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May 03 2024
News
Thousands Believe Covid Vaccines Harmed Them. Is Anyone Listening?
Within minutes of getting the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine, Michelle Zimmerman felt pain racing from her left arm up to her ear and down to her fingertips. Within days, she was unbearably sensitive to light and struggled to remember simple facts.
She was 37, with a Ph.D. in neuroscience, and until then could ride her bicycle 20 miles, teach a dance class and give a lecture on
New York Times (News)Jun 17 2022
Opinion
Why some parents are skeptical about covid vaccines for young children
On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna’s coronavirus vaccines for children as young as 6 months. Shots should be available next week, which will provide some parents a long overdue tool to protect their children from covid.
It also will likely go unused by most American parents. This latter group, which will likely not seek out a coronavirus
Guest Writer - CenterApr 23 2024
News
Maine reaches milestone for school-required vaccinations
Maine has reached “herd immunity” for school-required vaccination coverage for the first time since 2011 – the Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Tuesday – driven by a law that went into effect in 2021 that eliminated philosophic and religious exemptions to attend K-12 schools. Herd immunity is achieved when at least 95% of a population is immunized against infectious
Portland Press HeraldDec 26 2021
News
Trump Doubles Down on Vaccine Advocacy, Dismisses Candace Owens’s Skepticism
Former president Donald Trump was effusive in his praise for the coronavirus vaccines in a recent interview with the Daily Wire’s Candace Owens, telling Owens that “the vaccine is one of the greatest achievements of mankind.”
Owens began by asking Trump about vaccine mandates, citing “Big Pharma,” as a “huge topic on the minds of mothers especially.” Trump quickly restated opposition to
National Review (News)Mar 20 2024
News
Energy Secretary says energy stockpiles to be refilled in 2024, but experts are skeptical
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said Monday that the nation’s energy stockpiles, which President Joe Biden depleted to its lowest level since the 1980s, will be refilled by the end of 2024.
“By the end of this year we will essentially be back to where we would have been absent the sales,” Granholm said at the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston, Texas, according to AFP.
Just The NewsApr 02 2024
News
Some students skeptical, others support feds’ $14M fine against Liberty University
A record $14 million fine against Liberty University is drawing mixed reactions from students after a federal investigation found repeated failures to report on-campus crimes. The private Protestant institution in Virginia recently agreed to pay the fine as part of a settlement with the Department of Education. A federal investigation found “serious violations” regarding campus crime reporting
The College FixApr 29 2024
News
Brazil's latest Covid vaccine purchase comes 4 years too late
Brazil’s Ministry of Health this month announced a purchase of 12.5 million doses of Moderna’s updated Covid XBB vaccine, a decision considered both too little and too late by health experts. Brazil has recorded over 38 million Covid cases and almost 712,000 deaths (second only to the U.S.). And while the country saw a recent uptick in Covid infections, worrying officials, the curves for both
The Brazilian ReportApr 09 2024
News
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs gave Jelly Roll a bad feeling ahead of meeting: 'I was already skeptical'
In recent months, Sean "Diddy" Combs has made headlines by being named in several sexual assault lawsuits and having his homes raided by Homeland Security in connection to a human-trafficking investigation. A prominent fixture in Hollywood, Diddy's circle runs deep, although one celebrity is sharing he had a bad feeling about meeting the rapper before he inundated recent headlines. Country
Fox News (Online News)Dec 26 2021
News
Trump hails the COVID-19 vaccine as 'one of the greatest achievements of mankind' and rejects vaccine skepticism in new interview
Former President Donald Trump hailed the COVID-19 vaccine and pushed back on vaccine skepticism in a new interview with conservative commentator Candace Owens.
Trump called the vaccine "one of the greatest achievements of mankind" and praised his administration's success in getting the vaccine developed on his watch.
Typically, vaccine development takes years, but the Trump
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