Vaccine - Page 372

August 8, 2020

Third of Americans would say 'no' to COVID vaccine - even if it was free

More than a third of Americans say they would not get a COVID-19 vaccine right now, even if were free and FDA-approved, according to a new Gallup poll.

August 7, 2020

Alec Baldwin hosts hour-long chat with anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Alec Baldwin hosted an hour-long conversation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday in which the pair chatted about the coronavirus, vaccines, and the ongoing health debate in America.

August 6, 2020

Fauci says coronavirus vaccine doses could arrive in early 2021; claims no WH speed-up pressure

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, said Wednesday drugmakers will likely have tens of millions of coronavirus vaccine doses ready by early next year and at least 1 billion by the end of 2021.

August 3, 2020

Vaccine bait to be dropped to try to curb rabies in Maine

Authorities in Maine are distributing oral rabies vaccines in bait form in the northeastern part of the state early this month.

August 1, 2020

Russia plans mass vaccinations by October, doctors and teachers will be first, health officials said

Russia's health officials say that a potential coronavirus vaccine has finished clinical trials in a Moscow lab and the research facility is gearing up to register it, predicting that they will be ready to administer mass vaccinations by October. 

July 31, 2020

Biden questions whether coronavirus vaccine will be 'real,' despite experts' assurances

Joe Biden is preemptively doubting whether a coronavirus vaccine will be "real," and has cast doubt on whether the vaccine would be distributed  "any degree of equity and realization" -- contradicting public health experts even as the White House touts vaccine progress.

July 30, 2020

Germany official says coronavirus vaccine won't come sooner than mid-2021

Federal German Research Minister Anja Karliczek said a coronavirus vaccine is unlikely to be broadly available before mid-2021, according to a recent report.

July 28, 2020

Head of Chinese CDC says he's taking experimental coronavirus drug

The director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said that he has been injected with an experimental coronavirus vaccine, in order to encourage members of the public to follow suit once a vaccine has been approved.

July 27, 2020

HHS Secretary Azar says he and the president will observe vaccine development in North Carolina's Research Triangle

HHS Secretary Alex Azar on Monday provided an update on coronavirus treatment news that will be revealed in the near future.

July 22, 2020

Trump volunteers to take coronavirus vaccine 'first' or 'last,' defends Birx in interview with Dr. Marc Siegel

President Trump told Fox News medical contributor Marc Siegel on Wednesday that he's in an impossible situation regarding whether he should be the first to take a coronavirus vaccine.