[ad_1] April Lu, a 31-year-old nurse at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center, said she refused to take the vaccine because she was not convinced it was safe for pregnant women. She is six months pregnant. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times) They are frontline workers with priority access to the COVID-19 vaccine, but they refuse … Read more
[ad_1] Authorities in Wisconsin on Thursday arrested a pharmacist on suspicion of intentionally ruining hundreds of doses of the coronavirus vaccine by taking them out of the refrigerator for two nights. Former pharmacist Advocate Aurora Health has been arrested on suspicion of reckless endangerment, falsification of a prescription drug and criminal damage to property, according … Read more
[ad_1] MILWAUKEE – Lawyer Aurora Health has said that a now laid-off employee intentionally removed 57 vials of Moderna coronavirus vaccine from a refrigerator last weekend, rendering them ineffective and thrown away. Each vial contains enough vaccine for 10 vaccinations. Initially, Aurora was “led to believe” that the deletion was a mistake. But on Wednesday, … Read more
[ad_1] SALT LAKE CITY – Flu rates in Utah and the United States remain low, a trend first seen months ago in the southern hemisphere of the world. Although influenza infections are low, cases of COVID-19 across the country continue to increase with at least nearly 1,000 reported in Utah every day since the end … Read more
[ad_1] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:December 31, 2020 COLUMBIA, SC – The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today provided the following update on the state’s distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, including the state’s progress in vaccine immunization in phase 1a; and efforts underway to protect the health and safety of the whole South. Carolinians: … Read more
[ad_1] A Wisconsin hospital worker was fired and arrested after removing dozens of vials of coronavirus vaccine from a drugstore refrigerator, intentionally destroying more than 500 doses, a hospital investigation found. The incident happened over the weekend at Aurora Medical Center in Grafton, north of Milwaukee. Grafton Police announced the pharmacist’s arrest Thursday, but did … Read more
[ad_1] U.S. surgeon general Jerome Adams made a personal plea urging Americans to take COVID-19 seriously on New Year’s Eve, after announcing his wife had been admitted to hospital due to complications from cancer. “My wife is admitted to the hospital due to complications from her cancer treatment. I am not allowed to see her … Read more
[ad_1] With thousands of California frontline hospital workers refusing to take new Covid-19 vaccines, mainstream media have faced the delicate task of explaining why those considered the most competent would agree to be vaccinated. The Los Angeles Times reported the numbers, suggesting that hospital staff – whom the media hailed as selfless heroes of the … Read more
[ad_1] The BMA said reorganizing appointments for tens of thousands of patients would cause “ enormous logistical problems ” for the practices. He said existing appointments should be honored and that he would support GPs if they decide to vaccinate patients who are due to receive a second vaccine next month. The decision to postpone … Read more
[ad_1] The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday approved the Pfizer and BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for emergency use. The vaccine, which goes by the name Comirnaty, is the first coronavirus vaccine to be approved by the agency and added to its Emergency Use List (EUL), according to the announcement. The WHO emergency use authorization follows … Read more