New Zealand reports first death linked to Pfizer vaccine
3 years, 4 months ago

New Zealand reports first death linked to Pfizer vaccine

Deccan Chronicle  

Wellington: New Zealand health authorities reported what they believe to be the country’s first death linked to the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. A woman died from myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle wall, following her Pfizer vaccination, New Zealand’s Covid-19 Vaccine Independent Safety Monitoring Board said in an emailed statement on Monday. “This is the first case in New Zealand where a death in the days following vaccination has been linked to the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine.” New Zealand is currently in a national lockdown due to a community outbreak of the highly infectious delta strain of Covid-19. “The Pfizer vaccine is highly effective in protecting against serious illness and death from Covid-19, and we remain confident about using it in New Zealand.”

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Covid-19 infections pose a greater risk to heart than vaccines: Study
4 months, 1 week ago

Covid-19 infections pose a greater risk to heart than vaccines: Study

India Today  

As concerns have risen about Covid-19 vaccines in increasing the risk myocarditis, a study have revealed that Covid-19 infections is more harmful for the heart than the vaccines. A recent study published in JAMA sheds light on this issue, revealing that the likelihood of developing myocarditis, a condition where the heart muscle becomes inflamed, often due to an immune response, …

Covid Australia: Fears grow that a new coronavirus strain is causing huge spike in hospitalisations
1 year, 2 months ago

Covid Australia: Fears grow that a new coronavirus strain is causing huge spike in hospitalisations

Daily Mail  

A new Covid subvariant could be causing a spike in hospitalisations and authorities are pleading with vulnerable and elderly patients to get booster shots to stave off the threat. Chief health officer Dr John Gerrard said the surge in cases was largely due to low booster rates in older Queenslanders and the possible emergence of a new Covid variant called …

Heart problems from vaccines are extremely rare. Heart problems from COVID itself are not
1 year, 5 months ago

Heart problems from vaccines are extremely rare. Heart problems from COVID itself are not

Salon  

Elon Musk, owner of Twitter, the website rebranding as X, is facing heated criticism for spreading misinformation on his platform again. The CDC pointed out that there were only 635 cases of myocarditis diagnosed out of the 54.8 million doses of the mRNA vaccine given Dr. Matthew Martinez, director of sports cardiology at the Atlantic Health System in New Jersey, …

Are Covid-19 vaccines affecting the heart? What doctors say
1 year, 10 months ago

Are Covid-19 vaccines affecting the heart? What doctors say

Live Mint  

While the Covid-19 vaccines are saving lives, some side effects related to heart has been reported. “Recent data suggest that previous COVID-19 may increase the risk for many entities of cardiovascular disease to an extent similarly observed for traditional cardiovascular risk factors,” the researchers wrote. How Covid vaccines affect heart health Dr Rakesh Rai Sapra, Director and Senior Consultant-Cardiology, Marengo …

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
2 years ago

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The article suggests that these …

Pfizer, Moderna launch trials to track whether issues arise YEARS after getting their vaccines
2 years, 1 month ago

Pfizer, Moderna launch trials to track whether issues arise YEARS after getting their vaccines

Daily Mail  

Heart inflammation has been the most reported severe side effect of the vaccine Pfizer and Moderna have launched trials to determine whether there are any long-term negative health impacts associated with their Covid vaccines. The same study found that 21 of every million recipients of the original two-dose Pfizer vaccine also suffered the heart issue. A recent Canadian study found …

Covid-19: Pfizer faces backlash for creating pro-vaccine Marvel comic
2 years, 3 months ago

Covid-19: Pfizer faces backlash for creating pro-vaccine Marvel comic

Daily Mail  

Pfizer's Covid vaccine comic was today slammed as 'ethically dubious in the extreme' for trying to appeal to children. It features a grandfather and his family who get a Covid vaccine, the Avengers who represent the Covid vaccines and Ironman who represents the new Covid vaccine, and Ultron who represents Covid's evolution The grandpa is shown waiting at a clinic …

Up to one in 7,000 American teens suffered heart inflammation after their Covid vaccine
2 years, 3 months ago

Up to one in 7,000 American teens suffered heart inflammation after their Covid vaccine

Daily Mail  

Thousands of American teenagers may have suffered heart inflammation after getting a Covid jab, a study suggests. Researchers found up to one in 7,000 boys aged 12 to 15 years old developed myocarditis after receiving the Pfizer vaccine. Risk was highest after the second dose Researchers at the healthcare provider Kaiser Permanente reviewed 421 cases of myocarditis and pericarditis in …

373 reports of heart infections after Covid-19 jab
2 years, 8 months ago

373 reports of heart infections after Covid-19 jab

NL Times  

Up to the end of January, the side effects center Lareb received 373 reports of inflammation of the heart muscle or the pericardium after coronavirus vaccination. Lareb pointed out that these heart infections are "known rare side effects" of the vaccines made by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna. "Doctors and people who have been vaccinated should pay close attention to complaints like …

Booster shots are being fast-tracked after the emergence of SARS CoV-2 Omicron variant — here's what you need to know
3 years ago

Booster shots are being fast-tracked after the emergence of SARS CoV-2 Omicron variant — here's what you need to know

ABC  

With a new SARS CoV-2 variant, Omicron, in our midst, the focus has turned to getting booster shots into Australians' arms earlier. But, by the same token, AstraZeneca will be offered as a booster for people who: had a serious adverse reaction to a Pfizer or Moderna vaccine previously had two doses of AstraZeneca previously. While data on adverse reactions …

Social media posts misrepresent myocarditis risks
3 years, 1 month ago

Social media posts misrepresent myocarditis risks

Associated Press  

CLAIM: Patients who have myocarditis have a very high chance of dying within 10 years. “This is what we are doing to our CHILDREN for political statement.” The post included an image from the text of a scientific paper that reads: “Non-fulminant active myocarditis has a mortality rate of 25% to 56% within 3 to 10 years, owing to progressive …

COVID-19 risks in kids are small, but vaccines can still save lives, experts say
3 years, 2 months ago

COVID-19 risks in kids are small, but vaccines can still save lives, experts say

LA Times  

Although the chances of serious illness and death from COVID-19 are exceedingly slim for children, experts say there’s a very good reason for parents to get their kids vaccinated. There were 66 COVID-related deaths among children ages 5 to 11 in the yearlong period that ended Oct. 2, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, …

Young men under 30 who receive the Moderna vaccine are more likely to develop heart inflammation
3 years, 2 months ago

Young men under 30 who receive the Moderna vaccine are more likely to develop heart inflammation

Daily Mail  

Young men who receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are at higher risk of developing a rare case of heart inflammation than those who received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, researchers revealed on Thursday. A CDC official presented data that showed young men under the age of 30 who receive the Moderna vaccine have experienced a slight uptick in myocarditis and pericarditis cases. …

Sweden extends pause of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine in young people
3 years, 2 months ago

Sweden extends pause of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine in young people

Daily Mail  

Swedish health officials are extending the pause of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine in young people over continued concerns that the shot causes rare heart inflammation cases. The pause of use of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in young people in Sweden will continue beyond the original December 1 date, public health officials announced The Moderna vaccine has been tied to cases of …

Finland joins Sweden and Denmark in pausing use of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in young people
3 years, 3 months ago

Finland joins Sweden and Denmark in pausing use of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in young people

Daily Mail  

Finland has become the latest Nordic nation to pause use of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in young people due to fears that the shots are causing rare heart inflammation. Use of the Moderna vaccine has been paused in Sweden for people born after 1990 and in Denmark for people younger than 18 The Moderna vaccine has been tied to cases …

First death due to Pfizer vaccine's 'rare side effect' reported in New Zealand
3 years, 4 months ago

First death due to Pfizer vaccine's 'rare side effect' reported in New Zealand

India TV News  

A first death linked to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine was reported in New Zealand on Monday, authorities said. The board considered the woman's death was due to myocarditis, which is known to be a rare side effect of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, the statement said. "This is the first case in New Zealand where a death in the days following …

Covid is FOUR TIMES more likely to cause heart inflammation than the Pfizer vaccine, study finds
3 years, 4 months ago

Covid is FOUR TIMES more likely to cause heart inflammation than the Pfizer vaccine, study finds

Daily Mail  

Adults are at a greater risk of developing inflammation of the heart after catching Covid than from a vaccine, research suggests. Researchers in Israel spotted 2.7 extra cases of myocarditis per 100,000 people who were injected with the Pfizer vaccine, but this shot up to 11 additional cases for every 100,000 individuals who caught the virus The graph shows the …

Israeli study finds Covid vaccine much safer than catching the virus
3 years, 4 months ago

Israeli study finds Covid vaccine much safer than catching the virus

CNN  

CNN — A large study involving close to 2 million people in Israel shows the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine slightly raises the risk of heart inflammation, swollen lymph nodes and shingles. “In this study in a nationwide mass vaccination setting, the BNT162b2 vaccine was not associated with an elevated risk of most of the adverse events examined,” Dr. “The main potential …

Benefits of mRNA Covid vaccines outweigh rare heart inflammation risks: WHO
3 years, 5 months ago

Benefits of mRNA Covid vaccines outweigh rare heart inflammation risks: WHO

India Today  

The benefits of mRNA Covid-19 vaccines outweigh the very small risk they might cause heart inflammation, as the jabs reduce hospitalisations and deaths, an advisory panel of the World Health Organization said on Friday. "Very rare cases of myocarditis and pericarditis have been observed following vaccination with the mRNA Covid-19 vaccines," it said, referring to the two vaccines using such …

‘Extremely rare risk’ of heart inflammation after Pfizer and Moderna jabs, regulator says
3 years, 6 months ago

‘Extremely rare risk’ of heart inflammation after Pfizer and Moderna jabs, regulator says

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy There may be “an extremely rare risk” of inflammatory heart …

US regulator adds warning about rare heart inflammation to Pfizer, Moderna Covid vaccines
3 years, 6 months ago

US regulator adds warning about rare heart inflammation to Pfizer, Moderna Covid vaccines

India Today  

The US drug regulator on Friday added a warning to the literature that accompanies Pfizer Inc BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccine shots to indicate the rare risk of heart inflammation after its use. For each vaccine, the fact sheets for healthcare providers have been revised to include a warning that reports of adverse events suggest increased risks of myocarditis and …

Experts: Benefits of COVID vaccine outweigh small heart risk
3 years, 6 months ago

Experts: Benefits of COVID vaccine outweigh small heart risk

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Federal officials said Wednesday they plan to strengthen cautions about a rare side effect of some COVID-19 vaccines — chest pain and heart inflammation, mostly among teenagers and young adults. There does seem to be a link between the Pfizer and Moderna shots and some cases of heart inflammation, experts said at a meeting Wednesday of an …

Health officials tout COVID vaccines after reports of heart risks
3 years, 6 months ago

Health officials tout COVID vaccines after reports of heart risks

LA Times  

Licensed practical nurse Yokasta Castro draws a dose of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe at a mass vaccination clinic at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. Federal officials said Wednesday they plan to strengthen cautions about a rare side effect of some COVID-19 vaccines — chest pain and heart inflammation, mostly among teenagers and young adults. Data presented to the …

New Zealand to start staggered Covid-19 vaccination from end of July
3 years, 6 months ago

New Zealand to start staggered Covid-19 vaccination from end of July

Op India  

On June 16, Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister, New Zealand, announced that it would take up to the end of the year to vaccinate all eligible citizens against Covid-19 infection. Notably, New Zealand, which has a population of fewer than 50 lakhs, had shut down its borders and used tough lockdown measures to virtually eliminate Covid-19 from its grounds. The New …

CDC looking into reports of heart inflammation after Pfizer, Moderna vaccine second jab
3 years, 6 months ago

CDC looking into reports of heart inflammation after Pfizer, Moderna vaccine second jab

India TV News  

US health officials are investigating what appear to be higher than expected reports of heart inflammation in male teens and young adults after they get a second dose of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. It’s not clear if the heart inflammation is caused by the shots and the reports still are rare, according to the Centers for Disease Control and …

Heart reaction probed as possible rare vaccine link in teens
3 years, 7 months ago

Heart reaction probed as possible rare vaccine link in teens

LA Times  

The CDC continued to urge parents to get their children vaccinated, saying the coronavirus is more dangerous than the risk of rare side effects. Health authorities are trying to determine whether heart inflammation that can occur along with many types of infections could also be a rare side effect in teens and young adults after receiving the second dose of …

Israel sees probable link between Pfizer vaccine and myocarditis cases
3 years, 7 months ago

Israel sees probable link between Pfizer vaccine and myocarditis cases

India Today  

Israel's Health Ministry said on Tuesday it found the small number of heart inflammation cases observed mainly in young men who received Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine in Israel were likely linked to their vaccination. In Israel, 275 cases of myocarditis were reported between December 2020 and May 2021 among more than 5 million vaccinated people, the ministry said in disclosing the …

Israel to examine heart inflammation cases in people who received Pfizer vaccine
3 years, 8 months ago

Israel to examine heart inflammation cases in people who received Pfizer vaccine

India Today  

Israel's Health Ministry said on Sunday it is examining a small number of cases of heart inflammation in people who had received Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine, though it has not yet drawn any conclusions. Israel's pandemic response coordinator, Nachman Ash, said that a preliminary study showed "tens of incidents" of myocarditis occurring among more than 5 million vaccinated people, primarily after …

Coronavirus | COVID-19 vaccine likely to prevent asymptomatic infection, says Pfizer
3 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus | COVID-19 vaccine likely to prevent asymptomatic infection, says Pfizer

The Hindu  

Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE said that real-world data from Israel suggests that their COVID-19 vaccine is 94% effective in preventing asymptomatic infections, meaning the vaccine could significantly reduce transmission. The analysis also shows real-world evidence of the vaccine’s effectiveness against a highly infectious variant of COVID-19 first discovered in Britain, known as B.1.1.7. As of Wednesday, around 55% of …

COVID live updates: WHO warns of 'fourth surges' as Queensland monitors Papua New Guinea cases
3 years, 10 months ago

COVID live updates: WHO warns of 'fourth surges' as Queensland monitors Papua New Guinea cases

ABC  

New Zealand will buy additional COVID-19 vaccines, developed by Pfizer Inc and Germany's BioNTech, which will be enough to vaccinate the whole country, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says. "This brings our total Pfizer order to 10 million doses or enough for 5 million people to get the two shots needed to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19," Ardern said in a …

Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine works well in big ‘real world’ test
3 years, 10 months ago

Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine works well in big ‘real world’ test

Associated Press  

A real-world test of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in more than half a million people confirms that it’s very effective at preventing serious illness or death, even after one dose. Both doctors also said the new results may boost consideration of delaying the second shot, as the United Kingdom is trying, or giving one dose instead of two to people who …

Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine may curb transmission, decrease symptomatic coronavirus cases, Israeli research shows
3 years, 10 months ago

Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine may curb transmission, decrease symptomatic coronavirus cases, Israeli research shows

ABC  

Israeli researchers have found that having just one shot of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine may lead to lower viral loads, making it harder to transmit COVID-19 if someone becomes infected after the first dose. Key points: Israel's high vaccination rate makes it easy to collate data Israel's high vaccination rate makes it easy to collate data Pfizer has an agreement …

New Zealand has recorded 1 death from coronavirus. Here’s how they did it
4 years, 9 months ago

New Zealand has recorded 1 death from coronavirus. Here’s how they did it

CNN  

Wellington, New Zealand CNN — New Zealand has managed to do something that many countries wish they could achieve: for four straight days, it has reported a decline in new coronavirus cases. On Thursday, the country reported 29 new confirmed and probable cases, bringing New Zealand’s total to 1,239 – including only one death. New Zealand also had the advantage …

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