November 18, 2020 Coronavirus has caused millions of children to miss routine vaccinations, data shows Millions of children have missed out on routine vaccinations this year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, according to newly released data.
November 18, 2020 Inmates need priority access to coronavirus vaccine, AMA says The American Medical Association (AMA) has called for stronger disease mitigation measures at the nation’s correctional and immigrant detention facilities, and has called for correctional workers, incarcerated people and detained immigrants to be included in the initial phases of coronavirus vaccine distribution.
November 18, 2020 Pfizer to request coronavirus vaccine emergency use authorization ‘within days’ Pfizer announced in a tweet on Wednesday that its coronavirus vaccine candidate met all primary efficacy endpoints in a phase 3 clinical trial, and that it planned to file for emergency use authorization “within days.”
November 17, 2020 Cuomo blames drug companies, President Trump for speedy COVID-19 vaccines New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday said the speedy process by which coronavirus vaccine trials are being roled out are being driven both by President Donald Trump’s ego and the profit motivation of the drug companies manufacturing the vaccines.
November 17, 2020 More Americans now say they would get coronavirus vaccine amid rising infections The number of Americans who say they are willing to get vaccinated for coronavirus increased in October to 58%, just before two new effective vaccines were announced.
November 17, 2020 Moderna coronavirus vaccine trial volunteer says public should not be concerned about risk A Moderna coronavirus vaccine trial volunteer from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shared the side effects he experienced with "Fox & Friends" Tuesday after the company revealed its vaccine is nearly 95% effective against COVID-19.
November 16, 2020 What are Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine side effects? Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel on Monday discussed some of the biotech giant's coronavirus vaccine side effects among trial participants, amid positive news of 94.5% efficacy, per an interim analysis.
November 16, 2020 How many doses of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine will be available? Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel said 20 million doses will be available by the end of the year.
November 16, 2020 When will the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines be available? Two separate coronavirus vaccine candidates have proven effective in late-stage clinical trials. But when will they become publicly available?
November 15, 2020 Fauci cautions 'gradual return' to normalcy by 'second, third' quarter 2021 The number of doses available by the end of the year will be much lower than expected as at least two doses are required per-treatement.