March 25, 2021 Pfizer administers COVID-19 vaccines to infants, kids in new trial The first participants aged six months to 11 years have been administered Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine as part of a global trial assessing safety and tolerability in younger age groups, the company announced Thursday.
March 25, 2021 Rutgers to require COVID-19 vaccine for in-person students Rutgers University said Thursday that all students enrolled for in-person learning in the fall will need to receive the coronavirus vaccine before arriving for the semester.
March 25, 2021 COVID-19 vaccinations to reach dialysis clinics, CDC director says Patients visiting dialysis centers for kidney support will see access to COVID-19 vaccinations, according to a new federal effort announced Thursday, months into the country’s vaccine rollout.
March 25, 2021 Oregon mistakenly schedules COVID-19 vaccine appointments for 11k ineligible people Oregon mistakenly scheduled COVID-19 vaccine appointments for 11,000 people who are not currently eligible to receive the shot until April 19.
March 25, 2021 AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine shows 76% efficacy against symptomatic infection in updated data AstraZeneca on Thursday published an updated analysis confirming that a Phase 3 trial involving its COVID-19 vaccine was safe and effective, and showed to be 76% effective against symptomatic COVID-19.
March 25, 2021 US tops 30M coronavirus infections, JHU data shows The U.S. has surpassed a staggering milestone with more than 30 million coronavirus infections reported, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
March 24, 2021 Texas to offer COVID-19 vaccines to all adults by end of March Texas will open its COVID-19 vaccine sites to all adults by the end of March, officials said Tuesday, making it the fourth state to do so after Alaska, Arizona and Mississippi.
March 24, 2021 COVID-19 vaccine not 'get out of jail free card,' infections can occur, studies suggest So-called “breakthrough” coronavirus cases — cases that occur in people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 — are rare but can occur, according to a pair of studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Tuesday.
March 24, 2021 Transparency in AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine approval process 'hopefully' will dispel hesitancy, Fauci says As AstraZeneca prepares to issue results of an updated primary analysis following concern from top officials that previously released information on vaccine efficacy included outdated data, questions over how the public will perceive the jab have begun to surface.
March 24, 2021 Moderna to create dual COVID-19, flu vaccine, CEO says Moderna, the maker of the second COVID-19 vaccine to see emergency use approval in the U.S., is now looking to create a dual vaccine against the flu and the novel virus, the company’s chief executive recently said.
