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COVID-19 vaccines do not contain a live virus, so there isn’t a biological path for a vaccinated person to “shed” the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein to those around them. Nor is there any evidence the vaccines cause reproductive problems. That means there’s no basis for social media claims that “shedding” causes reproductive issues in unvaccinated people. How safe are the vaccines?
No serious safety concerns were found in the clinical trials of the vaccines that have been authorized for use in the United States.
On April 13, the CDC and Food and Drug Administration recommended “a pause in the use” of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The agencies lifted the pause on April 23, shortly after the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 10-4 to resume the vaccine’s use with a warning about a rare, severe type of blood clot and low blood platelets that mostly occurred in women aged 18 to 49 years old. At its
FDA Clears Pfizer Shot for Teens; U.S. Cases Slow: Virus Update
Bloomberg 4 days ago
(Bloomberg)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children aged 12 to 15. The number of new cases in U.S. rose last week at the slowest pace since the pandemic began, as more Americans are vaccinated and the nation recovers from a winter spike fueled by holiday travel.
India’s capital of New Delhi extended its lockdown for another week as it battled a wave of infections and warned about a potentially deadly fungal infection in Covid-19 patients. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization sees the highly contagious variant spreading in India as a global concern.
FDA Clears Pfizer Shot for Teens; U.S. Cases Slow: Virus Update
Bloomberg 4 days ago
(Bloomberg)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children aged 12 to 15. The number of new cases in U.S. rose last week at the slowest pace since the pandemic began, as more Americans are vaccinated and the nation recovers from a winter spike fueled by holiday travel.
India’s capital of New Delhi extended its lockdown for another week as it battled a wave of infections and warned about a potentially deadly fungal infection in Covid-19 patients. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization sees the highly contagious variant spreading in India as a global concern.
FDA Clears Pfizer Shot for Teens; U.S. Cases Slow: Virus Update
Bloomberg 4 days ago
(Bloomberg)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children aged 12 to 15. The number of new cases in U.S. rose last week at the slowest pace since the pandemic began, as more Americans are vaccinated and the nation recovers from a winter spike fueled by holiday travel.
India’s capital of New Delhi extended its lockdown for another week as it battled a wave of infections and warned about a potentially deadly fungal infection in Covid-19 patients. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization sees the highly contagious variant spreading in India as a global concern.
Matt Troup, president and CEO of Conway Regional Health System (Jason Burt)
Conway Regional Health System’s decision to add nearly a dozen doctors last year seems to be paying off as the system continues growing.
“Adding new physicians has given us the opportunity to extend services out to the community,” said Matt Troup, the health system’s president and CEO.
Conway Regional added 11 doctors last year: a general surgeon, a cardiologist, a pulmonologist, four hospitalists, two pain management physicians, an emergency room physician and an OB-GYN.
Those additional physicians are treating patients in Conway Regional’s locations, which include Clinton, Dardanelle, Morrilton and Russellville.