One-jab Janssen vaccine is set to be approved within DAYS – as ministers prepare to widen rollout

One-jab Janssen vaccine is set to be approved within DAYS – as ministers prepare to widen rollout to under-50s A decision by the health regulator on the single-dose jab expected in ten days UK already has 30 million doses of jab made by Johnson and Johnson   Comes after first doses of the Moderna vaccine were … Read more

Moderna vaccine is effective against California variant and produces antibodies for least 6 months

Moderna Inc’s coronavirus vaccine is effective against the California variant and its protection last for six months, two new studies find. In one study, researchers from Duke University found that the antibodies generated by Moderna’s jab had about two times less neutralizing power against the strain that was first discovered in the Golden State. While … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon reveals Scotland received its first Moderna vaccines YESTERDAY

Nicola Sturgeon reveals Scotland received its first Moderna vaccines YESTERDAY as the First Minister confirms all Scots schoolchildren will return to class after the Easter holiday By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 12:54 BST, 6 April 2021 | Updated: 13:05 BST, 6 April 2021 Scotland has already received its first doses of the … Read more

Walgreens under fire for giving second Pfizer Covid shot doses late

Walgreens gave hundreds of thousands of Americans their second doses of Pfizer’s Covid vaccine a week late, flouting U.S. guidelines and confusing customers, the New York Times has revealed.   Pfizer’s vaccine is authorized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be given in two doses, spread three weeks apart, while Moderna’s is given three … Read more

Dolly Parton is fully vaccinated with ‘her own medicine’ after donating $1M to help fund Moderna

Dolly Parton is fully vaccinated! Country icon jokes she received a ‘second dose of her own medicine’ after donating $1M to help fund Moderna shot By Sarah Abraham For Dailymail.com Published: 19:59 BST, 3 April 2021 | Updated: 19:59 BST, 3 April 2021 Dolly Parton is fully vaccinated after getting her second dose of the … Read more

NIH begins dosing people with Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine booster shot

NIH begins dosing people with Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine booster shot to see if it protects against the South African variant The NIH has begun clinical trials testing a booster shot of Moderna Inc’s COVID vaccine to see if it will protect against the South African variant Approximately 210 healthy adult volunteers will be enrolled at … Read more

Health workers 90% less likely to catch coronavirus after they are fully vaccinated, CDC data show 

Two doses of either Moderna’s or Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine are highly effective at preventing infection, a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study published on Monday finds. Researchers looked at vaccination rates among nearly 4,000 healthcare employees, first responders, and other essential and frontline workers from mid-December 2020 to mid-March 2021. Results showed … Read more

No10 plays down prospects of handing spare Covid vaccines to Ireland before JULY

Downing Street today played down the prospects of spare coronavirus vaccines being handed to Ireland before July. The PM’s spokesman stressed that the ‘first priority’ is still to cover all UK adults, despite claims that 3.7million doses have been earmarked for gifting in a ‘poke in the eye’ for the EU’s slow rollout. The comments … Read more

Covid US: At least three fully-vaccinated Hawaiians caught infection

At least three Hawaii residents have been infected with COVID-19, despite being fully vaccinated against the disease.  Vaccine trials showed that the three vaccines approved in the US prevent between 66 and 95 percent of symptomatic infections, but we still do not know how well the vaccines prevent people from catching or spreading coronavirus.  So it’s little … Read more

‘Covid arm’ that leaves Moderna vaccine recipients with red rashes may be a ‘GOOD’ sign, expert says

A rare side effect from the Moderna coronavirus vaccine may actually a good sign, according to health experts. Some recipients have reported experiencing ‘Covid arm,’ in which people experience itchy and swollen skin, sometimes accompanied by red lumps or hives.   But the splotch is a harmless response from the immune system to the shot that … Read more