No, the CDC did not mandate kids get the COVID-19 vaccine to go to school

It’s hard to log onto social media these days without being hit with a firehose of misinformation, especially when it comes to COVID-19. Getting accurate information during a global pandemic with a novel virus that keeps mutating is a challenge, and people’s (sometimes understandable) distrust of the government, the media and various institutions certainly doesn’t …

Add COVID Shot to Routine Vaccine Schedule: CDC Panel

By Cara Murez and Robin Foster  HealthDay Reporters FRIDAY, Oct. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) – In an unanimous vote on Thursday, a panel of U.S. vaccine experts recommended that COVID shots be added to the list of recommended vaccinations for children and adults. Now it’s up to the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention …

FDA OKs Novavax COVID Vaccine as First Booster Shot

By Cara Murez  HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Oct. 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Americans will now have another choice if they want a COVID booster shot. On Wednesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Novavax Inc.’s protein-based vaccine as a first booster dose. Until now, it had only been approved as a two-dose primary series. …

COVID-19 Vaccine May Change, Lengthen Menstrual Cycles

Oct. 6, 2022 – Pamela Jock has always had regular periods, even as she rounded 50 and knew perimenopause was on the horizon. But shortly after receiving the second of a two-series COVID-19 vaccine in June 2020, her cycle began to change. At 52, it could indeed be perimenopause, but Jock had to wonder if the …

Conspiracy theorists are already claiming the COVID vaccine killed Coolio

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Pediatricians Urge Flu Vaccine for Kids

Sept. 6, 2022 – Attention parents: The nation’s leading pediatric medical society is urging you to make sure your children get a flu shot this fall to prevent and control the spread of the illness. The American Academy of Pediatrics this week called on parents and caregivers to seek flu vaccines for their kids as …

CDC Gives Final Approval to Omicron COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters

Sept. 1, 2022 — The CDC today approved the use of vaccines designed to target both Omicron and the older variants of the coronavirus, a step that may aid a goal of a widespread immunization campaign before winter arrives in the U.S. The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 13-1 Thursday on two separate questions. …

What To Know About Fall Booster Shots Of Coronavirus Vaccine

By Laurie McGinley, The Washington Post Aug. 31, 2022 — New coronavirus boosters are just around the corner following authorization Wednesday by federal regulators. The updated shots are designed to provide a stronger shield against the BA.4 and BA.5 omicron subvariants still causing tens of thousands of infections and hundreds of deaths every day in the …

Black Men Less Likely to Get Monkeypox Vaccine

By Steven Reinberg and Robin Foster HealthDay ReportersHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Aug. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Although there’s now enough monkeypox vaccine to go around, the Americans who need it most still may not be getting it, a new report shows. Only 10% of the Jynneos vaccine doses have been given to Black people, even …

Moderna Sues Pfizer, BioNTech Over Covid Vaccine Patent

Moderna on Friday filed twin lawsuits in US federal court and in Germany against rivals Pfizer and BioNTech, alleging they infringed on the company’s patents for the messenger RNA, or mRNA, technology that forms the basis of the COVID vaccines. In a statement, Moderna accused the two companies of infringing on patents it had filed …