Sweden extends pause of Moderna’s vaccine in young people

Sweden extends pause of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine in young people under 30 due to concerns the shot causes rare heart inflammation Sweden has extended a pause of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine in people under age 30 beyond the original December 1 date to an unknown date No one born after 1990 can receive the Moderna shot…

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COVID-19 mortality risk correlates with vitamin D3 status

COVID-19 mortality risk correlates inversely with vitamin D3 status, and a mortality rate close to zero could theoretically be achieved at 50 ng/ml 25(OH)D3: Results of a systematic review and meta-analysis View ORCID ProfileLorenz Borsche, View ORCID ProfileBernd Glauner, View ORCID ProfileJulian von Mendel doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.09.22.21263977 This article is a preprint and has not been…

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CDC Overrules Advisors on Pfizer Booster

CDC Overrules Advisors on Pfizer Booster for High-Risk Workers by Molly Walker, Deputy Managing Editor, MedPage Today September 24, 2021 In a rare move, CDC overruled the recommendations of the agency’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) regarding who should get a booster of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine (Comirnaty). In a statement released early Friday, the…

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2 top FDA officials resigned over Biden booster plan

Ashley Collman, Business Insider The FDA announced the resignations of Marion Gruber and Philip Krause on Tuesday. The pair lead the FDA office in charge of approving vaccines. Politico and Endpoints reported they left in frustration over Biden’s COVID-19 booster-shot plan.   The US Food and Drug Administration announced the resignations of two top vaccine…

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1,000 people per week dying from Influenza in California

#IAMJOHCULLEN Forget COVID19 for 5 minutes. We just had a historical moment ALMOST pass us by…., un-noticed. What a shame it would be…. Never in recorded history has California had 1,000 people per week die from Influenza, since 1918. Gavin Newsome is the Governor of California. In late December, 2020, California started experiencing something it…

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NIH funds studies on potential effects of COVID vaccination on menstruation

Item of Interest: NIH funds studies to assess potential effects of COVID-19 vaccination on menstruation The National Institutes of Health has awarded one-year supplemental grants totaling $1.67 million to five institutions to explore potential links between COVID-19 vaccination and menstrual changes. Some women have reported experiencing irregular or missing menstrual periods, bleeding that is heavier…

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Nat. Immunity Prevents Delta Better Than Vaccine

By Michelle Fay Cortez August 27, 2021, 1:38 AM EDT BLOOMBERG Early data from Israel shows natural immunity wanes with time People who recovered from Covid may face lower risk from delta People who recovered from a bout of Covid-19 during one of the earlier waves of the pandemic appear to have a lower risk…

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