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FDA Panel Recommends Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine For Emergency Use

8:03pm December 17, 2020

by Scott Hensley

Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted 20-0 to recommend that the agency authorize Moderna's vaccine for emergency use during the pandemic. There was a single abstention.

A worker passes through the security gate at the Moderna campus in Norwood, Mass., one of the sites where the biotechnology company is manufacturing its COVID-19 vaccine.

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How Will Moderna Meet The Demand For Its COVID-19 Vaccine?

6:19pm December 17, 2020

by Sydney Lupkin

Despite being founded a decade ago, Moderna has never had a product make it to market. And the company registered its first factory with the Food and Drug Administration just this week.

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A health care worker prepares COVID-19 vaccine doses at the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center on Wednesday in Portland, Ore. Hospitals across the U.S. began getting their first doses of Pfizer's vaccine this week.

Without Resources, Vaccine Rollout Could 'Fall At The Last Hurdle,' Journalist Warns

2:09pm December 17, 2020

by Terry Gross

Atlantic writer Ed Yong says the COVID-19 vaccination program will be the most complicated the U.S. has ever attempted: "It's going to be a slow process, and there are a lot of possible roadblocks."

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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Thursday that the government will purchase two new COVID-19 vaccines from pharmaceutical companies AstraZeneca and Novavax. The advance purchase gives every New Zealander the ability to be able to be vac

New Zealand Will Give Free Coronavirus Vaccines To Residents, Neighboring Nations

12:50am December 17, 2020

by Jaclyn Diaz

If the vaccines are proven to be safe and effective, the immunization campaign is expected to begin with border officers and other essential workers at the beginning of 2021.

Health care workers have been throwing out the excess vaccine, fearing it would be against FDA rules to use it.

Some Vials Of COVID-19 Vaccine Contain Extra Doses, Expanding Supply

9:47pm December 16, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

"Given the public health emergency, FDA is advising that it is acceptable to use every full dose obtainable (the sixth, or possibly even a seventh) from each vial," the FDA said Wednesday.

Dr. Joseph Varon prepares to enter the COVID-19 unit at Houston's United Memorial Medical Center in May. With him are nurses Tanna Ingraham (left) and Jerusha Harshman (right).

At Houston Hospital, Head Of COVID-19 Unit Sees Some Staff Wary Of A Vaccine

8:47pm December 16, 2020

Dr. Joseph Varon of Houston's United Memorial Medical Center senses distrust for a vaccine among some hospital staff. "They all think it's meant to harm specific sectors of the population," he says.

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Nurse Melissa Valentin applies the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to a health worker at the Ashford Presbyterian Community Hospital in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday. The vaccine was granted emergency use authorization last week.

Health Workers 'Feeling Good As Hell' As Hospitals Begin COVID Vaccine Injections

7:51pm December 15, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

As the first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine made their way across the country on Monday, hospital employees celebrated the long-awaited medicine.

Moderna is making its COVID-19 vaccine at a company factory in Norwood, Mass.

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FDA Analysis Of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Finds It Effective And Safe

4:37pm December 15, 2020

by Scott Hensley

Two days before a panel of experts is set to review Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine and advise the Food and Drug Administration, documents show the vaccine is 94% effective and well-tolerated.

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Vaccine Arrives In Triad For Some Frontline Health Workers

6:05pm December 14, 2020

by Paul Garber

Wake Forest Baptist has received a shipment of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, the first step in protecting healthcare workers who are likely to face exposure to the virus.

A health care worker administers a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to personal support worker Anita Quidangen at The Michener Institute, in Toronto, Canada, on Monday. Quidangen was one of the first people in Canada to receive the shot.

Canada Administers Its 1st COVID-19 Vaccine Shots

4:10pm December 14, 2020

by Emma Jacobs

Canada joins the United Kingdom and the United States as the first Western countries to provide the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, as the coronavirus pandemic rages toward winter.