Credit – pixelsforfun—Getty Images Your immune system may be getting smarter every time you encounter COVID-19, a new study suggests. After getting vaccinated and infected, the immune system generates broader defenses against the virus, including against new variants. In a paper published Jan. 19 in Science Immunology, researchers in South Korea compared immune cells in […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York midwife who gave nearly 1,500 children homeopathic pellets instead of required vaccinations has been fined $300,000, the state’s health department announced this week. Jeanette Breen, who operates Baldwin Midwifery on Long Island, administered the pellets as an alternative to vaccinations and then falsified their immunization records, the agency […]
Florida’s state surgeon general, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, is calling for doctors to stop recommending mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, citing alleged health risks promoted by anti-vaccine activists that federal health officials have already refuted as “implausible” and “misleading.” In a bulletin posted Wednesday on the Florida Department of Health’s website, Ladapo raised concerns about “nucleic acid contaminants” found […]
Thousands of doses of vaccines against childhood diseases have started to be delivered into the Gaza Strip to support a growing health emergency in the region, the Palestinian health ministry in the Hamas-controlled government announced Monday. The vaccines to treat childhood diseases, including polio and measles, are estimated to be enough to cover vaccinations for […]
Less than half of U.S. adults say they have gotten the annual flu shot this year and even less received the most recent COVID-19 booster shot, according to a new survey. The Gallup survey, published Wednesday, found that 47 percent of adults said they got the flu shot and 29 percent received the newest COVID-19 […]
The claim: More than 20% of vaccinated New Zealanders died after receiving COVID-19 mRNA vaccines A Dec. 3 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) questions the safety of COVID-19 vaccines. “BREAKING: A New Zealand government whistleblower has come forward with explosive official data that shows more than 20% of the nation’s citizens that received COVID […]