Tag: Health Education

AstraZeneca May Have Used Outdated Information in COVID-19 Vaccine Trial: US

Results from a U.S. clinical trial testing the efficacy and safety of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine may have included “outdated information,” American officials said early Tuesday. The Data Safety Monitoring Board notified the company and two health agencies late Monday that it was worried by the information AstraZeneca released on its trial. The board, which monitors…


Los Angeles Teachers’ Union Approves Plan to Reopen Schools in April

A teachers’ union in Los Angeles approved an agreement with the local school district on March 21 to physically reopen schools starting in mid-April. United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) announced that after four days of voting, 89 percent of union members approved an agreement with the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) on safe physical…


Los Angeles Teachers’ Union Approves Plan to Reopen School in April

A teachers’ union in Los Angeles approved an agreement with the local school district Sunday to physically reopen schools starting from mid-April. United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) announced on March 21 that after four days of voting, 89 percent of union members approved an agreement with the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) on safe…


AstraZeneca Vaccine Effective and ‘No Safety Concerns,’ Company Says Following US Trial

AstraZeneca said its CCP virus vaccine is safe and effective following an interim analysis of data from a U.S.-based phase three trial involving over 32,000 participants. “The vaccine was well tolerated, and the independent data safety monitoring board (DSMB) identified no safety concerns related to the vaccine,” the company said in a March 22 statement….


AstraZeneca Says COVID Vaccine Effective, ‘No Safety Concerns’

AstraZeneca said its COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective following an interim analysis of data from a U.S.-based Phase 3 trial involving more than 32,000 participants. “The vaccine was well tolerated, and the independent data safety monitoring board (DSMB) identified no safety concerns related to the vaccine,” the company said in a March 22 statement….


Health of Children Receiving Virtual Learning May Be Worsening: CDC

Children learning remotely or in a hybrid setting are more likely to experience worse emotional and mental health, as well as less movement, time spent with friends, and being outside than children who go to school, according to a recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). “Virtual instruction might present more…


Health of Children Receiving Virtual Learning Could Be Worsening: CDC

Children learning remotely or in a hybrid setting are more likely to experience worse emotional and mental health, as well as less movement, time spent with friends, and being outside than children who go to school, according to a recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). “Virtual instruction might present more…


California Teacher Sues Union Over Push to ‘Defund the Police’

A California teacher this week sued his local teachers union because of its push to slash funding to the police. Glenn Laird, a longtime graphic design teacher at Eagle Rock High School, has been a member of the United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) for almost 40 years. But Laird took issue with how the…


Fauci Says Children ‘Probably’ Need COVID-19 Vaccines for Herd Immunity to Be Reached

Children will ‘probably’ have to get the COVID-19 vaccine for the United States to reach herd immunity against the CCP virus, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday at a Senate hearing on the response to the pandemic. “I have been saying lately, calculation, and it’s purely an estimate of 70 to 85 percent of the population….


CCP’s New 5 Year Plan Creates More Aggressive ‘Thousand Talents Plan’: Chinese Expert

Making a greater effort to attract top experts from around the world was listed as a priority in China’s 14th Five-Year-Plan that was just passed in the regime’s recent Two Sessions meeting in Beijing on March 11. When talking to Radio Free Asia, American-based Chinese economist Cheng Xiaonong said the new five-year plan is an…