COVID-19 vaccine

A flu vaccine is administered at a walk-up COVID-19 testing site, in San Fernando, Calif. Emergency use authorization is expected soon for vaccines for COVID-19.

Initial Batch Of COVID-19 Vaccines Will Go To States Based On Population, Not Risk

9:26pm November 24, 2020

by Pien Huang

Operation Warp Speed is allocating the first batch of 6.4 million COVID vaccines to states, based on population. This circumvents a CDC advisory committee, which proposed allocation based on risk.

Refrigerators store Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at a company facility in Kalamazoo, Mich.

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Pfizer's Coronavirus Vaccine Supply Contract Excludes Many Taxpayer Protections

7:37pm November 24, 2020

by Sydney Lupkin

The $1.95 billion Operation Warp Speed contract excludes government rights to inventions or production know-how developed in the manufacture of the COVID-19 vaccine.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks to the media following her participation in a virtual summit of G20 nations in which she expressed concern over a lack of plan to prepare coronavirus vaccinations for poorer countries.

Angela Merkel Raises Concern Over Coronavirus Vaccine Plan For Poorer Countries

5:28am November 23, 2020

by Jaclyn Diaz

At a virtual meeting of the G20, the German chancellor said she was worried about vaccine availability.

The pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is formally requesting federal approval for emergency use of the company's COVID-19 vaccine

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Pfizer Asks FDA To Approve Its COVID-19 Vaccine For Emergency Use

11:59am November 20, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

The pharmaceutical giant and partner BioNTech announced Friday that they are submitting a formal request to the Food and Drug Administration, just days after the vaccine was shown to be 95% effective.

The Forum at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health: Race for the COVID-19 Vaccine

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Forum: Race For The COVID-19 Vaccine

11:32am November 20, 2020

by Scott Hensley

Watch an expert panel discussion on the effort to develop and deploy safe and effective vaccines against COVID-19 on Friday, Nov. 20, to be live-streamed here at 12 p.m. ET

Pfizer plans to file within days with the Food and Drug Administration to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine.

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Pfizer To Seek FDA OK For COVID-19 Vaccine 'Within Days'

9:47am November 18, 2020

by Joe Palca

The vaccine was found to be 95% effective in an updated study analysis. Safety data required by the Food and Drug Administration showed no serious concerns, the company said.

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Moderna's Vaccine Trial Sites, Including Wake Forest Baptist, Continue Study

4:50pm November 17, 2020

by Bethany Chafin

Data on the effectiveness of the Moderna vaccine looks promising, but the trial will continue for months to come. Some of that research is happening at Wake Forest Baptist Health in Winston-Salem.

The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine needs to be stored at minus 70 Celsius. Health care providers will need to store it either in dry ice for shorter stints or in specialized freezers.

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Why Does Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine Need To Be Kept Colder Than Antarctica?

11:53am November 17, 2020

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

One of the two leading vaccine candidates requires deep, deep freezing. Here's how communities are working to solve for this and how the new Moderna vaccine could help.

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Clinical data for Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine showed it was nearly 95% effective in preventing disease, according to an interim analysis described in a company release Monday.

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Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine Shines In Clinical Trial

10:21am November 16, 2020

by Joe Palca

The vaccine is nearly 95% effective in preventing illness, according to an interim analysis of a clinical test involving 30,000 people.

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A woman sits in a theater in Irvine, Calif., waiting for a movie to start, on Sept. 8. A COVID-19 vaccine could unleash pent-up spending from households that have mostly avoided activities like going to the gym during the coronavirus pandemic.

Vaccine Could Unlock Trillions In Spending, Leading To 'Biden Boom'

7:22am November 13, 2020

by Scott Horsley

Pent-up demand from households that have been cooped up over the last eight months could drive a spending boom in the spring, providing a big boost to the economy.

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