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Just SIX out of every 1 million develop rare heart inflammation after a second dose of vaccine

Just SIX in 1 million people develop rare heart inflammation after a second dose of the Covid vaccine – 85% less than the rate among the unvaccinated, study finds Less than out of every one million people develop myocarditis after the first shot of a Covid vaccine, and around six develop it after the second… Read More »

Third dose of Covid jab to be trialled in UK

The full list of sites is: Southampton, London (University College Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital and Northwick Park Harrow), Leicester, Bournemouth, Portsmouth, Wrexham, Bradford, Oxford, Glasgow, Leeds, Cambridge, Birmingham, Brighton, Stockport, Liverpool and Exeter. BBC News – Health

Injectafer (ferric carboxymaltose injection) Receives FDA Approval for Single Dose Option for the Treatment of Adult Patients with Iron Deficiency Anemia

BASKING RIDGE, N.J. and SHIRLEY, N.Y., May 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. and American Regent, Inc., a Daiichi Sankyo Group company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a single 1000 mg dose option of Injectafer® (ferric carboxymaltose injection), an iron replacement product, for the treatment of iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in adult… Read More »

‘A dose of hope’: Biden implores public to get the vaccine during joint address

President Joe Biden urged the public to get vaccinated during his address to a joint session of Congress Wednesday evening, quoting a nurse who called each shot of the COVID-19 vaccine a “dose of hope.” “Everyone over the age of 16, everyone — is now eligible and can get vaccinated right away. So get vaccinated… Read More »

Pfizer CEO announces 3rd vaccine dose likely needed within 12 months

Health News Loading the player… According to Pfizer, you may need to prepare for a third vaccine shot. Comments taped on April 1 but released on Thursday by Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla revealed vaccinated citizens will probably need another shot within 12 months of the second dose, per CNBC.  “A likely scenario is that there will… Read More »

Delaying the second dose of Novavax’s Covid vaccine by up to 12 weeks should be ‘fine’

Delaying the second dose of Novavax’s Covid vaccine by up to 12 weeks should be ‘fine’ and jab could be approved by end of APRIL, says lead researcher Professor Heath said ‘immunological principles’ suggested they would still work But warned the jabs had not been tested with a dosing gap beyond four weeks Boris Johnson… Read More »