Mexico OKs Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine for Use in Kids 12 Years and Up
Reuters by means of Yahoo News reported:
Mexico’s health regulator has actually provided approval to U.S. drug maker Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine for use in children 12 years of ages and older, Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell stated on Twitter on Thursday.
“It’s the very first COVID-19 vaccine authorized for teenagers in our country,” he said.
Who Urges Fully Vaccinated People to Continue to Wear Masks as Delta COVID Variant Spreads
The World Health Organization on Friday prompted totally immunized individuals to continue to use masks, social distance and practice other COVID-19 pandemic precaution as the highly contagious delta alternative spreads rapidly across the globe.
“People can not feel safe even if they had the 2 doses. They still require to safeguard themselves,” Dr. Mariangela Simao, WHO assistant director-general for access to medicines and health products, stated throughout a news instruction.
Delta Variant Outbreak in Israel Infects Some Vaccinated Adults
The Wall Street Journal reported:
About half of adults infected in a break out of the Delta variation of COVID-19 in Israel were totally inoculated with the Pfizer Inc. vaccine, triggering the government to reimpose an indoor mask requirement and other steps to consist of the extremely transmissible strain.
The Delta variant, which first emerged in India in late 2020 and is likewise called B. 1.617.2, has now been found in more than 70 nations. In the U.S., public-health specialists anticipate it to quickly end up being the dominant strain.
Newest CDC VAERS Data Show Reported Injuries Surpass 7,000 in Ages 12 to 17 Following COVID Vaccines
Data launched today show that in between Dec. 14, 2020 and June 18, 2021, a total of 387,087 overall negative events were reported to VAERS, consisting of 6,113 deaths— a boost of 120 deaths over the previous week. There were 31,240 serious injury reports, up 1,369 compared to last week.
Today’s data for 12- to 17-year-olds show: 7,294 overall unfavorable events, consisting of 423 ranked as severe and 9 reported deaths amongst 12- to 17-year-olds. Four deaths (or 44%) were cardiac-related and 3 were unexpected, inexplicable deaths.
mRNA Vaccine-Makers’ Stocks Take a Hit Amid Possible Link to Rare Heart Conditions
The stocks of BioNTech, Pfizer and Moderna, which make the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine, fell amidst news the jabs could be linked to uncommon heart inflammation in young people.
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory panel said there is a “most likely association” between teenagers getting the vaccines and cases of myocarditis and pericarditis, however it added that the advantages are still higher than the threats.
The British athletes who do not wish to get vaccinated against COVID-19 before the Tokyo Olympics are doing so over performance-related worries instead of an anti-vax position, the Guardian understands.
The British Olympic Association remains confident that almost all its 370 or two Olympians will have 2 jabs before they fly to Japan, with only “a little handful” still remaining unsure.
Houston Hospital Employee Who Says She Was Fired for Not Getting Vaccine: ‘Don’t Take Away My Choice’
An ultrasound technologist who states she was fired by a Houston hospital because she wouldn’t get vaccinated against the coronavirus told CNN on Wednesday, “I don’t wish to work for people like that. Don’t take away my choice.”
LaTricia Blank operated at Houston Methodist medical facility for 8 and a half years. She loved her job, her clients and the people she worked with, she stated.
Houston Methodist on March 31 ended up being the very first major health care system in the country to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations. More than 100 employees sued but a judge recently agreed the hospital system. The employees have actually appealed the judge’s decision.
Star Lakis Lazopoulos Suffers Blood Clot After Getting 2nd Pfizer Vaccine
Famous Greekmactor Lakis Lazopoulos was hurried to the health center with a blood clot a few days after he was administered the coronavirus vaccine.
Speaking to “Nea” newspaper, he exposed that last Saturday “I got up with a heavy sensation on my leg, making it tough to move. I called my pal, medical professional George Papatheou and informed him to come and see me. He chose that I must go to hospital Ygeia. I went, got tested and it turned out I had a stroke. It was a small embolisms, but it dissipated at its origin.”
The News & & Observer reported:
President Joe Biden checks out a vaccination website in Raleigh, NC on June 24, 2021, to advise people to get the COVID vaccine. He met with front-line workers and volunteers at the Green Road Community Center.
Health Officials Worry Myocarditis Concerns Will Increase Vaccine Hesitancy
WBRC Channel 6 Birmingham reported:
Local health officials worry the CDC’s most current findings connecting the COVID-19 vaccine to the rare heart disease, myocarditis, might increase vaccine hesitancy among parents.
The CDC reports there are 226 verified cases of the heart disease, myocarditis, linked to the COVID-19 vaccine. Authorities stated the issue is primarily in males under the age of 30, but local health officials said it is still very unusual and should not deter parents from immunizing their children.
COVID: German Scientists May Know How to Prevent Vaccine Blood Clots
Scientists in Germany think they may have exercised a method to prevent vector-based vaccines from causing unusual embolism.
German researchers think they have actually worked out why vector-based vaccines like AstraZeneca and Johnson & & Johnson’s Janssen trigger an uncommon type of blood clot in some people. And they think they understand how to adjust the vaccine to prevent the embolism from occurring.
Delta Plus: As U.S. Grapples With Delta variant, India Raises Alarm Over a New COVID Strain Mutated From It
Epidemiologists and medical professionals are closely keeping an eye on the rise of yet another alternative that has actually been detected in practically a lots countries, consisting of the U.S. Concern that the so-called Delta Plus variation– a mutation of the now-widespread Delta stress Found in India– might be more transmittable and trigger more substantial health issues than other variations prompted Indian officials this week to label it a “version of issue.”
But while the variant’s quick spread, and India’s painful experience with the original Delta stress, have actually raised alarm in the huge nation, epidemiologists there and abroad say far more information is needed before more comprehensive cautions are provided worldwide about Delta Plus.
The Health 202: Don’t Expect Another Vaccine ‘Pause’ Over the Myocarditis Cases
The Washington Post through MSN reported:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention took an extremely cautious approach to the coronavirus vaccines when it momentarily stopped briefly the Johnson & & Johnson shots previously this year.
Now, as the agency thinks about hundreds of reports of heart swelling among young people, there’s more will to press forward without modifying the main vaccine recommendations.
German Lab, J&J Still Hashing Out Details of COVID Vaccine Clot Collaboration
A scientist investigating rare blood clots potentially connected to AstraZeneca’s and Johnson & & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccines has yet to start a planned cooperation with the U.S. business, he stated, as talks over their research pact continue.
Dr. Andreas Greinacher, a transfusion medicine specialist at Germany’s Greifswald University, has been studying thickening with low blood platelets in people who got AstraZeneca’s vaccine.
In April, when thickening established in a couple of individuals who got J&J’s shot, Greinacher revealed his lab would work with the U.S. company to explore causes. J&J, whose shot counts on innovation comparable to AstraZeneca’s, verified it was “exploring a potential collaboration.”
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Houston Methodist on March 31 became the first major health care system in the country to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations. The News & & Observer reported:
President Joe Biden visits goes to vaccination site in Raleigh, NC on June 24, 2021, to urge people to get the COVID vaccine. The CDC reports there are 226 confirmed cases of the heart condition, myocarditis, linked to the COVID-19 vaccine. Janssen cause an unusual type of blood clot in some individuals. In April, when clotting established in a couple of people who got J&J’s shot, Greinacher revealed his lab would work with the U.S. company to explore causes.