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KUALA LUMPUR: Haj pilgrims aged 65 and above, as well as those identified as high-risk through health screenings, are reminded to get the COVID-19 vaccine free of charge at 247 selected health clinics nationwide from Feb 17.
PETALING JAYA: A total of 2,220 doses of the MVA-BN vaccine for mpox prevention have been received under the Asean Covid-19 Response Fund, benefiting 1,100 individuals at risk of infection, says the Health Minister.
A fringe anti-vaccine movement took advantage of the Covid-19 pandemic to bring conspiracy theories to a much wider audience, propelling dangerous misinformation about life-saving jabs that still endures five years later, experts warn.
KUALA LUMPUR: All prospective haj pilgrims are required to obtain the meningococcal vaccine, while the Covid-19 and influenza vaccines are mandatory for those in high-risk groups.
Iris Koh, founder of anti-vaccine group Healing the Divide, has a new bailor after her husband Raymond Ng Kai Hoe, who was previously her bailor, was discharged of the role due to his own cheating charges.
PETALING JAYA: Haj pilgrims will find it easier to access vaccines from private and public health facilities nationwide, thanks to coordination between the Health Ministry and Lembaga Tabung Haji.
KUALA LUMPUR: Eight Malaysians, including a doctor, have sued Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and the World Health Organisation (WHO) in a joint class action suit over allegations of adverse health complications and deaths following Covid-19 vaccination.
Five young volunteers here have been deliberately exposed to the Covid-19 virus in the country's first human challenge study, paving the way for more of such studies to be conducted here to strengthen Singapore's disease preparedness and response.
Singapore’s Health Ministry (MOH) will roll out the updated JN.1 Pfizer-BioNTech/Comirnaty and JN.1 Moderna/Spikevax vaccines from Monday (Oct 28), following the recommendation of the Expert Committee on Immunisation (ECI) 2024/2025.
In the corners of social media dominated by wellness content, influencers recommend an assortment of treatments and products to support weight loss, fight exhaustion or promote other desired health outcomes.
SEPANG: KL Sky Clinic founder Dr Roland Victor, who is charged with making and initiating the transmission of offensive videos about the Covid-19 vaccine, has told the Sessions Court that he never prevented anyone from taking the vaccine.
PETALING JAYA: Chances of Malaysians getting their hands on updated Covid-19 vaccines appear dim following what appears to be a lack of bivalent versions here, even if they are already widely available in other countries.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday approved and granted emergency use authorization for updated mRNA COVID-19 vaccines to better protect against currently circulating variants.
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday granted emergency use authorization for an updated version of Novavax's COVID shot.
PETALING JAYA: Booster shots for Covid-19 may be a forgotten issue, but questions are being asked in medical circles about what has happened to the plan to procure millions of doses of a new generation bivalent vaccine to fight the deadly infectious disease.
KUALA LUMPUR: Over nine million doses of Covid-19 vaccines procured during the pandemic expired in June, resulting in a RM185mil loss for the government, says Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.
KUALA LUMPUR: Over nine million doses of Covid-19 vaccines procured during the pandemic by the Malaysian government expired as of June 2024, which resulted in a RM185mil loss for the government, says Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.
A new Covid-19 vaccine is available under the National Vaccination Programme (NVP) from May 28, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in a statement on the same day.
NEW YORK, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- The lawyer helping Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pick federal health officials for the incoming Donald Trump administration has petitioned the government to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine, which for decades has protected millions of people from a virus that can cause paralysis or death.
Covid-19 mRNA vaccines may have contributed to the 3.1 million excess deaths – that is, the number of deaths beyond what would be normal – in 47 Western countries between 2020 and 2022, suggested an article in a journal.
