Routine COVID-19 vaccinations begin for elderly in Japan
Routine COVID-19 vaccinations, mainly for people age 65 or older, began in Japan on Tuesday in a program running until March 31 next year. Available in the program are five …
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Destroy old COVID shots to get new ones? What’s behind the guidance – National
Do provinces and territories need to destroy their old COVID-19 vaccines before getting the new fall booster shots? As Canadians prepare for the rollout of a fall booster campaign, some …
‘Significant amount of COVID’ expected in the fall. Are new vaccines coming? – National
As the World Health Organization warns about a “worrying comeback” of COVID-19 amid a summer surge of infections, new vaccines may soon come to Canada this fall. Health Canada told …
COVID-19 Vaccine Doesn’t Cause Heart Attacks, Study Has Shown: Health Minister Mandaviya
Home Health COVID-19 Vaccine Doesn’t Cause Heart Attacks, Study Has Shown: Health Minister Mandaviya Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said there had been attempts to create misconceptions about COVID-19 vaccines …
NHK found to have breached ethics with COVID vaccine news segment
A committee of Japan’s Broadcasting Ethics & Program Improvement Organization (BPO) has concluded that there was a breach of broadcasting ethics in public broadcaster NHK’s “News Watch 9” program. A …
Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to 2 scientists for COVID vaccine discoveries – National
Hungarian scientist Katalin Kariko and U.S. colleague Drew Weissman, who met in line for a photocopier before making mRNA molecule discoveries together that paved the way for COVID-19 vaccines, won …
Japan to begin COVID vaccine drive targeting XBB subvariant
A fresh COVID-19 inoculation drive is set to begin across Japan on Wednesday. The vaccine, which will be available to everyone for free, targets XBB.1.5 — a spinoff of the …