Category: Vaccine

Certain Immunocompromised Americans Can Get Four COVID-19 Vaccine Doses: CDC

Some Americans can get four COVID-19 vaccine doses within less than a year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said this week. U.S. drug regulators and the CDC recently cleared booster doses of all three COVID-19 vaccines authorized for use in the country. The fourth dose would be for people who are either…


Facts Matter (Oct. 26): Public Schools In Boston Sued For Excluding White Students From Events

In Boston, a school district is facing a federal lawsuit because parents are saying that their students were discriminated against. How? According to the lawsuit, the school district held racially segregated events for students where certain students were invited, but white students were specifically excluded. Likewise, in order to fight injustice, a high school accounting…


FDA Panel Recommends Authorization of Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine for Children 5-11

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was advised on Tuesday to authorize Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 5 and 11. The FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee made the recommendation. Seventeen panel members voted yes to recommend the authorization. One abstained. The vote came after lengthy presentations and discussions about…


China Starts Vaccinating Children as Young as 3 Amid New Surge of COVID-19 Cases

Children as young as 3 years old will now be receiving vaccine doses in China as the country battles what Beijing has described as “rapidly developing” local COVID-19 clusters. City and provincial authorities in at least seven provinces have issued notices in recent days requiring children between three and 11 years old to be inoculated,…


Man Arrested After Intentionally Driving Into Anti-Vaccine Mandate Protest: LA Sheriff’s Official

A man was arrested after he allegedly drove his vehicle into a group of people protesting against vaccine mandates in Southern California, officials said over the weekend. A spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s office said that 64-year-old William Aslaksen was arrested about 90 minutes after the incident on Saturday. He was charged with felony…


Moderna Says Its COVID-19 Vaccine Effective, Safe in Children Ages 6 to 11

Moderna said Monday that its COVID-19 vaccine is able to generate a strong immune response in children ages 6 to 11, citing a new study. The company said that an interim analysis of data showed a “robust neutralizing antibody response” after two shots of its mRNA-1273 vaccine were administered at a 50 microgram dose level,…


Business Groups Urge White House to Delay Biden COVID Vaccine Mandate

More business groups have asked the Biden administration to delay its announced COVID-19 mandate until after the holiday season is over, coming just days after a shipping organization issued a warning that the proposed rule would trigger widespread supply chain chaos during Christmas. Evan Armstrong, a lobbyist at the Retail Industry Leaders Association, told CNBC…


Austrian Chancellor Threatens to Lock Down the Unvaccinated if Cases Rise

People in Austria who chose to not get a CCP virus vaccine face being locked down at home if the number of severe COVID-19 hospitalizations in the nation continues to climb. Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg announced on Friday that if the number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care units (ICUs) reaches 600, people who did…


More Americans Receiving COVID-19 Booster Shots Than Vaccinations: CDC Data

More Americans are now receiving a booster shot to protect against COVID-19 than are getting their first vaccination shot, according to the latest information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The most recent week’s data that ended Tuesday shows approximately 340,000 people receiving a booster shot daily. In contrast, just more than…


International Travel As Incentive for Vaccination in Australia

The restart of international travel for Victoria and New South Wales (NSW) is now being used as an incentive to encourage vaccination rates in other jurisdictions that are falling behind around Australia. Victoria, as of Friday, has joined New South Wales in allowing quarantine-free arrivals from overseas, with the federal government opening borders on Nov….