Math Can Help In Deciding How To Distribute The Vaccine
Mathematical models can help public health officials decide how best to deploy the COVID-19 vaccine when it is in short supply.
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Biden Plans To Stop Holding Back COVID-19 Vaccines
President-elect Biden plans to release almost all available doses of COVID-19 vaccines, stepping away from the Trump administration policy to hold back about half of the supplies for booster shots.
Biden's Plan To Release More Vaccine Is A Gamble. Is It Worth The Risk?
Experts argue that pushing out more COVID-19 vaccine doses to states sooner may be a good idea, even if it means there's a chance some people's second dose gets delayed.
Biden Vows To Distribute 100 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses In His First 100 Days
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Dr. Atul Gawande, President-elect Joe Biden's pandemic adviser, about what the new administration plans to do to ramp up COVID-19 vaccine distribution.
Here's How The U.S. Can Jump Start Its Sluggish COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
With case and death counts still surging, the pressure is on to vaccinate as many people as possible. Here's what it will take to get more Americans their shots, fast.
Why West Virginia's Winning The Race To Get COVID-19 Vaccine Into Arms
To get vaccines into long-term care facilities, West Virginia was the only state to opt out of a federal partnership with CVS and Walgreens. Instead, a network of smaller pharmacies got a jump-start.
What's The State Of COVID-19 Vaccination In The U.S.?
The United States is now a few weeks into a massive COVID-19 vaccination campaign. And it has been going slower than health officials had hoped. NPR looks at solutions for speeding it up.
Doctors Encouraged By Antibody Treatments For COVID-19
While logistical challenges have hampered use of antibody drugs to treat people with mild-to-moderate COVID-19, recent results show the medicines can be worthwhile.
Hospital Scrambles To Find Patients Before Freezer Failure Ruins 830 Vaccines
The crisis starts around 2 a.m. at a hospital in Mendocino County, Calif. A compressor gives out, giving the staff two hours to use the coronavirus vaccines before they are declared unusable.
Doses Of Antibody Drugs Remain Unused As They Present Various Challenges
Monoclonal antibody drugs for COVID-19 with mild to moderate symptoms are not widely used, in part because doctors aren't sure they work. New data could provide more confidence in these drugs.