COVID 19 Tech

FDA, Pfizer abandon 2-shot COVID vaccine in kids under 5, citing new data

Enlarge / A child getting a vaccination on February 19, 2021, in Bonn, Germany. (credit: Getty | Ute Grabowsky) The Food and Drug Administration, Pfizer, and BioNTech announced on Friday that they are abandoning plans to pursue the authorization of a two-dose regimen of COVID-19 vaccines for children ages six months to four years. Instead, […]

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COVID raised heart risks 63% for a year after infection in study of 11M people

Enlarge / X-ray technicians take a chest X-ray of an unvaccinated COVID-19 patient on the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) floor at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut, U. S., on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. (credit: Getty | Bloomberg ) A bout of COVID-19 can take a hefty toll on the heart and blood vessels; people who […]

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Tonga’s first COVID outbreak erupts; vaccination surges to 98%

Enlarge / Photo taken on Jan. 20, 2022 shows a beach resort hit by the tsunami on the outskirts of Nuku’alofa, capital of Tonga. (credit: Getty | Xinhua News Agency ) The ultra-transmissible omicron coronavirus is now spreading in Tonga, causing the archipelago nation’s first COVID-19 outbreak as it tries to recover from an underwater […]

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Joe Rogan Addresses COVID Stance & N-Word Scandal In New Standup: ‘I Talk S**t For A Living’

Joe Rogan is speaking out about all the controversies he’s recently been making headlines for… The Joe Rogan Experience host and standup comic performed a gig Tuesday night on the Vulcan Gas Company stage in Austin, Texas, and he didn’t shy away from speaking about his scandals. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Rogan’s “intimate” appearance at the venue […]

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As states drop masking, CDC stands by guidance: “We are not there yet”

Enlarge / Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on January 11, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (credit: Getty | Pool) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is standing by its mask guidance, despite more and […]

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Kansas lawmakers attack medical board for probing ivermectin cases

Enlarge / Ivermectin tablets arranged in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. The US Food and Drug Administration warned Americans against taking ivermectin, a drug usually used on animals, as a treatment or prevention for COVID-19. (credit: Getty | Bloomberg) The Kansas medical board is facing attacks from state lawmakers for investigating doctors who have prescribed […]