Tag: Moderna

Florida Surgeon General: Data Show Messenger RNA COVID-19 Vaccines Shouldn’t Be Given to Young Men

Studies and other data show that the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines should not be given to young men, Florida’s surgeon general says. Florida health officials recently analyzed data on vaccinated state residents and detected a sharp increase in heart-related deaths among males aged 18 to 39 after vaccination. The state is now recommending that…


PR Firm Working For Pfizer and Moderna Embeds Staff Within CDC’s Vaccine Committee

A PR firm that represents big pharma companies like Pfizer and Moderna has been revealed to staff certain divisions in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) during the pandemic, sparking questions regarding potential conflicts of interest. Based in New York, Weber Shandwick is reportedly the second-largest PR firm in the world with revenues…


Merck Opts to Develop, Sell Cancer Vaccine With Moderna

Merck & Co. Inc. opted to jointly develop and potentially sell a personalized mRNA vaccine with Moderna Inc. for a $250 million upfront payment on Wednesday, sending the vaccine maker’s shares up over 8 percent. Moderna’s experimental vaccine is being tested in combination with Merck’s blockbuster cancer immunotherapy, Keytruda, in a mid-stage trial to treat…


Moderna CEO Confirms New MRNA ‘Injection’ to Repair Heart Muscles After Heart Attack

The CEO of Moderna announced his company has a program that involves injecting messenger RNA (mRNA) into people’s hearts following a heart attack. “We are now in a super exciting program where we inject mRNA in people’s hearts after a heart attack to grow back new blood vessels and re-vascularize the heart,” Stephane Bancel, the…


FDA Authorizes Updated COVID-19 Boosters for Younger Children

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Oct. 12 granted emergency authorization to Moderna and Pfizer for their updated COVID-19 boosters for younger children. Children as young as 6 can now receive the Moderna booster, and children as young as 5 can now receive the Pfizer booster. Previously, the Moderna booster was available to…


CDC Enables Younger Children to Get Updated COVID-19 Boosters After FDA Authorization

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Oct. 12 enabled younger children to receive updated COVID-19 boosters. The CDC’s move came hours after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted emergency authorization to Moderna and Pfizer for their updated COVID-19 boosters for children between the ages of 5 and 11. Dr. Rochelle Walensky,…


Tam Says Get Boosted Against COVID-19 Every 6 Months

Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam is telling Canadians to get boosted within the federal recommended timeline or risk getting themselves and others hospitalized due to falling vaccine immunity against COVID-19. “Across Canada, as more people go beyond the six-month time lapse since their last vaccine dose or infection, population immunity is falling…


Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Turns Negative Within Months: Study

The effectiveness of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine against infection turns negative over time, according to a new study that was funded by the vaccine maker. The effectiveness of three doses—a primary series and a booster—against infection remained above 50 percent after 150 days against BA.1, a subvariant of the Omicron virus variant, researchers estimated. But against…


Australia Begins Rollout of Moderna’s Bivalent Omicron Booster

Australia has introduced Moderna’s bivalent vaccine into the COVID-19 booster program, which is anticipated to provide more protection against the Omicron variants. The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) recommended that the Moderna bivalent vaccine, that targets both the original Wuhan strain and the Omicron variant BA. 1, be used as a booster dose…


COVID-19 Booster Protection Against Hospitalization Drops Sharply Within Months: Study

The effectiveness of a COVID-19 vaccine booster against hospitalization drops sharply within months, according to a new study. Effectiveness after 14 months of a two-dose primary series of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccines was just 19 percent, according to the new paper. That protection jumped to 89 percent after a booster, but dropped to 66…