December 12, 2020 FDA approves Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine for distribution The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday formally granted emergency approval for Pfizer and BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine candidate, officially paving the way for widespread distribution of the long-awaited vaccine.
December 11, 2020 HHS Secretary Azar: How Operation Warp Speed delivered a COVID vaccine in record time On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration authorized the first COVID-19 vaccine in the United States.
December 11, 2020 LIVE UPDATES: FDA finalizes Pfizer coronavirus vaccine approval The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday formally granted emergency approval for Pfizer and BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine candidate, officially paving the way for widespread distribution of the long-awaited vaccine that is recommended to go to health care workers and residents and staff of long-term care facilities first.
December 11, 2020 Austin Baldwin & Jasmin Tiro: Convincing people to get COVID vaccine is vital — here’s how to do it A crucial obstacle to widespread COVID-19 vaccinations will be public hesitancy to take the vaccine, driven by doubts, fears, and misinformation. Here are steps to convince more people to be vaccinated.
December 11, 2020 Biden urges Americans to have ‘confidence’ in new COVID vaccine President-elect Joe Biden says Americans “should have confidence” in a new coronavirus vaccine produced by the drug maker Pfizer that could be imminently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for immediate use.
December 11, 2020 Coronavirus vaccine line-jumping expected after first round is administered After the first round of COVID-19 vaccines is administered to those at the top of the priority list, it will likely be possible for people to jump the line under an honor system, according to a report.
December 11, 2020 Australia ditches orders for 51M coronavirus vaccine doses after trial falters The Australian government has bailed on orders for 51 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine candidate in early testing after participants received false-positive results for HIV.
December 11, 2020 FDA's Pfizer coronavirus vaccine approval may come Saturday, committee member says An advisory committee member said the Food and Drug Administration may decide on Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine emergency use authorization application as early as Saturday.
December 11, 2020 WH coronavirus testing czar says end of pandemic 'in sight' with 'rapid' vaccination rollout set to start The end of the coronavirus pandemic is finally within sight, White House's coronavirus testing czar Adm. Brett Giroir told "Fox & Friends" Friday.
December 10, 2020 FDA panel endorses Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted Thursday to endorse the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, clearing the way for FDA leaders to authorize emergency mass distribution amid an ongoing surge of COVID-19 cases across the country.