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FDA Adds Its Approval to Booster Shots for Seniors

The third Pfizer dose ideally would be given six months after the second one

(Newser) - Update: Coronavirus booster shots for people 65 and older and adults otherwise vulnerable to severe illness received the Food and Drug Administration's approval on Wednesday. The agency decided that anyone in a high-risk situation, possibly because of their job, also should be able to get a Pfizer booster, the...

Cops: Man Punched Nurse for Vaccinating Wife Without His Consent

Woman was attacked in Quebec pharmacy

(Newser) - Police in Quebec are looking for a man who apparently believed he had the authority to impose an anti-vaccine mandate in his marriage. The suspect allegedly assaulted a nurse in a Sherbrooke pharmacy Monday morning, the CBC reports. Police spokesman Martin Carrier tells Reuters that the "angry and aggressive"...

About to Go on Ventilator, Bride-to-Be Asked for Vaccine

Samantha Wendell, who'd delayed vaccination over fertility concerns, died Sept. 10

(Newser) - Another US woman afraid to get vaccinated against COVID-19 for fear that it would affect her fertility has died of the disease. Samantha Wendell, a 29-year-old surgical technician from Grand Rivers, Ky., was laid to rest earlier this month in a ceremony at an Illinois church where she'd...

Biden to Back Ambitious Global Vaccination Goal

Administration to commit to donate 1.1B doses through 2022

(Newser) - President Biden is set to announce that the US is doubling its purchase of Pfizer's COVID-19 shots to share with the world to 1 billion doses as he embraces the goal of vaccinating 70% of the global population within the next year, per the AP . The stepped-up commitment is...

J&amp;J: Our Booster Shot Works
J&J: Shot No. 2 Works
Sep 21, 2021 6:58 AM CDT

J&J: Shot No. 2 Works

Company's data has not been peer-reviewed, but this is a first step

(Newser) - Johnson & Johnson released data showing that a booster dose to its one-shot coronavirus vaccine provides a strong immune response months after people receive a first dose, per the AP . J&J said in statement Tuesday that it ran two early studies in people previously given its vaccine and found...

COVID's Death Toll Catches 1918 Flu's

One model shows another 100,000 people will be killed by January

(Newser) - COVID-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic did—approximately 675,000. The US population a century ago was one-third of what it is today, meaning the flu cut a much bigger, more lethal swath through the country. But the COVID-19 crisis is by...

Vaccinated Foreigners Will Soon Have Access to the US

New travel restrictions will go into place in November

(Newser) - Fully vaccinated foreigners will soon have access to the US again. The Biden administration on Monday announced that international travelers will be able to come to the US starting in early November. While they won't be subject to a quarantine, there will be protocols in place, including that the...

Kids 5 to 11 May Get COVID Shots by Halloween

Pfizer reports lower dose appears safe and effective, to be reviewed by FDA

(Newser) - It looks like children ages 5 to 11 in US may be able to receive a COVID vaccination by Halloween. Pfizer on Monday reported that its vaccine appears to be safe and effective at a lower dose for children, reports the Washington Post . The company and partner BioNTech will submit...

Chris Rock Has COVID and a Message
Chris Rock
Has COVID
and a Message
Sep 19, 2021 2:50 PM CDT

Chris Rock Has COVID and a Message

'Trust me you don't want this,' comedian tweets

(Newser) - Chris Rock has joked about having received the one-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine. "That's the food stamps of vaccines," the 56-year-old comedian said in May on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, People reports. But he left humor out when he announced Sunday on Twitter that...

Mom of 5 Died After Giving Birth. Weeks Later, the Dad Died, Too
Mom and Dad
of 5, Including
Newborn, Die
of COVID
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Sep 18, 2021 4:45 PM CDT

Mom and Dad of 5, Including Newborn, Die of COVID

Daniel and Davy Macias' children, all ages 7 and under, are now being cared for by grandparents

(Newser) - A California middle school teacher and his wife, a San Bernardino nurse, were looking forward to the arrival of their fifth child earlier this year. Their family's story has now come to a doubly terrible end, after Daniel Macias, 39, died Thursday of COVID—just two weeks after his...

Bolsonaro Plans to Ignore NYC Vaccine Mandate

'Why would I get vaccinated?' asks Brazilian leader

(Newser) - "Just guess which politician hasn’t been vaccinated and is going to expose his country and citizens to yet another international embarrassment?" tweeted Brazilian lawmaker Erika Kokay Thursday. The answer is President Jair Bolsonaro, who is apparently planning to flout New York City's indoor vaccine mandate when he...

NYPD: Texan Tourists Asked for Vax Proof Attacked Hostess

Three women were arrested for assault

(Newser) - New York City started enforcing its vaccine mandate for indoor dining this week—and the kind of incident restaurant owners had feared happened Thursday evening. Police say three Texan tourists attacked a hostess at an Upper West Side restaurant when they were asked for proof of vaccination to dine inside....

White House Offers Facts on Vaccines to Minaj

Trinidadian's friend's cousin isn't going to Washington just yet

(Newser) - The Biden administration has offered to have a doctor answer Nicki Minaj's questions about the coronavirus vaccines, but the rapper doesn't seem to have been invited to the White House just yet. Minaj had tweeted Wednesday that she was going to Washington and would "ask questions on...

Obituary: The Unvaccinated Cost Grandma Her Life

Candace Ayers, who died of COVID-19, was frustrated by vaccine hesitancy

(Newser) - The family of a fully vaccinated grandmother who died from COVID-19 is urging unvaccinated people across the country to get the shot, if not to protect themselves, then to protect someone else. "She was preceded in death by more than 4,531,799 others infected with COVID-19. She was...

Fauci Weighs In on Minaj's Testicles Tweet

'She should be thinking twice' about spreading unverified claims, he says

(Newser) - Dr. Anthony Fauci has weighed in on the controversy Nicki Minaj is calling #BallGate. The nation's top infectious disease expert, asked during a CNN interview Tuesday whether COVID vaccines could cause infertility, said the answer is a "resounding no," CBS reports. Minaj caused an uproar this week...

It's the Next Pandemic That Worries Bill Gates

Equality has taken a hit in every way, foundation report shows

(Newser) - Bill Gates would have thought more would have been done by now to make sure the next pandemic doesn't catch us by surprise. "The attention to pandemic preparedness is lower than I would have expected," Gates told the Wall Street Journal . The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation...

Toddlers in Cuba Are Now Getting Homegrown Vaccines

Cuba is administering Soberana 2, not recognized by WHO, to kids as young as 2

(Newser) - With kids still out of school since March 2020, and one of the highest coronavirus rates worldwide, Cuba announced a bold new undertaking Monday: It has begun to administer a COVID vaccine to children, even toddlers, reports Voice of America . Kids ages 2-18 are receiving Soberana 2 and the booster...

Another Right-Wing Radio Host Who Mocked COVID Dies

Colo.'s Bob Enyart, who railed against vaccines and masks, has succumbed to coronavirus

(Newser) - Yet another conservative radio host has joined the growing lineup of COVID-19 skeptics who have succumbed to the disease. Colorado's Bob Enyart, whom 9News describes as a "self-proclaimed 'right-wing religious fanatic'" who railed against vaccines and face masks, has died from coronavirus. The news was confirmed...

DeSantis Announces Huge Fines for Cities, Counties Requiring Vaccine

Municipal governments could be on the hook for millions

(Newser) - First it was school districts requiring masks ; now local governments requiring vaccines are in Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' crosshairs. DeSantis on Monday announced the state will fine municipal governments with COVID-19 vaccine mandates for their employees, WFLA reports. Some cities and counties could be on the hook for millions, the...

The Nicki Minaj Met Gala Vaccination Twitter Mess, Explained

Minaj did not actually skip the Met Gala due to vaccine requirement, she says

(Newser) - Nicki Minaj was not at the Met Gala on Monday night, and there was much Twitter drama over why exactly she declined to attend. It started when she tweeted Monday, "They want you to get vaccinated for the Met. if I get vaccinated it won’t for the Met....

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