Global vaccine outreach by USAID
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) collaborated with COVAX and produced the covid-19 pediatric vaccines of Pfizer to Nepal and Mongolia. This is in furtherance of President Biden’s plan of donating Covid-19 vaccines to nations across the world. President Biden revealed this plan during the second Global Summit which...
Read moreJake Sullivan, US National Security Adviser contracts COVID-19
According to the National Security Council Spokesperson, Jake Sullivan, the National Security Advisor of the United States has been reported to be Covid positive. Jake is the most recent victim of the virus in the Biden administration. Adrienne Watson, NSC Spokesperson said that he was asymptomatic and didn’t share any...
Read moreFlorida stays aloof, opts out of vaccines for kids under 6
Although the FDA on Friday approved the use of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for kids as young as 6 months, Florida decided not to pre-order any vaccine supply. According to the White House, doctors from Florida will have the option to directly order vaccines from the government for vaccinating kids...
Read moreCovid vaccination for young infants; FDA panel recommends
On Wednesday, the FDA advisers approved both BioNTech and Moderna’s vaccines for young kids. The Committee for Vaccine and Related Biological Products conducted a vote, for which there was unanimous support in favor of passing the vote. The vaccine by Moderna could be given to kids from 6 months to...
Read moreFauci positive for Covid, home quarantined
US President, Joe Biden’s main medical advisor, Anthony Fauci has been tested Covid positive after experiencing benign symptoms. According to NIH, Fauci didn’t have any close interactions with Biden recently. Fauci, 81, has taken both the vaccine shots and 2 booster shots as well. He will quarantine himself and will...
Read moreMore than 88,000 kids Covid positive in the US, says Report.
According to a report by the Children’s Hospital Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), more than 88,000 children turned out Covid positive during the first week of June. Since the inception of the pandemic, more than 13.5 million kids have been infected and more than 395,000 new cases...
Read moreThe White House is preparing the first coronavirus vaccinations for kids under the age of five
If the concerned officials give the green signal, the White House plans to begin sending millions of immunizations for children from next week onwards. Next week, experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration will sit down and discuss evidence on Moderna and Pfizer’s vaccine for children...
Read moreFlorida Surgeon General Promotes COVID-19 Half-Truths
Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo doubts Ivy League vaccinations. You’d think Florida’s top doctor would promote immunizations. Ladapo’s Harvard-educated appointment has helped DeSantis disseminate vaccination scepticism. DeSantis said Special Olympics International won’t need immunizations for the Orlando games. Ladapo was fined $30 million for utilising COVID passports. Ladapo said vaccines give 0% protection...
Read moreNovavax to be allowed in the U.S
A government advisory group suggested on Tuesday that even a new COVID-19 vaccine, from Novavax, be approved for use in the United States. This vaccine, which received $1.8 billion in federal financing, has a more conventional method than other vaccinations, that are used by more than multiple Americans. Dr Peter Marks,...
Read moreThe U.S faces a huge vaccine shortage.
According to data shared with NBC News by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, pharmacies, states, U.S. federal agencies and territories discarded 82 million Covid vaccine doses from the start of December 2020 till the middle of the May, accounting for little over 11 per cent of the...
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