Tag: Vaccine

Louisiana Teenager Given COVID-19 Vaccine Without Parental Permission

A 16-year-old boy was injected with a COVID-19 vaccine in Louisiana on a recent school day despite his parents not granting permission. The boy was given a dose of Pfizer’s vaccine on Oct. 20 at East Jefferson High School in Metairie, Louisiana, according to a COVID-19 vaccination record reviewed by The Epoch Times. A parent’s…


Gov. Wolf Gives Vaccinated Pennsylvania State Employees Extra Week Off

Vaccinated employees of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania got an unexpected gift from Gov. Tom Wolf Monday: an additional paid five days off work. The news was delivered in an email to the state’s 72,000 employees. The Wolf administration said the time off is in appreciation to those who have been vaccinated and an incentive to…


Delay on Moderna Shots for Children 5–11 Not Expected to Affect Vaccination Rollout: White House

Drug regulators delaying a decision on whether or not to authorize Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for children won’t affect the rollout of jabs for children as young as 5, Biden administration officials said Monday. The Biden administration has secured enough of Pfizer’s vaccine to vaccinate every child between 5 and 11, Jeffrey Zients, the White House’s…


Federal Contractors Get More Flexibility to Enforce COVID-19 Vaccine Rules for Millions: White House

New guidance released by the White House on Monday suggests that federal contractors will have significant leeway in enforcing President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Federal contractors such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, United Airlines, IBM, UPS, and many more employ a significant number of Americans. The new guidance, released on the Safer Federal Workforce website,…


COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates for Children ‘Concerning,’ Says Epidemiologist

Mandating COVID-19 vaccines for children may not be a good idea at this time because of side effects linked to the shots, an epidemiologist says. California on Oct. 1 announced that all students in the state will need a jab once the vaccines are approved by the Food and Drug Administration for their age group….


Xi Pushes G20 Leaders to Recognize China’s Vaccines, Complains About Virus Origin Tracing Efforts

Chinese leader Xi Jinping pushed world leaders to accept China-made vaccines while lodging complaints about Western inquiry into the COVID-19 virus origin during a virtual address at the Group of 20 summit in Rome. Speaking on Oct. 30 via video link, Xi boasted about the country’s vaccine outreach, which saw 1.6 billion doses of Chinese…


Breakthrough Infections, Deaths Among COVID-19 Vaccinated Rose in Recent Months: CDC

Infections, hospitalizations, and deaths linked to COVID-19 have risen among people who have gotten a COVID-19 vaccine in recent months, according to newly released data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But the bulk of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths remained among unvaccinated Americans, the data show. Cases per 100,000 among the fully…


Over 11,000 Active-Duty Air Force Personnel Unvaccinated With Days Left Before Deadline

The Air Force could lose thousands of troops in the coming weeks as over 11,000 active-duty personnel remain without a COVID-19 vaccine, just days before the deadline to get one. Some 96.4 percent of active-duty airmen were partially or fully vaccinated as of Oct. 25, the branch said in its latest vaccination update. That means…


Rep. Murphy: FDA Adviser’s Remark on COVID-19 Jab for Kids ‘The Most Dangerous Statement I’ve Ever Heard in Medicine’

A remark made by a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) adviser is “the most dangerous statement I’ve ever heard in medicine,” the only active practicing physician in Congress said in a new interview. Dr. Eric Rubin, editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine, and an associate physician specializing in infectious disease at Brigham and…


Why COVID Vaccine for Children has Parents, Experts Concerned; How Denmark’s Doing it Better: Feat. Dr. Tracy Høeg

On Oct. 26, an outside panel advising the FDA recommended the Pfizer vaccine for children aged 5 to 11. Pfizer said on Oct. 28 they expect to deliver 50 million more doses of their vaccine to the U.S. government by the end of April to meet the expected quota for children’s vaccinations. Physician, epidemiologist, and…