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We’ll need booster vaccine shots against Covid-19 variants ‘starting this fall,’ says Moderna CEO

Posted on May 2, 2021May 2, 2021By Editor

The head of the vaccine-maker Moderna has said that people should receive additional doses of the vaccine starting this autumn – to better protect themselves from new Covid-19 mutations. … Read More >We’ll need booster vaccine shots against Covid-19 variants ‘starting this fall,’ says Moderna CEO

Health

Blood-clotting illness PVT 30x more prevalent in Moderna, Pfizer Covid-19 recipients than AstraZeneca – Oxford researchers

Posted on April 18, 2021April 18, 2021By Editor

A potentially fatal blood-clotting disease is 30 times more common among people who have received the Covid-19 vaccines produced by Moderna and Pfizer than those given the troubled AstraZeneca jab, researchers have found. … Read More >Blood-clotting illness PVT 30x more prevalent in Moderna, Pfizer Covid-19 recipients than AstraZeneca – Oxford researchers

EU

French health chiefs recommend 3rd dose of Moderna, Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines for people with weakened immune systems

Posted on April 14, 2021April 14, 2021By Editor

People with weakened immune systems should receive three doses of the two main Covid-19 vaccines being used in France made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, the country’s top health officials have recommended. … Read More >French health chiefs recommend 3rd dose of Moderna, Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines for people with weakened immune systems

EU

Moderna insists Covid vaccine deliveries on track after report claims it won’t be able to deliver up to 878,000 doses to Germany

Posted on April 9, 2021April 9, 2021By Editor

Modern has denied a report that it canceled delivery of hundreds of thousands of Covid-19 vaccine doses promised to Germany by the end of the month, in what was described as a serious setback for the country’s inoculation drive. … Read More >Moderna insists Covid vaccine deliveries on track after report claims it won’t be able to deliver up to 878,000 doses to Germany

EU

German expert panel says under-60s who got first AstraZeneca shot should receive DIFFERENT vaccine for second jab

Posted on April 4, 2021April 4, 2021By Editor

A German expert panel has recommended those who received one AstraZeneca jab should take another vaccine as their second dose, since the British jab’s side effects could be more dangerous than taking two different products. … Read More >German expert panel says under-60s who got first AstraZeneca shot should receive DIFFERENT vaccine for second jab

USA

Moderna becomes first to start trialing Covid-19 jab on kids aged 6 months to 11 years

Posted on March 17, 2021March 17, 2021By Editor

US pharmaceutical firm Moderna has commenced trials of its Covid-19 vaccine on kids ranging from just 6 months to 11 years old, the youngest so far to receive any Covid jab. … Read More >Moderna becomes first to start trialing Covid-19 jab on kids aged 6 months to 11 years

USA

Pfizer and Moderna pledge to Congress to ramp up Covid-19 vaccine production as US death toll tops 500,000

Posted on February 25, 2021February 25, 2021By Editor

Pfizer and Moderna have prepared written testimonies to the US Congress, promising to boost vaccine production in the coming months, as the country’s death toll from Covid-19 recently exceeded 500,000. … Read More >Pfizer and Moderna pledge to Congress to ramp up Covid-19 vaccine production as US death toll tops 500,000

USA

US-developed Pfizer & Moderna vaccines produce THREE TIMES LESS antibodies against South African strain of Covid-19 – lab studies

Posted on February 18, 2021February 18, 2021By Editor

Vaccines developed by US companies Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna are producing fewer antibodies against the coronavirus mutation that has emerged in South Africa, according to studies reported in the New England Journal of Medicine. … Read More >US-developed Pfizer & Moderna vaccines produce THREE TIMES LESS antibodies against South African strain of Covid-19 – lab studies

USA

LA to temporarily close nation’s largest Covid-19 vaccine site & 4 other locations amid major shortages of Moderna jab

Posted on February 13, 2021February 13, 2021By Editor

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has said the city will briefly shutter five coronavirus vaccination sites – including the massive operation at Dodger Stadium – due to a lack of doses, calling the shortages an “enormous hurdle.” … Read More >LA to temporarily close nation’s largest Covid-19 vaccine site & 4 other locations amid major shortages of Moderna jab

USA

Dozens of people develop rare blood disorder after taking coronavirus vaccines – reports

Posted on February 11, 2021February 11, 2021By Editor

At least 36 recipients of Pfizer’s and Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccines in the US have developed a rare immune disorder that attacks the blood, according to reports. One patient is dead, and doctors can’t rule out blaming the vaccine. … Read More >Dozens of people develop rare blood disorder after taking coronavirus vaccines – reports