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What It Was Like To Participate In The Clinical Trial For Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine

5:41pm November 20, 2020

PBS Newshour correspondent John Yang reflects on his experience participating in Moderna's coronavirus vaccine trial. "It started off with self-interest — I wanted to get the vaccine sooner," he says.

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Sinovac has released data about early clinical trials of its vaccine against the coronavirus.

Early Trials Of Chinese Company's Vaccine Show It Triggers An Immune Response

4:27pm November 18, 2020

by Elie Levine

Hundreds of thousands of people in China have already received this vaccine. Now, preliminary trials are showing promising results, although it's too early to say whether it can prevent disease.

A staff member checks vaccines at a Beijing factory built by Sinovac to produce a COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine. Sinovac is one of 11 Chinese companies approved to carry out clinical trials of potential vaccines.

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China Is Inoculating Thousands With Unapproved COVID-19 Vaccines. Why?

1:34pm November 12, 2020

Although the leading vaccine candidates are not yet officially approved, the drug companies are administering them to hundreds of thousands of people.

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Wake Forest Baptist Receives Grant To Study Flu Vaccine For Newborns

3:55pm November 10, 2020

by Bethany Chafin

Wake Forest Baptist scientists have received a $2.9 million grant to help develop a flu vaccine for newborns. The funding comes from the National Institutes of Health.

Health workers measure a woman's blood pressure during a simulation of a COVID-19 vaccine trial in Indonesia.

Poor Countries Fall Behind In Race To Reserve COVID-19 Vaccine

12:17pm November 05, 2020

by Michaeleen Doucleff

Wealthy countries have a strategy to secure doses of any forthcoming vaccines. And that's creating a problem for lower-income nations.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, pictured at a news conference earlier this month, said Thursday that "we're going to put together our own review committee headed by the Department of Health."

Cuomo Says N.Y. Health Officials Will Review Any U.S.-Approved COVID-19 Vaccine

4:00pm September 24, 2020

by Brian Mann

"The first question is, is the vaccine safe? Frankly, I'm not going to trust the federal government's opinion," Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at a news conference.

A research assistant with the Emerging Infectious Disease Branch (EIDB), at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), studies coronavirus protein samples, June 1, 2020. The EIDB is part of WRAIR's effort to produce a COVID-19 vaccine candidate.

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Army Marshals Resources To Aid In Race For Coronavirus Vaccine

5:01am September 14, 2020

The Army is working with private industry to create a coronavirus vaccine, but also working on its own. The military service has a history of creating vaccines and making medical breakthroughs.

Moderna, based in Cambridge, Mass., has reached phase three trials for its coronavirus vaccine. At the same time, its executives have sold tens of millions of dollars worth of stock, which has led to intense criticism of the company.

'Bad Optics' Or Something More? Moderna Executives' Stock Sales Raise Concerns

11:35am September 04, 2020

by Tom Dreisbach

Moderna is currently developing a promising, yet still unproven, vaccine against the coronavirus. But Moderna executives have already sold tens of millions of dollars worth of stock in the company.

A researcher takes blood samples from a patient as she participates in a COVID-19 vaccine study last month at the Research Centers of America in Hollywood, Fla.

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Top Adviser To Operation Warp Speed Calls An October Vaccine 'Extremely Unlikely'

7:50pm September 03, 2020

by Christianna Silva

Dr. Moncef Slaoui, chief adviser to the administration's effort to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, said having a vaccine by next month was "not impossible." But a longer timetable appears more likely.

A medical worker draws blood at a free coronavirus antibody testing event in Los Angeles on Wednesday.

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FDA Adviser: Not Realistic To Expect A COVID-19 Vaccine In 2020

6:10pm August 05, 2020

by Stacey Vanek Smith

Dr. Paul Offit, who serves on the Food and Drug Administration's vaccine advisory board, says he doesn't think an effective vaccine that's undergone adequate testing can be ready this year.

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