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Dec 16 2021
Fact Check
No Credible Evidence COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines ‘Dramatically Increase’ Heart Attack Risk, Contrary to Flawed Abstract
The COVID-19 vaccines administered in the U.S. are not known to increase the risk of heart attack. But social media posts are misinterpreting an abstract in an American Heart Association journal as proof that the vaccine kills. The publisher later issued an “expression of concern” about the abstract “until a suitable correction can be published.”
Hundreds of millions of doses of COVID-
FactCheck.orgMar 09 2021
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CDC Says It's Safe For Vaccinated People To Do These Activities
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued new guidance for vaccinated people, giving the green light to resume some pre-pandemic activities and relax precautions that have been in place.
Specifically, the new guidance says, people who are fully vaccinated can visit indoors with other fully vaccinated people without wearing masks or social distancing. People are
NPR (Online News)Apr 22 2021
Fact Check
Are the COVID Vaccines Experimental? Did They Skip Animal Trials?
A viral Facebook post lists “6 facts” about the three COVID-19 vaccines currently in use in the United States. These “facts” are listed as follows: “none are FDA approved, all are considered ‘experimental,’ none have completed initial research trials, all were allowed to skip animal trials, none will complete a research trial for 2-3 years, all are free of liability even if one kills you.”
The DispatchAug 18 2021
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U.S. will begin wide distribution of Covid booster shots next month, saying vaccine protection wanes over time
The United States will begin widely distributing Covid-19 booster shots next month as new data shows that vaccine protection wanes over time, top U.S. health officials announced Wednesday.
It’s now “very clear” that immunity starts to fall after the initial two doses, and with the dominance of the delta variant, “we are starting to see evidence of reduced protection against mild and
CNBCMay 19 2020
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Politics could dictate who gets a coronavirus vaccine
Deciding which groups come next is fraught with ethical dilemmas and ripe for political power plays.
The promise of a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year creates a difficult political and public health question: Who gets the vaccine first?
Health care workers would be among the first to receive any vaccine so they can continue to work the pandemic’s front lines. But
PoliticoMay 18 2020
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U.S. Stocks Rally After Worst Week in Almost Two Months
U.S. stocks rallied Monday on hopeful news around a potential coronavirus vaccine, recovering ground following their biggest weekly percentage drop in nearly two months.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 732 points, or 3.1%, to 24419, the S&P 500 rose 2.7% and the Nasdaq Composite added 2%.
The gains wiped out last week’s losses. The S&P 500 shed 2.3% last week
Wall Street Journal (News)Oct 05 2021
Fact Check
Video: Instagram Posts Spread Texas Lawmaker’s False Claims on Vaccine Testing
In this video, FactCheck.org and Univision Noticias teamed up to debunk false claims, spreading on social media, that were made by a state senator in Texas about vaccine safety.
All three of the COVID-19 vaccines administered in the U.S. went through clinical trials involving tens of thousands of participants each. The Food and Drug Administration reviewed the safety data of those
FactCheck.orgDec 09 2020
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FDA to meet on Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine EUA application: What to expect
On Thursday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will meet to discuss Pfizer and BioNTech’s emergency use authorization application for its coronavirus vaccine candidate.
The companies were the first to submit their application for EUA to the FDA, with Moderna following suit shortly after.
The meeting will include members of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and
Fox News (Online News)Jul 31 2021
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FDA Extends Shelf Life of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 Vaccine
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has agreed to extend the shelf life on Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot COVID-19 vaccine from four-and-a-half months to six months.
In a July 28 concurrence letter (pdf), the FDA said Johnson & Johnson had provided sufficient data to support the extension of the company’s vaccine to six months, including for already expired batches, provided
The Epoch TimesDec 04 2020
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Pelosi On Why She Will Accept A Smaller Relief Bill: It’s ‘Okay Now Because We Have A New President’
Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday that she would work with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to pass a smaller coronavirus relief package which she deemed was now okay “because we have a new president.”
“What shifted in your opinion when the Problem Solvers Caucus had a much larger bill a few months ago?” a reporter asked Pelosi. “You did not like that piece of
The Daily Wire