Category: Vaccines

EXCLUSIVE: Military Official Predicted mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Might Be Paused Over Heart Inflammation

A U.S. military official predicted a pause in the administration of the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines could happen if more cases of post-vaccination heart inflammation were detected, according to newly obtained emails. Harry Chang, a U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, made the prediction on April 27, 2021—the same day the director of the U.S. Centers…


Contract Manufacturer Emergent Says J&J Breached Vaccine Contract

Contract manufacturer Emergent BioSolutions Inc. said on Monday U.S. drugmaker Johnson & Johnson had breached an agreement by failing to buy the minimum quantity of COVID-19 vaccines made by the company. Emergent said J&J had failed to provide required forecasts for the amount of vaccines it needed and had wound down the agreement instead of…


Pfizer Providing Drugs, Vaccines at Not-for-Profit Price to Poorest Nations to Address Health Inequities

Pfizer Inc. announced on May 25 that it will provide all of its current and future patent-protected drugs and vaccines on a not-for-profit basis to 1.2 billion people in 45 lower-income countries. The pharmaceutical and biotechnology company said in a press release that the plan is part of “An Accord for a Healthier World,” launched with the aim…


NY Rejects Parents’ Appeal for Religious Exemption From Schoolchildren Vaccinations

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from parents who sought to challenge New York lawmakers’ decision that eliminated religious exemptions to vaccine requirements for schoolchildren. On Monday, the nation’s high court released an order (pdf) announcing their decision not to hear arguments in the case F.F., as Parent of Y.F. v. New York,…


Supreme Court Rejects NY Parents’ Appeal for Religious Exemption From Schoolchildren Vaccinations

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from parents who sought to challenge New York lawmakers’ decision that eliminated religious exemptions to vaccine requirements for schoolchildren. On Monday, the nation’s high court released an order (pdf) announcing their decision not to hear arguments in the case F.F., as Parent of Y.F. v. New York,…


New Behavioral Vaccines Raise Unsettling Questions

In its 2016 to 2020 strategic plan, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), promoted the promise of “anti-addiction vaccines aimed at eliciting antibodies that block the effects of a specific drug.” Certainly addiction is a huge problem, with opioid addiction leading the way, taking more than…


Smallpox Vaccines Reviewed for Use Against Monkeypox: Canada’s Chief Medical Officer

Canada’s top public health officials say they are looking at the possible use of smallpox vaccines against monkeypox, after the first two cases of monkeypox infections in the country were confirmed in Quebec this week. Canada’s chief public health officer Theresa Tam told reporters at a press conference on May 20 that federal public health…


Covid Cases, Hospitalizations Linger in Ohio But Vaccines Working, Say Health Officials

With the lifting of most pandemic restrictions, cases of COVID-19 have slightly increased across Ohio and throughout the nation. On May 19, Ohio’s director of health Bruce Vanderhoff said the increase in early-to-mid May was due to virus variants lingering around. The rise was around the time the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…


COVID-19 Vaccines Far Less Effective in People With Severe Obesity: Study

Severe obesity may weaken the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines among individuals who have never been infected with the virus, according to a small study published this month. A study conducted by Professor Volkan Demirhan Yumuk from Istanbul University in Turkey found that adults aged 18 or older with severe obesity have a much weaker immune response…


Preventable Deaths and D3.

We had an inexpensive life-saving solution both before and during the pandemic… The inconvenient truth is that even at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, a very simple, inexpensive and effective treatment was available that could have saved the majority of lives lost (1-3). All that the WHO and public health bureaucracy had to do…