry and restrictions across the globe. Omicron was first noticed in South Africa, but cases are…


Vaxxas to Make Needle-Free Vaccine Patch in Australia

Construction has started on a state-of-the-art biomedical facility in Brisbane to manufacture a needle-free vaccine delivery patch to help with future pandemics. The Vaxxas facility is expected to be up and running in 2023 after refurbishments are complete on an existing warehouse in the city’s north side suburb of Hamilton. Deputy Premier Steven Miles, the minister…


CDC Study: MRNA Vaccine Protection Against COVID-19 Is Waning

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study of hospitalized veterans showed their antibody response dropped four months after receiving either of the two mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. Published Thursday, the CDC-backed study found that both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were effective at preventing hospitalization for veterans four months after they got their second dose,…


NY Mayor de Blasio’s Residence Vandalized by People Protesting Vaccine Mandate

BROOKLYN, New York—About 25 protesters gathered for three hours outside outgoing Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Brooklyn residence, a day after he announced that NYC private sector workers must get a COVID-19 vaccine or lose their jobs. The protesters blocked traffic, and shouted at the top of their voices during the cold night, drawing the attention…


Facts Matter (Dec. 8): FEC Votes to Allow Foreigners to Finance US Ballot Initiatives, Referendums, Recalls

In Los Angeles, two parents are accusing a local school of giving their children the vaccine without parental consent, and bribing the children with food and pizza in order to keep them from talking about it. Meanwhile, the Federal Elections Commission just voted on a new rule that will allow foreign nationals (citizens of other countries)…


Facts Matter (Dec. 8): Non-Citizens Now Allowed to Finance US Ballot Initiatives, Referendums, Recalls

In Los Angeles, two parents are accusing a local school of giving their children the vaccine without parental consent, and bribing the children with food and pizza in order to keep them from talking about it. Meanwhile, the Federal Elections Commission just voted on a new rule that will allow foreign nationals (citizens of other countries)…