October 7, 2021 Unvaccinated Colorado woman who was denied kidney transplant shares story on 'Fox & Friends First' A Colorado woman with stage 5 renal failure is scrambling to find a new hospital to perform a kidney transplant after a health system in the state denied the transplant due to her and her donor being unvaccinated against the coronavirus.
October 7, 2021 Pfizer, BioNTech request COVID-19 vaccine emergency authorization for kids ages 5 to 11 Pfizer and BioNTech requested Food and Drug Administration emergency authorization of their COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, the companies announced Thursday.
October 7, 2021 Biden to push COVID-19 vaccine mandates for businesses in Illinois visit President Biden is set to promote COVID-19 vaccine mandates for businesses during his rescheduled visit to Chicago Thursday, where he is set to meet with leaders in both the private and public sector, and will stress that those requirements will "accelerate" the end of the coronavirus pandemic.
October 6, 2021 Vaccine mandates for students opposed by 7 out of 10 parents, poll finds Nearly seven in 10 parents with children under age 18 do not believe there should be a vaccine mandate for students, a new poll found.
October 6, 2021 Washington state’s UW Medicine says it will drop unvaccinated patients from wait list for organ transplant The University of Washington Medical Center says patients who refuse to get the COVID vaccine before an organ transplant will be dropped from the wait list.
October 6, 2021 Los Angeles City Council green-lights vaccine passport, among strictest in US Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday approved one of the strictest COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the nation, requiring everyone age 12 and over to be fully vaccinated before entering bars, gyms, restaurants or other indoor facilities.
October 6, 2021 Hundreds of Michigan health care workers quit after refusing COVID-19 vaccine One of Michigan's largest health care systems says approximately 400 of its workers have quit rather than get a required COVID-19 vaccine
October 6, 2021 WHO recommends first malaria vaccine for African children: ‘Glimmer of hope’ The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday recommended widespread use of the first malaria vaccine for African children, aimed to cut disease burden and save tens of thousands of lives.
October 6, 2021 Washington woman dead after rare J&J COVID vaccine-induced blood clot A Washington woman succumbed to a rare clotting syndrome after receiving the J&J COVID-19 vaccine, marking the first such death confirmed in the state, health officials announced.
October 6, 2021 Merriam-Webster's 'anti-vaxxer' definition update sparks allegations of attempt to 'redefine' meaning Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary definition of “anti-vaxxer” is spreading on social media this month amid outrage over vaccine mandates. The definition of the term was first added to the online dictionary in 2018 and was updated in late September.