vaccine

Covid-19 Vaccine testing now focused on children

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Covid-19 Vaccine testing now focused on children

Now that Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of the Pfizer-BioNTech Coronavirus vaccine has been approved for use in the United States and other countries including; Mexico, Canada and the United Kingdom, the focus for vaccine testing is turning to children. The vaccine has been authorized for use in the U.S. for people aged 16 years or … Read more

Two allergic reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine in the U.K.

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Two National Health Services (NHS) Staff members developed symptoms of “anaphylactoid reaction” after receiving their first dose of COVID-19 Pfizer/BioTech Vaccine in the U.K on Tuesday. An “anaphylactoid reaction” which is defined as the same reaction that produces the same clinical picture with anaphylaxis, but are not IgE mediated, occurs through a direct non-immune mediated … Read more

Don’t drink alcohol for two months, Russia tells its citizens after Covid-19 vaccination

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Russia embarked on an ambition vaccination program on the weekend and health authorities in the country, believe that approximately 100,000 people have already been injected with the Sputnik V vaccine which is reported to be over 90% effective. Western experts have expressed doubt at the quick development of the vaccine that Russia is using and … Read more

First in line..U.K. approves Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine

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BioNTech/Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine should start arriving in the U.K. within days after the country on Wednesday became the first in the western world to authorize a coronavirus vaccine. Britain’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency said the inoculation provides 95 percent protection against the Covid-19 virus. The country plans to start immunization of high priority … Read more

Doctors worry that due to potential vaccine side effects patients will not return for a second dose

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‘We are asking people to take a vaccine that is going to hurt’ said Dr. William Schaffner, a professor of preventative medicine and health policy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. ‘There are lots of sore arms and substantial numbers of people who feel crummy, with headaches and muscle pain, for a day or two.’ Schaffner … Read more

Dr. Fauci predicts more than 300,000 Covid-19 deaths in the U.S. by end of 2020

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The Director of the United States, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci, warned on Monday that United States COVID-19 casualties could escalate to more than 300,000 by the end of the year if the pandemic continues on the same trajectory. In the last month daily deaths from the virus have hovered … Read more

Australian airline Qantas will only accept passengers who have been vaccinated

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Qantas Airline’s CEO Alan Joyce has announced that to fly with his airline internationally passengers will be required to prove they have been vaccinated against Covid-19. Qantas is the first airline in the world to impose new flying regulation rules that its passengers will be required to provide proof of vaccination against the virus before … Read more

Grim milestone.. over 250,000 Americans dead from Coronavirus

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As cases of Covid-19 explode all over the United States the tally of deaths has risen to over 250,000. Figures from John Hopkins University report 256,311 deaths and nearly 11.9 million cases. In an interview on the BBC News Channel, United States Infectious Disease Expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci said, ‘It’s a very serious situation because … Read more