In minority communities, doctors change their minds about vaccination

[ad_1] Like many black and rural Americans, Denese Rankin, a 55-year-old retired accountant and receptionist in Castleberry, Alabama, did not want the Covid-19 vaccine. Ms Rankin was worried about side effects – she had seen stories on social media about people developing Bell’s palsy, for example, after being vaccinated. She thought the vaccines had arrived … Read more

Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine first in the world to receive emergency use authorization from WHO – RT World News

[ad_1] The first vaccine against the novel coronavirus approved for emergency use by the World Health Organization is the Comirnaty COVID-19 mRNA produced by Pfizer / BioNTech, the WHO has announced. The world health body announced emergency approval on Thursday, as 2020 drew to a close. Its Emergency Use List (EUL) will allow countries to … Read more

Moderna vaccine missing in Wisconsin: police arrest former pharmacist

[ad_1] Investigators believe the man withdrew the vaccine “knowing it would not be usable,” a police press release said. Police say the hospital pharmacist provided public safety officials at Aurora Medical Center in Grafton with a written statement saying he intentionally removed the vials, knowing that if they were not stored properly, the doses would … Read more

COVID pushes LA County to the brink of disaster

[ad_1] Long wait times to unload patients at severely overcrowded Los Angeles County hospitals increasingly prevent ambulances from responding to other emergency calls, officials said on Thursday – the latest knock-on effect of the outbreak rampant and widespread coronavirus hitting the region’s health system. Sometimes up to 10 ambulances are waiting to drop off patients, … Read more

2 North Dakotans suffer from allergic reactions after COVID-19 vaccine

[ad_1] BISMARCK – Two North Dakotans suffered severe allergic reactions shortly after taking the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, according to a press release issued by the North Dakota Department of Health on Wednesday, December 30. Both allergic reactions occurred during an observation period of 15 minutes after administration of the vaccines. Health officials report that none … Read more

Some UK doctors plan to challenge instructions to delay vaccine booster shots

[ad_1] Some British family doctors said on Thursday they would defy government instructions to postpone patient appointments for a second dose of the coronavirus vaccine, a sign of unease in the medical community over Britain’s new plan to delay second injections to give more. people partial protection from a single dose. British medics, who have … Read more

Wisconsin hospital worker arrested for spoiled vaccine doses

[ad_1] MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WMTV) – Wisconsin police said they arrested the fired hospital worker on suspicion of intentionally spoiling the COVID-19 vaccine. The Grafton Police Department said the former pharmacist Advocate Aurora Health was arrested on suspicion of reckless endangerment, tampering with a prescription drug and criminal damage to property. The department said in a … Read more

Fauci sees US take control of pandemic by next fall

[ad_1] LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – America’s leading infectious disease specialist Dr Anthony Fauci said on Wednesday he expected America to gain enough herd immunity to COVID-19 through vaccination to regain “some semblance of of normality ”by fall 2021, despite the first setbacks in the deployment of the vaccine. Fauci made his remarks during an online … Read more