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Health & Safety

The U.S. Paid Billions To Get Enough COVID Vaccines Last Fall. What Went Wrong?

4:39pm August 25, 2021

by Sydney Lupkin

Immediately after the Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer's vaccine, the company delivered fewer doses than its government contract projected. Federal officials say they didn't know why.

Moncef Slaoui, seen last November in the White House Rose Garden, was a key figure in the Trump administration's crash program to develop COVID-19 vaccines.

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Operation Warp Speed's Slaoui Ousted From Medical Company Board Over Misconduct Claim

5:58pm March 24, 2021

by Sydney Lupkin

Moncef Slaoui, who helped lead Operation Warp Speed under the Trump administration, was removed from a medical device startup's board over allegations of sexual harassment.

A COVID-19 vaccine hub taking appointments only stands in Brooklyn as New York City begins to run low on doses Friday.

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Moderna And Pfizer Need To Nearly Double COVID-19 Vaccine Deliveries To Meet Goals

6:02pm January 22, 2021

by Sydney Lupkin

The two companies making COVID-19 vaccines each promised to deliver 100 million doses to the federal government by the end of March. So far, they appear to be running behind.

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People lined up to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination site in Disneyland's parking lot in Anaheim, Calif. on Jan. 13. The state says all residents 65 or older are now eligible to receive the vaccine.

OPINION: Moral Tragedy Looms In Early Chaos Of U.S. COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

7:00am January 16, 2021

As states suddenly expand the categories of people eligible for the first scarce shipments of vaccine, who will be watching to make sure those hit hardest by the pandemic aren't left behind?

Dr. David Kessler (top right during a briefing before the election) has been a top coronavirus adviser to President-elect Joe Biden for months.

Biden Administration Will Rename 'Operation Warp Speed,' Citing Trump 'Failures'

5:09pm January 15, 2021

by Merrit Kennedy

The Biden transition team also announced that Dr. David Kessler will be the White House's chief science officer for the COVID-19 response.

The U.S. is unlikely to meet its goal of vaccinating 20 million Americans by the end of the year, health officials said this week.

U.S. Likely Will Miss Goal Of Vaccinating 20 Million By The New Year

10:07am December 31, 2020

by Jaclyn Diaz

Leaders of the nation's federal vaccine effort, called Operation Warp Speed, said the U.S. has deployed around 14 million vaccine doses as of Wednesday with just 2.1 million Americans vaccinated.

President Trump boards Marine One for a trip from the White House to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for COVID-19 treatment in early October. Trump received Regeneron's antibody cocktail during his illness.

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Low Demand For Antibody Drugs Against COVID-19

11:01am December 22, 2020

by Richard Harris

Monoclonal antibodies to prevent severe COVID-19 aren't being used as widely as expected. Medical staff shortages and patient transportation problems are two of the reasons.

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Two shipping containers holding the first doses of the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine arrived at the UPS Worldport in Louisville, Ky., on Sunday.

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UPS Executive: Vaccine Shipments Will Reach Distribution Centers Monday Morning

9:03pm December 13, 2020

by Rachel Treisman

Wes Wheeler, president of UPS Healthcare, told NPR Sunday that the first shipment of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines is on its way to sites in all 50 states, complete with dry ice and Bluetooth technology.

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A vial of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech that was used at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast, U.K., on Tuesday.

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U.S. Government May Find It Hard To Get More Doses Of Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine

9:31am December 10, 2020

by Sydney Lupkin

A Pfizer board member says the government declined to buy more doses beyond the initial 100 million already agreed upon. Demand from other countries could complicate future purchases.

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.