COVID-19 Vaccine Responses to be Studied in People With Immune Deficits

Enrollment begins at NIH Clinical Center.

A study assessing how people with immune system deficiencies or dysregulations respond to COVID-19 vaccination has begun enrolling participants at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. The single-site study is led by researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and aims to enroll 500 people, 400 with primary or secondary immune system disorders and 100 without such conditions.… Read full story

Super World Trading Inc. Recalls Ineligible Ready-To-Eat Siluriformes Products Imported From China

WASHINGTON, April 23, 2021 – Super World Trading Inc., a Brooklyn, N.Y. establishment, is recalling approximately 26,270 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) imported Siluriformes products. The products were imported from the People’s Republic of China, a country ineligible to export processed Siluriformes products to the United States, the U.S.… Read full story

Vaccine Providers Permitted to Resume Johnson & Johnson Vaccinations in Ohio

COLUMBUS, Ohio) – April 23, 2021 —Following the recommendation from the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization (ACIP) today that the use of Johnson & Johnson vaccine resume in the U.S., Governor Mike DeWine has released the following statement:

“Our country’s vaccine safety system has worked as designed – these extremely rare, serious blood-clotting events were reported into the CDC’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), and the vaccine distribution was paused to allow a thorough review of the facts and time to educate healthcare providers on the rare events.

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Governor DeWine Orders Flags Lowered in Honor of U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Kyle McKee

 

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—In honor of the life and service of U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Kyle McKee of Lake County, who was killed on November 12, 2020, in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, Governor DeWine has ordered that U.S. and Ohio flags be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds throughout Lake County and at the Ohio Statehouse, the Vern Riffe Center, and the Rhodes State Office Tower in Columbus from sunrise to sunset on the day of his memorial, Saturday, April 24, 2021.… Read full story