Feds may not mandate a coronavirus vaccine, but states, schools and employers can
The multiplicity of questions surrounding the deployment of an effective coronavirus vaccine include its aggressive development timeline, who’ll get access…
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Poll: 73 Percent Say Healthcare Workers Should Get Virus Vaccine First
A majority of Americans believe that there should be a priority system in place when it comes to determining who…
Coronavirus Vaccine: Who Will Be Able To Get It First?
On March 22, Maylin Enamorado-Pinheiro’s aunt began showing signs of infection. On March 29, her mother, who along with her…
Coronavirus latest: Top cleric intends to boycott Oxford vaccine over aborted foetal cells
Researchers at the University of Hong Kong have recorded what they say is the first genetically proven case of Covid-19…
Bioethics in a Pandemic: Vaccine Distribution | Mintz – Health Care Viewpoints
[co-author: David Friedman] After months of stay-at-home orders, quarantine protocols, social distancing, and back-to-school planning, the ever- present question on…
China says key workers taking trial coronavirus vaccine since July 22
China has been giving essential workers an experimental coronavirus vaccine since July 22, a top health official said Sunday.Zheng Zhongei,…
China Doses Some Essential Workers with COVID-19 Vaccine Ahead of Approval
Russia claimed the world’s first approved COVID-19 vaccine, but over the weekend, the Chinese government said it has been providing…
Q&A: Ezekiel Emanuel on the path to a coronavirus vaccine (and why it’s much harder than you think)
Which obstacles are most likely to delay a Covid-19 vaccine, and how can we prepare to overcome them? That’s the…
Challenge trials for a coronavirus vaccine are unethical – except for in one unlikely scenario
The world urgently needs a vaccine for COVID-19. Only when a vaccine is approved and people are safe can countries…
Poll: Americans want health care workers, elderly to get coronavirus vaccine first
If the U.S. is the first country to develop a coronavirus vaccine, most Americans don’t want to share it right…
As stakes soar for Covid-19 vaccine, concerns rise about this one big bet | Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury Lawyers
As the novel coronavirus infections and deaths keep skyrocketing, Americans more and more have been forced into tough risk analyses,…
Coronavirus Briefing: Vaccine optimism, GOP’s stimulus and MLB in crisis – News – MM&M
Still doubting whether the biopharma industry can save mankind from the pandemic, after all? Two COVID-19 vaccines have advanced to…
COVID-19 Phase 3 Vaccine Trials Give People a Chance to Be Heroes
Would you like to be a hero? You may be able to do so, at least if you are willing…
NIAID scientists report Moderna COVID-19 vaccine boosts immune responses in primate airways
© Shutterstock A COVID-19 vaccine candidate — mRNA-1273 — produced by Moderna, Inc. and the National Institute of Allergy and…
Fauci: “Not great” chances that COVID-19 vaccine will be 98% effective
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Friday that the chances of a coronavirus…
HHS reaches agreement with Janssen Pharmaceuticals for COVID-19 vaccine candidate
© Shutterstock The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Defense (DoD) struck a deal with…
Is There a Coronavirus Vaccine?
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage across the globe, the question being posed in scientific journals, on TV talk…
When It’s Ready, Who Gets The COVID-19 Vaccine First?
When a vaccine becomes available for COVID-19, who gets it first? That’s the latest question VPR’s people-powered journalism project, Brave…
COVID-19 Vaccine Should Go To Essential Healthcare Workers First, Johns Hopkins University Experts Say – CBS Baltimore
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — As researchers across the world rush to develop a safe COVID-19 vaccine, questions are starting to emerge…
Get flu shots, and get ready for COVID vaccine, Surgeon General tells Morris Hispanic American Chamber
By Marion Filler As the first black male to serve as U.S. Surgeon General, Jerome Adams is acutely aware…
A coronavirus vaccine is a chance for China to show its scientific muscle
As the global race for a COVID-19 vaccine heats up, the U.S. is looking to prove it can deliver in…
Lawmakers urge Trump administration officials to develop COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan – Homeland Preparedness News
U.S. Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-CA) is among 60 Members of Congress in calling on the Trump Administration to develop a…
HHS, DoD order 100 million doses of Moderna’s still-in-trial COVID-19 vaccine
© Shutterstock Under a new agreement reached with Moderna, Inc., the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and…
Oxford & Russia COVID-19 Vaccine Latest News, Covid-19 Corona Cases in India and World Today News Update
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: August 21, 2020 11:48:26 am Medical staff test residents of South…
Senate Democrats introduce bill to assure free COVID-19 vaccine for all
© Shutterstock Insurance-exempt and cost-share free, a new bill introduced to the Senate this week would waive any costs for…
Participants needed for local COVID-19 vaccine research
(WBNG) — Biotechnology companies are racing to find a vaccine that could end the pandemic. Some are already entering phase…
Covid-19 vaccine distribution: Who should get the first shot | India News
NEW DELHI: There are around 8 billion people on Earth and getting every single one of them vaccinated is an…
Top state health official working on coronavirus vaccine distribution plans
LANSING, Mich. (WJRT) – A coronavirus vaccine remains months away from approval, but Michigan’s chief medical executive discussed some early…
Bioethics in a Pandemic: Vaccine Distribution
Wednesday, August 19, 2020 After months of stay-at-home orders, quarantine protocols, social distancing, and back-to-school planning, the ever- present question…
Trump Issues Memo To Exclude Unauthorized Immigrants From Census, Coronavirus Vaccine Shows Promise And California’s Undocumented Workers’ Situation Still Perilous (KPBS Midday Edition)
President Trump on Tuesday issued a memorandum calling for unauthorized immigrants to be excluded from the census count. The Constitution…
WHO chief warns against Covid-19 ‘vaccine nationalism’
By Peter Kenny GENEVA (AA): The WHO chief on Tuesday called on countries to share their supplies to fight…
U.S. panel charged to plan fair distribution of eventual COVID-19 vaccine
FILE PHOTO: NIH Director Dr Francis Collins and CDC Director Dr Robert Redfield testify during a U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee…
Fauci’s guidance on pre-vaccine coronavirus treatments
Antibody drugs and various medicine cocktails against the coronavirus are progressing and may provide some relief before vaccines. The big…
Fauci believes normalcy will return by “the end of 2021” with coronavirus vaccine
Anthony Fauci told PBS NewsHour on Thursday that he expects the U.S. could “be as good [as] back to normal…
Flu Season Will Be a Test Run for the U.S.’s Biggest-Ever Vaccine Campaign
Used flu shot syringes appear through the opening of a bio-waste container in New York City. Photographer: Robert Giroux/Getty Images…
WHO chief warns against ‘vaccine nationalism’
GENEVA The WHO chief on Tuesday called on countries to share their supplies to fight COVID-19 strategically and globally, warning…
Even After a COVID-19 Vaccine is Approved, Distribution Will Be Challenging
If and when a vaccine becomes available, legislators and health officials will have to decide how to best distribute it…
The race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine: Why does it take so long? – Opinion
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo recently urged the Padjadjaran University research team to expedite the trial phase for a potential COVID-19…
Fauci ‘cautiously optimistic’ coronavirus vaccine will be ready before end of 2020
Anthony FauciAnthony FauciDozens of public health officials are quitting during pandemic Novavax coronavirus vaccine candidate begins phase two trials Trump…
More Than 2,000 Pittsburghers Have Registered To Participate In UPMC Coronavirus Vaccine Trial – CBS Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — UPMC says the response has been overwhelming after asking for volunteers for an experimental coronavirus vaccine trial.…
Two North Texas Labs Used For Phase III COVID-19 Vaccine Testing – CBS Dallas / Fort Worth
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Next week, the first COVID-19 vaccine tested in the country is entering its final stage of…
Philly’s participation in CDC pilot program means city will be among first to receive COVID-19 vaccine
Philadelphia reportedly will be among of the first places to receive doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, which could become available…
With COVID-19 vaccine in the works, Lamont wants essential workers to receive first dose
John Burkhardt, left, senior vice president of drug safety R&D and head of the Pfizer Groton site speaks at a…
Debate begins over who’s first in line for covid-19 vaccine
TribLIVE’s Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Who…
COVID-19 vaccine, treatments part of testing trials in Las Vegas
A return to normal could depend on the quiet work underway in places like the small, gray stucco building east…
A COVID-19 vaccine needs the public’s trust – and it’s risky to cut corners on clinical trials, as Russia is
Russia’s announcement that a fast-tracked COVID-19 vaccine is registered there, with plans for quick distribution in the general population this…
Coronavirus Vaccine Study Seeking Participants in Binghamton and – FOX 40 WICZ TV
BROOME COUNTY, N.Y. - A vaccine for the coronavirus will be entering Phase III for clinical testing on patients this…
Indonesia Steps Up in COVID-19 Vaccine Race | Voice of America
JAKARTA, INDONESIA – Indonesia is set to move into the front ranks of countries pursuing a vaccine against the coronavirus…
How Soon Will There Be a Covid-19 Vaccine?
Researchers around the world have been racing to develop vaccines that can fight off the coronavirus. Now, a handful are…
COMMENTARY: Cutting corners by fast-tracking a COVID-19 vaccine could be unsafe – National
Russia’s announcement that a fast-tracked COVID-19 vaccine is registered there, with plans for quick distribution in the general population this…
How will the Bay Area distribute a possible coronavirus vaccine?
The announcement that doctors are injecting Bay Area residents with trial vaccines sent a flash of hope across a bleak…
A Comprehensive COVID-19 Vaccine Plan
See also: “A Comprehensive Plan To Manufacture, Finance, and Distribute a COVID-19 Vaccine” by the CAP Health Policy Team Introduction…
Houston trials need your help to have coronavirus vaccine ready for 2021
HOUSTON – The cure to COVID-19 may be here in Houston. Researchers with the Texas Center for Drug Development are…
Sacramento Area Selected For COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Trial – CBS Sacramento
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Sacramento has been selected to participate in a COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial that could lead to a…
The Vaccine Race: Who Gets It First?
Pharmaceutical firms and labs across the world are in a frantic race to find a vaccine to counter Covid-19. No…
Johns Hopkins Experts Address COVID-19 Vaccine Challenges, Realistic Timelines – CBS Baltimore
BALTIMORE (WJZ) – Johns Hopkins public health experts laid out challenges in distributing and administering coronavirus vaccines. “A vaccine isn’t…
Here Are The States—And City—The CDC Is Preparing For A Coronavirus Vaccine
TOPLINE Federal officials have asked four states and one city to make plans for when doses of the Covid-19 vaccine…
Who will get the COVID-19 vaccine first? Doctors explain how it will be distributed
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — The race for a COVID-19 vaccine continues as medical experts get closer by the day. The…
Why We Should Already Be Planning for COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
We do not yet have a vaccine that can be used to help protect people from contracting COVID-19. However, once…
HHS: Vaccine effort ‘on track’ for millions of doses by January
The Trump administration said Thursday it is on track for hitting its goal of producing tens of millions of doses…