Category: Vaccines

Nearly Half Million Orange County Residents Fully Inoculated; Officials Continue Aggressive Campaign

Orange County health officials are continuing to expand vaccination efforts as the region approaches a new inoculation milestone. More than 476,000 people had been fully vaccinated in Orange County, according to the latest Centers for Disease Control Prevention data updated March 29. It means about 19 percent of people 18 and older are fully vaccinated….


Gov. DeSantis to Take Executive Emergency Action Against Vaccine Passports

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said in a press conference on Monday that he will be taking emergency executive action shortly against the concept of Americans needing a vaccine passport to be able to travel domestically and internationally. “We’re not supportive of that. I think it’s something that people have certain freedoms and individual liberties to…


Germany Reports More Blood Clot Cases Associated With AstraZeneca Vaccine

Germany’s health department reported an additional 21 people who recently received the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine suffered blood clots, The Associated Press reported. Seven of the people who had blood clots have died, the Paul Ehrlich Institute, which is Germany’s federal medical regulatory body, told The Associated Press. Nineteen of the individuals affected by the blood…


Biden Administration Responds to Reports on Development of Vaccine Passports

President Joe Biden’s administration is not creating COVID-19 vaccine passports but officials are working with private companies to set guidelines for the systems, which people can use to show proof they’ve been vaccinated, the White House said Monday. The administration will “provide guidance” on the effort to develop vaccine passports and similar systems, White House…


2 COVID-19 Vaccines Found Highly Effective in Real-World US Study

The two COVID-19 vaccines built on the new messenger RNA technology are highly effective in preventing infections of the CCP virus, which causes COVID-19, according to a newly released real-world study. Vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna reduced the risk of infection by 90 percent two or more weeks after the second vaccination, according to the study. Both…


Two COVID-19 Vaccines Found Highly Effective in Real-World US Study

The two COVID-19 vaccines built on the new messenger RNA technology are highly effective in preventing infections of the CCP virus, which causes COVID-19, according to a newly released real-world study. Vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna reduced the risk of infection by 90 percent two or more weeks after the second vaccination, according to the study. Both…


Former Clinton Adviser: Mandatory Vaccine Passport Could Lead to ‘End of Human Liberty in the West’

Former Clinton adviser Naomi Wolf said that mandatory COVID-19 vaccine passports that have been proposed in recent days would be the “end of human liberty in the West if this plan unfolds as planned.” “‘Vaccine passport’ sounds like a fine thing if you don’t understand what those platforms can do. I’m [the] CEO of a…


Ex-Clinton Adviser: Mandatory Vaccine Passport Could Lead to ‘End of Human Liberty in the West’

Former Clinton adviser Naomi Wolf said that mandatory COVID-19 vaccine passports that have been proposed in recent days would be the “end of human liberty in the West if this plan unfolds as planned.” “‘Vaccine passport’ sounds like a fine thing if you don’t understand what those platforms can do. I’m [the] CEO of a…


Top US Health Official Not Sure Herd Immunity Will be Reached in Coming Months

Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has said he’s unsure whether herd immunity will be reached in the United States in the coming months. In an interview with The Hill, Collins said that achieving herd immunity will depend on whether people who are hesitant to receive the vaccine for COVID-19, the…


EU Turns up Heat on AstraZeneca as New COVID-19 Wave Surges

BRUSSELS—EU leaders voiced frustration on Thursday over a massive shortfall in contracted deliveries of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines, as a third wave of infections surged across Europe. With inoculation programs running far behind those of Britain and the United States, the bloc’s executive warned that vaccine exports by the British-Swedish company would be blocked until it…