February 27, 2021
A key Food and Drug Administration expert panel recommended the approval of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine Friday, paving the way for its likely authorization to come as early as Saturday, which would make it the third vaccine available in the United States. During the hours-long discussion, Johnson & Johnson scientists argued that the …
January 15, 2021
When Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar announced this week that the federal government would begin releasing coronavirus vaccine doses held in reserve for second shots, no such reserve existed, according to state and federal officials briefed on distribution plans. The Trump administration had already begun shipping out what was available beginning at the …
December 11, 2020
The Food and Drug Administration said early Friday that it “will rapidly work toward” authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine on an emergency basis, an action that would kick off an unprecedented effort to inoculate enough Americans to stop a rampaging pandemic. The FDA statement, which came hours after federal advisers endorsed the vaccine, added …
December 7, 2020
Both Pfizer and Moderna, the two major drug manufacturers likely to receive emergency authorizations for a Covid-19 vaccine in the coming weeks, have rejected invitations from President Trump to appear at a White House “Vaccine Summit” on Tuesday, according to two sources familiar with the event’s planning. The Trump administration has openly feuded with Pfizer …
November 30, 2020
The drug company Moderna announced that it would be submitting its coronavirus vaccine for emergency approval from the FDA on Monday, following clinical trial data showing its shots are very effective at preventing cases of COVID-19.Once submitted, Moderna’s will be the second coronavirus vaccine on its way to emergency approval from the US health agency. …
November 16, 2020
(Reuters) – Moderna Inc’s experimental vaccine was 94.5% effective in preventing COVID-19 based on interim data from a late-stage trial, the company said on Monday, becoming the second U.S. drugmaker to report results that far exceed expectations. Source: We can stop COVID-19: Moderna vaccine success gives world more hope | Reuters
...November 13, 2020
The savings reach $2 trillion, or roughly 10% of the economy. With a successful vaccine, all that money could be steered toward spending, according to economist Ian Shepherdson, ushering in what he calls the “Biden Boom” by the time spring arrives. “President-elect Biden is arriving in Washington at the right time,” said Shepherdson, who’s the …
July 7, 2020
Any vaccine developed to ward off the novel coronavirus would likely be limited in how long it would shield against infection, top U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said Monday. “You can assume that we’ll get protection at least to take us through this cycle,” Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious …
May 19, 2020
Today’s Top Stories is brought to you by My Daily Grind News. The Lede Trump probably lied about taking malaria drug, hydroxychloroquine. (CNN) The fragile foundation of evidence-based reality shoring up Donald Trump’s life and presidency just got even more tenuous.Trump’s admission that he was dosing up on hydroxychloroquine, an unproven and possibly harmful therapy …