[ad_1] MONTREAL (Reuters) – Airports around the world are urged to step up security efforts to protect shipments of COVID-19 vaccines amid warnings from police about potential targeting of criminal networks. FILE PHOTO: A shipment of Pfizer’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine is unloaded from a United Airlines freight flight from Brussels at O’Hare International Airport … Read more
[ad_1] The United States is currently facing two conflicting emotions. On the one hand, the first COVID-19 vaccines are being administered across the country this week, mainly to frontline medical staff. However, on the other hand, the number of infections in the country continues to rise to an all-time high with more than 238,000 new … Read more
[ad_1] Protests erupted at Stanford University Medical Center Hospital in California on Friday, where medical residents and frontline fellows staged a strike in frustration over the botched distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine by the hospital. “First in the room! Back of the line!” they shouted, according to a video posted on Twitter. Protesters accused the … Read more
[ad_1] (AP Photo / Ross D. Franklin) PHOENIX – Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams has tested positive for COVID-19, the department said Friday. Williams has minor symptoms and is working from home while in quarantine, the department said in a press release. Department No. 2, Deputy Executive Chief Michael Kurtenbach, also recently tested positive for … Read more
[ad_1] Doctors at Stanford Medical Center who are completing their residencies and scholarships staged a protest on Friday, claiming they were ignored in the first wave of COVID-19 vaccinations, even though they were working directly with patients with highly contagious disease. A few dozen residents and fellows carried placards during the protest outside a door … Read more
[ad_1] Santa Barbara County reports the deaths of two more people who tested positive for COVID-19. Both had underlying health issues, according to health officials. One of the patients was a child aged 12 to 17 who lived in Santa Maria. Health officials say this is the first pediatric death linked to COVID-19 in Santa … Read more
[ad_1] When friends asked Dr. Allison Friedenberg if she would get the COVID-19 vaccine, she was amazed they would even ask the question. “Are you crazy?” Friedenberg said of his response to his friends, some of whom were suggesting the vaccine was new and dangerous. “When you see people dying, and then there’s something you … Read more
[ad_1] FAIRBANKS, Alaska – A second healthcare worker had a severe reaction after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, officials said on Friday. Both cases were in Alaska. In the latter case, a worker, identified only as a female clinician, began to experience probable anaphylactic symptoms about 10 minutes after receiving the vaccine Thursday in Fairbanks. Symptoms … Read more
[ad_1] As debate rages on who should be next to receive the coronavirus vaccine, some experts say essential workers should come first over the elderly. The United States began inoculating Americans with the Pfizer vaccine this week, and the Food and Drug Administration is working to clear the Moderna coronavirus vaccine. But with a limited … Read more
[ad_1] Johnson & Johnson announced that it had reached full recruitment for its single-dose, advanced coronavirus vaccine trial with around 45,000 participants. In a statement from the company, the health giant said there is a high incidence of the virus circulating among the general population where US-based study trials (called Ensemble) are underway, which will … Read more