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Pregnant women will not be offered Pfizer’s breakthrough coronavirus vaccine due to a lack of evidence, experts have said. The UK Government has issued guidelines making it clear mothers-to-be should not be inoculated until after they’ve given birth. Women who think they might be pregnant are urged to delay vaccination until they are certain they … Read more
Pregnant women will not be offered Pfizer’s breakthrough coronavirus vaccine due to a lack of evidence, experts have said. The UK Government has issued guidelines making it clear mothers-to-be should not be inoculated until after they’ve given birth. Women who think they might be pregnant are urged to delay vaccination until they are certain they … Read more
What type of vaccine is this? The jab is known as a messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine. Conventional vaccines are produced using weakened forms of the virus, but mRNAs use only the virus’s genetic code. An mRNA vaccine is injected into the body where it enters cells and tells them to create antigens. These antigens are … Read more
Britain’s medicines regulator sought to dampen fears over the coronavirus vaccine after two people with severe allergies had reactions after being among the first to receive the jab yesterday. The reactions in the two NHS workers provoked the Medicines and Healthcare products Agency (MHRA) to stop offering the jab to people with a history of … Read more
The severe allergic reactions suffered by two UK health care workers who got Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine yesterday are ‘of some concern,’ Dr Anthony Fauci said on Wednesday afternoon. During a Harvard University forum hosted by CNN’s Dr Sanjay Gupta, Dr Fauci did not seem particularly shocked that these reactions occurred, but he did warn that … Read more
A 90-year-old grandmother who became the first person in the world to have Pfizer’s coronavirus jab has urged sceptics to get the vaccine after being discharged from hospital. V-Day hero Margaret Keenan, from Coventry, made history on Tuesday by becoming the first person to receive the injection outside of medical trials. Mrs Keenan hailed it as a … Read more
A 90-year-old grandmother who became the first person in the world to have Pfizer’s coronavirus jab has urged sceptics to get the vaccine after being discharged from hospital. V-Day hero Margaret Keenan, from Coventry, made history on Tuesday by becoming the first person to receive the injection outside of medical trials. Mrs Keenan hailed it as a … Read more
Canada has become just the second country in the world to approve Pfizer Inc’s coronavirus vaccine, and may start immunizing residents as early as next week. On Wednesday, the country’s health regulator, Health Canada, posted on its website that it had authorized the jab after a two-month independent review on safety and efficacy. ‘Canadians can … Read more
A woman who is suffering from an unexplained skin condition on her feet has told how a misunderstanding over its cause sparked a slew of anti-vaccine propaganda to spread online. Patricia Chandler, from Texas, began experiencing pain in her foot in October, less than a week after she took part in a Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine trial. When … Read more
BREAKING: Canada becomes second country to approve Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine a week after the UK gave the shot the greenlight – but the US FDA won’t authorize it for at least another day On Wednesday, Health Canada approved the coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech SE The government is set … Read more