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FDA ordered Johnson & Johnson to throw out 60 million COVID-19 vaccine doses

FDA orders Johnson & Johnson to throw out 60 million Covid vaccine doses worth $ 600 MILLION at troubled Baltimore plant that had several violations in major blow to countries facing shortages of shots The FDA has ordered 60 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine to be discarded on Friday The shots were… Read More: FDA ordered Johnson & Johnson to throw out 60 million… »

Don’t Use Antibody Tests Post Vaccine to Determine Immunity

Antibodies are proteins your body makes in response to infections and will be detectable in your blood after infection as a sign of your body’s battle against that pathogen. Antibodies for COVID-19 are believed to develop within one to three weeks after infection, and a positive antibody test for COVID-19 means that a person may… Read More: Don’t Use Antibody Tests Post Vaccine to Determine Immunity »

White House partners with popular dating apps like Tinder and Bumble to raise vaccine awareness

Tinder has encouraged users to go on ‘virtual’ dates during the coronavirus pandemic. Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Along with asking about your perfect day or favorite vacation spot, popular dating apps like Tinder, Hinge, Bumble and Plenty of Fish will be asking members whether want to share whether they’ve been vaccinated against Covid-19.… Read More: White House partners with popular dating apps like Tinder and… »

Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine scores FDA nod in adolescents, enabling a wider rollout

In a first for the U.S., the FDA has authorized the use of Pfizer’s BioNTech-partnered COVID-19 vaccine for use in adolescents between the ages of 12 and 15—months ahead of the upcoming school year in the fall.  The FDA will amend the existing emergency authorization for the vaccine, which was first issued in December, the agency said. Pfizer’s… Read More: Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine scores FDA nod in adolescents, enabling a… »