A further ten million Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines have been sent by the UK to COVAX, with 10 million more due to be delivered in the coming weeks to some of the world's most vulnerable people. These additional donations mean 30.6 million surplus doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca will have been given to those…
Bill Would Remove ‘Conscience’ as Basis for Refusing Vaccine
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois law has for more than four decades protected those who oppose providing or receiving medical treatment because of their religious beliefs. Now Democrats want an exception to allow repercussions for those who refuse vaccinations in the battle against COVID-19. Long considered a shield for physicians…
Covid vaccine: Valneva jab more effective than AstraZeneca against new variants says study
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Pediatric COVID-19 vaccine trial underway
A pediatric COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial is underway in St. Louis, led by Washington University School of Medicine. About 140 area children, ages 6 months to 11 years, are to receive the two-shot Moderna vaccine or placebo at St. Louis Children’s Hospital as part of a clinical trial involving about…
U.S. Supreme Court's Sotomayor lets New York school vaccine mandate remain
FILE PHOTO: The United States Supreme Court is seen along the U.S. Capitol grounds, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 24, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner(Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Friday refused to block a requirement that all of New York City’s public school teachers and employees…
Firefighters on front lines, no strangers to risk, push back against covid vaccine mandates
Kentucky firefighter Jimmy Adams saw the ravages of the coronavirus pandemic when he served as a medic who helped care for the sick on medical calls amid surging covid cases. He knew retired firefighters who died of complications from covid-19. But he reasoned that they were older and likely had…
Blood Clotting and COVID-19 Vaccines
The risk of blood clotting is an extremely rare but serious side effect of vaccination against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Even rarer is to see blood clotting in combination with a low platelet count ––a factor which helps clotting to occur. Image Credit: Design_Cells/Shutterstock.com Initially, COVID-19 vaccinations were issued without…
Forceful vaccine messages backfire with holdouts: How can it be done better?
With the FDA approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and the continued surge of the delta variant, governments across the world have renewed their push to increase the number of vaccinated individuals by persuading the holdouts. On Sept. 9, 2021, President Joe Biden announced sweeping vaccine mandates, expressing frustration at the…
Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine shows promise in protecting people with HIV
The Wits Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytical (VIDA) research unit conducted the phase 1B/2A clinical trial. The findings, published in The Lancet HIV on 17 August 2021, show that the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is likely to work as well in people living with HIV compared with people who are HIV…
MHRA approves use of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in 12- to 17-year-olds
An extension to the current UK approval of the Spikevax vaccine (formerly COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna) that allows its use in 12- to 17-year-olds has today been authorized by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). This Conditional Marketing Authorisation (CMA) extension granted by the MHRA is valid in Great…
World-first COVID vaccine booster randomized clinical trial in transplant patients proves third shot is very effective
Scientists with the Ajmera Transplant Centre at UHN have conducted a first-in-the-world randomized placebo-controlled trial of third dose COVID-19 booster vaccine for transplant patients that shows substantially improved protection. “We knew from previous studies, that two doses were not enough to produce a good immune response against COVID-19 in transplant…