Vaccine

COVID Vaccines for Kids Under 6 Won’t Have to Meet 50% Efficacy Standard, FDA Official Says

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) top vaccine official told a congressional committee on Friday that COVID-19 vaccines for kids under 6 will not have to meet the agency’s 50% efficacy threshold required to obtain Emergency Use Authorization (EUA).

COVID Cases Rise in Parts of U.S. With High Vax Rates

Areas with populations more than three-quarters vaccinated.

UK Ends Daily COVID-19 Updates

The UK government has decided to stop its daily COVID-19 updates, and from now on the figures will only be updated on the official dashboard twice a week.

U.S. Senator Investigating CDC for Tracking Americans’ Phones

Citing the "very serious constitutional questions" involved, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., has launched an investigation into the CDC's actions in tracking the cell phones of millions of Americans.

Bill Gates Outlines Plan for 3,000-Person Social Media Unit to Combat ‘Vaccine Misinformation’

The tech mogul wants to put out “good messages” about vaccines.

Stephen Colbert Catches COVID for Second Time in 3 Weeks

Talk show host Stephen Colbert has caught COVID for the second time in the space of three weeks after previously thanking the efficacy of the vaccine when he contracted the virus last month.

Rheumatologist: 40% Of 3,000 Vaccinated Patients Reported Vaccine Injury, 5% Still Injured

Dr. Robert Jackson has been a physician for 35 years. In his practice, there are more than 5,000 patients, about 3,000 of whom got vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccines.

New Star Trek Show Depicts Jan 6 Leading to ‘Second Civil War’ and ‘World War III’

The premiere of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds on Paramount Plus Thursday, appeared to allege that the January 6, 2021 riot at the US Capitol triggered the fictitious nuclear World War III on Earth in the sci-fi series timeline.

The Real Reproductive Rights Battle Isn’t Abortion, It’s to Have and Raise Children

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, through a spokesman, declared “reproductive rights” the paramount struggle of humanity this week. He is right, but not in any way recognizable to him or his organization.

GOP Presses Biden on Canceled $142M Contract for COVID-19 Therapies

Senate Republicans are demanding answers from the Biden administration about a federal contract signed with KPMG last year to promote monoclonal antibody treatments that they argue did little to forestall shortages of the therapeutics, which were badly needed as thousands died of COVID-19. 

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