Tag: Vaccine

Updated Moderna COVID-19 Booster Didn’t Improve Clinical Efficacy: Study

Moderna’s updated COVID-19 vaccine was not more effective at preventing COVID-19 infection, according to a new study. Researchers funded by Moderna analyzed the updated shot, which contains elements of the Wuhan virus strain and the BA.1 strain, in comparison to the old booster, which was only targeted at the Wuhan variant. They recorded more participants…


Doctor: Intra-Nasal Immunization Against COVID-19 Is More Effective Than Injections

COVID-19 has been infecting people around the world for more than two years. Many people still get the virus even though they have received as many as four vaccinations. Chiang Kuan-yu, a doctor of the Taipei City United Hospital in Taiwan, said that the “mucosal vaccine” given in the form of a nasal or oral…


[PREMIERING on Sep 23 at 9 PM ET] Under the Skin | Documentary

“Under the Skin” brings a topic to the public’s attention that concerns us all: the safety of vaccinations. No medical measure interferes more intensively with the mechanisms of the immune system. At the same time, we live in a time when nearly half of the population suffers from allergies, autoimmune diseases, or other disorders of…


COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Estimated to Turn Negative Over Time in Children: Study

The effectiveness of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine against infection turned negative over time for children aged 5 to 11, according to a new study. Researchers found that for kids in the age group, the effectiveness peaked at 60 percent to 70 percent several weeks after the first dose. It then dropped, nearing zero at week 18…


New Pre-Print Study Implies Airborne COVID-19 Antibodies Post-Vaccination

Since the rollout of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, many researchers have speculated on the possibility of transmission of vaccine particles from the vaccinated to the unvaccinated, more commonly known as “vaccine shedding.” Though these speculations are routinely fact-checked, anecdotal stories of unvaccinated people who become infected with COVID-19 or have experienced strange symptoms after contact with…


Republican Senators Introduce Bill to End ‘Highly-Politicized Vaccine Mandate’ for DC Schools

U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) on Monday introduced a bill they said is designed to protect 12- to 15-year-old students in Washington, D.C. public schools from mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations. If enacted, their legislation would would block a 2021 bill by the D.C. Council that amended a 1979 immunization law to add COVID-19…


Study: Smallpox Vaccine Provides Immunity to Monkeypox

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) announced on Sept. 9 the finding, from joint research by the HKUST and the University of Melbourne, Australia, that the immune response induced by vaccinia virus-based smallpox vaccines is cross-reactive with the monkeypox virus in humans. The findings were published in the international scientific journal Viruses….


CDC Releases New Data on COVID Vaccine-Linked Heart Inflammation

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released new data suggesting that cases of post-COVID-19 vaccine-linked heart inflammation among young males have risen. Recent figures published in the CDC’s Vaccine Safety Datalink surveillance system show that within a week of getting the two-dose Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, there were 14 confirmed cases of myocarditis or pericarditis among 102,091…


More Reports of COVID Vaccine-Linked Heart Inflammation in Young Males Submitted to CDC

Reports submitted to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s vaccine surveillance system suggest that cases of post-COVID-19 vaccine-linked heart inflammation among young males have risen. Recent figures published in the CDC’s Vaccine Safety Datalink surveillance system show that within a week of getting the two-dose Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, there were 14 cases of myocarditis or pericarditis among 102,091…


England Winding Down Offering COVID-19 Vaccines to Children Under 12

Authorities are winding down COVID-19 jabs for children aged 5–11, except for those in clinical risk groups, as they said this offer was only applicable to children who only recently turned five years old. In line with previous plans, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) confirmed that children who had not turned five by the…