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US CDC investigates reports of heart inflammation in young Covid vaccine recipients US Centres for Disease Control said cases typically occurred within four days of receiving mRNA vaccines, but did not specify which vaccines 23 May 2021 • 3:37am A Star Wars bandage is applied on a 12-year-old girl's arm after she received a Covid vaccine in California this month Credit: ETIENNE LAURENT/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Some teenagers and young adults who received Covid vaccines experienced heart inflammation, a US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention advisory group said, recommending further study...

South Africa registered 2,759 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the cumulative total to 1,602,031. A further 72 Covid-19-related deaths were reported, taking total deaths to 54,968.

WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - US states are set to begin using the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to inoculate younger adolescents against Covid-19 after advisers to the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) backed the plan in a unanimous vote on Wednesday (May 12).. Read more at straitstimes.com.

J&J resumes roll-out of COVID-19 vaccine in EU 21st April 2021 Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is planning to resume the roll-out of its COVID-19 vaccine in the EU following updated guidance from the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) safety committee. The EMA’s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) has reviewed a small number of cases of very rare blood clots in combination with low platelet counts in individuals who have received the J&J vaccine. According to J&J, these very rare adverse events can occur within approximately one to three weeks following injection with its COVID-19 v...

Scientists criticise decision to suspend J&J vaccine in SA as ‘irresponsible and unethical’ Mark Heywood © Provided by Daily Maverick A growing number of scientists are questioning the health regulator’s decision to suspend authorisation of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and are calling for the decision to be urgently rescinded to save the lives of health workers vulnerable to Covid-19. Professor Barry Jacobson, president of the Southern African Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, has sharply criticised the decision by the South African Health Products Regulatory Aut...