Inside the first chaotic days of the effort to vaccinate America
4 years ago

Inside the first chaotic days of the effort to vaccinate America

Salon  

One tray of COVID-19 vaccine from pharmaceutical giant Pfizer contains 975 doses — way too many for a rural hospital in Arkansas. The federal government had divvied up nearly 8 million doses of Pfizer and Moderna's vaccines to distribute this week, on top of roughly 3 million Pfizer shots that were sent last week, said Army Gen. Gustave Perna, chief operating officer of the Trump administration's Operation Warp Speed effort. Georgia's Coastal Health District, which oversees public health for eight counties and has offices in Savannah and Brunswick, spent more than $27,000 on two ultra-cold freezers for the Pfizer vaccine, which it's treating "like gold," said Dr. Lawton Davis, its health director. "A lot of that vaccine is destined for institutional facilities," Sean Dickson, director of health policy for West Health Policy Center, said of the Pfizer shots. Washington, on the other hand, allows hospitals without ultra-cold freezers to temporarily store Pfizer vaccines in the thermal boxes they arrive in, said Franji Mayes, spokesperson for the state's health department.

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Sliding vaccine sales, new costs, squeeze Moderna 4Q profit
1 year, 10 months ago

Sliding vaccine sales, new costs, squeeze Moderna 4Q profit

Associated Press  

Moderna’s fourth-quarter profit tumbled 70% as COVID-19 vaccine sales fell and the drugmaker caught up on a royalty payment. Heavy research and development costs also weighed on Moderna as the vaccine developer looks to strengthen an income statement currently dominated by its Spikevax coronavirus preventive shots. Researchers are testing how Moderna’s potential vaccine and Merck’s immunotherapy Keytruda work in improving …

Column: Moderna and Pfizer are jacking up the price of COVID vaccines. The government should stop them
1 year, 11 months ago

Column: Moderna and Pfizer are jacking up the price of COVID vaccines. The government should stop them

LA Times  

Doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine wait to be administered at a clinic. That included a research grant of almost $1 billion from the government’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, or BARDA, through 2020, plus a $1.5-billion federal purchase guarantee in 2020 for COVID vaccines before testing was even completed — a deal that materially reduced Moderna’s financial risks …

US Approves Pfizer, Moderna Covid-19 Vaccines for Youngest Children
2 years, 6 months ago

US Approves Pfizer, Moderna Covid-19 Vaccines for Youngest Children

News 18  

The US Food and Drug Administration granted emergency authorization Friday for the use of Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines in the youngest children, the final age group awaiting immunization in most countries. The agency authorized Moderna’s two-dose vaccine for children aged six months to five years, and three doses of Pfizer’s shots for those between six months and four years …

US Panel Recommends Moderna Covid Vaccine for Children Six and Up
2 years, 7 months ago

US Panel Recommends Moderna Covid Vaccine for Children Six and Up

News 18  

A panel of US medical experts on Tuesday recommended the Moderna Covid vaccine for use in children aged six through 17. Formal authorization should soon follow, at which point families will have a second option against the coronavirus, as Pfizer’s vaccine was given the greenlight for teens and younger children last year. After weighing available data, 22 experts convened by …

Moderna Delays Covid Vaccine Deliveries to EU by Several Months
2 years, 7 months ago

Moderna Delays Covid Vaccine Deliveries to EU by Several Months

News 18  

Moderna Inc said on Thursday it has agreed to push back some COVID-19 vaccine deliveries to the European Union by several months to later in 2022 or early next year. The bloc had also tweaked agreements with Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech SE in April to delay vaccine deliveries by three months as it gears up for a potential …

Moderna says Omicron vaccine could be ready by early 2022
3 years, 1 month ago

Moderna says Omicron vaccine could be ready by early 2022

Al Jazeera  

Shares of Moderna extended their rally for a second trading session after the drugmaker said it had mobilised hundreds of workers on Thursday to start work on an Omicron jab. Moderna Inc. is having its best two-day rally in a year after the company said a new vaccine to fight the omicron strain of the coronavirus could be ready by …

FDA Panel Endorses Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shots For Seniors, High-Risk Groups
3 years, 3 months ago

FDA Panel Endorses Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shots For Seniors, High-Risk Groups

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING U.S. health advisers said Thursday that some Americans who received Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine should get a half-dose booster to bolster protection against the virus. Moderna is seeking FDA clearance for a booster used just like Pfizer’s: For people 65 and older, or adults with other health problems, jobs or living situations that put them at increased risk …

US FDA advisers weigh case for booster shots of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine
3 years, 3 months ago

US FDA advisers weigh case for booster shots of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine

Hindustan Times  

Israel health officials on Thursday said booster doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine improved severe disease protection in people aged 40 and older, in presentations made to U.S. scientists discussing a booster dose of Moderna's vaccine. Moderna is seeking approval of a booster shot that includes 50 micrograms of vaccine, half of strength of its regular dose but still higher …

Column: Moderna’s founders are now billionaires, but where are the doses for the rest of the world?
3 years, 3 months ago

Column: Moderna’s founders are now billionaires, but where are the doses for the rest of the world?

LA Times  

The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine being prepared for shipping. “Of the more than 6.5 billion doses administered globally, fewer than 4% have gone to people in low-income countries,” Tom Frieden, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, observed recently. “They need to step up as a company and provide COVAX with doses at not-for-profit prices,” David Kessler, chief …

US FDA advisers back Moderna’s booster jab for COVID
3 years, 3 months ago

US FDA advisers back Moderna’s booster jab for COVID

Al Jazeera  

With 66 million American adults still unvaccinated, President Biden is pushing for emergency approvals of booster jabs. The FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted unanimously to recommend the booster shot on Thursday and will mull approving an additional dose of the Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine on Friday. Speaking before the panel’s recommendation, President Joe Biden, who is …

FDA panel recommends authorization of Moderna booster shots
3 years, 3 months ago

FDA panel recommends authorization of Moderna booster shots

LA Times  

A vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Denver. U.S. health advisors said Thursday that some Americans who received the Moderna vaccine should get a half-dose booster. U.S. health advisors said Thursday that some Americans who received Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine at least six months ago should get a half-dose booster to rev up protection against the coronavirus. …

FDA leans toward authorizing Moderna booster at a half dose
3 years, 3 months ago

FDA leans toward authorizing Moderna booster at a half dose

Live Mint  

The US Food and Drug Administration is leaning toward authorizing half-dose booster shots of the Moderna Inc. coronavirus vaccine, satisfied that it’s effective in shoring up protection, people familiar with the matter said. That would ease supply constraints and potentially blunt criticisms of rich countries beginning sprawling booster campaigns before many nations have given widespread first shots. The booster campaign …

Big gap between Pfizer, Moderna vaccines seen for preventing COVID hospitalizations
3 years, 3 months ago

Big gap between Pfizer, Moderna vaccines seen for preventing COVID hospitalizations

LA Times  

Amid persistent concerns that the protection offered by COVID-19 vaccines may be waning, a report released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that America’s workhorse shot is significantly less effective at preventing severe cases of disease over the long term than many experts had realized. In lengthy briefings to the panel, representatives from Pfizer pointed to …

COVID-19 vaccine program would be further behind if government focused on Pfizer, PM says
3 years, 4 months ago

COVID-19 vaccine program would be further behind if government focused on Pfizer, PM says

ABC  

The Australian COVID-19 vaccine program would be even further behind if the government had depended on Pfizer vaccines for its rollout, the Prime Minister says, as his government faces suggestions it was late to make a deal with the company. Key points: The Prime Minister says a locally made vaccine strategy has doubled the country's current vaccination rate The Prime …

Vaccine booster shot holdup: Some may miss the Sept. 20 start
3 years, 4 months ago

Vaccine booster shot holdup: Some may miss the Sept. 20 start

LA Times  

President Biden’s plans to start delivery of booster shots by Sept. 20 for most Americans who received the COVID-19 vaccines are facing new complications that could delay the availability of third doses for those who received the Moderna vaccine, administration officials said Friday. Dr. Janet Woodcock, the acting FDA commissioner, and CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, briefed White House COVID-19 …

Moderna withholds 1.63 million vaccine doses in Japan due to contamination
3 years, 4 months ago

Moderna withholds 1.63 million vaccine doses in Japan due to contamination

India Today  

Moderna has withheld supply of about 1.63 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine in Japan after a report of contamination of vials with particulate matter, which it suspects involves a production line in Spain. "Moderna confirms having been notified of cases of particulate matter being seen in drug product vials of its Covid-19 vaccine," it said in a statement. The …

What does full approval of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine mean?
3 years, 4 months ago

What does full approval of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine mean?

India TV News  

It means Pfizer’s shot for people 16 and older has now undergone the same rigorous testing and regulatory review as dozens of other long-established vaccines. COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. were initially rolled out under the Food and Drug Administration’s emergency use authorization, which allows the agency to speed the availability of medical products during public health emergencies. Under the …

US regulators give full approval to Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
3 years, 4 months ago

US regulators give full approval to Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. gave full approval to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine Monday, potentially boosting public confidence in the shots and instantly opening the way for more universities, companies and local governments to make vaccinations mandatory. Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla called the FDA’s action “an important milestone that I think will unlock some of the more skeptical minds.” Pfizer said the …

Slew of new mandates announced after FDA grants full approval to Pfizer vaccine
3 years, 4 months ago

Slew of new mandates announced after FDA grants full approval to Pfizer vaccine

Salon  

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday officially granted full legal approval to Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, opening the floodgates to a slew of new vaccination mandates. Pfizer's shot, developed in conjunction with German biotechnology company BioNTech, is the first to gain full FDA approval, with Moderna and Johnson & Johnson still under authorization for emergency use. "The FDA's approval of …

US allows extra COVID vaccine doses for those with weakened immunity. Now what?
3 years, 5 months ago

US allows extra COVID vaccine doses for those with weakened immunity. Now what?

Firstpost  

The Food and Drug Administration ruled that transplant recipients and other similarly immune-compromised patients can get a third dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. About 1.1 million people already have gotten at least a third dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines on their own, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed, although it’s not clear how …

Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine approved with first million doses arriving next month
3 years, 5 months ago

Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine approved with first million doses arriving next month

ABC  

Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine has been given provisional approval by the Therapeutic Goods Administration, Prime Minister Scott Morrison says. Key points: A third COVID-19 vaccine will be added to Australia's rollout, as Moderna is approved One million Moderna doses will arrive in September, with nine million more due later this year The regulator says it hasn't received a formal application to …

Australia is about to approve the Moderna vaccine. What is it, who can get it, and when and where will it be available?
3 years, 5 months ago

Australia is about to approve the Moderna vaccine. What is it, who can get it, and when and where will it be available?

ABC  

Australia's third COVID-19 vaccine is expected to be approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration within the next fortnight. In May, Australia reached a deal to buy 25 million doses of the Moderna vaccine, which is another mRNA vaccine. The Moderna vaccine is expected to be rolled out nationwide, with the majority of doses to be used as booster shots for …

Moderna vaccine to be approved within a fortnight, doses rolling out in mid-September
3 years, 5 months ago

Moderna vaccine to be approved within a fortnight, doses rolling out in mid-September

ABC  

Australia's third COVID-19 vaccine will begin being rolled out around the country from the middle of next month, with final approvals likely within two weeks. Key points: Mr Hunt said he expected the TGA to clear the Moderna vaccine shortly One million doses are expected around the middle of next month That is expected to be followed by three million …

Senior business figures turned to former PM Kevin Rudd to intervene in bringing forward Australia's Pfizer vaccine supply
3 years, 6 months ago

Senior business figures turned to former PM Kevin Rudd to intervene in bringing forward Australia's Pfizer vaccine supply

ABC  

The bringing forward of millions of Pfizer vaccine doses last week followed a back channels intervention eight days earlier by a high-powered network which included a senior business figure despairing of the government's failure to secure enough vaccine supplies, and a former prime minister. Key points: Australia contracted Pfizer for 40 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to be delivered …

US government purchases 200 million additional COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna
3 years, 7 months ago

US government purchases 200 million additional COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna

Daily Mail  

The U.S. government has purchased 200 million additional doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine. The U.S. government has purchased an 200 more million doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, bringing the total order to 500 million. Of the new doses ordered, Moderna will deliver 110 million doses by the end of 2021 and 90 million in the first quarter of 2022 The …

Pfizer, Moderna vaccines can reduce COVID risk by 91 per cent: US CDC
3 years, 7 months ago

Pfizer, Moderna vaccines can reduce COVID risk by 91 per cent: US CDC

India TV News  

Taking two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna's mRNA-based vaccines, authorised by the Food and Drug Administration, can reduce the risk of coronavirus infection by 91 per cent, according to a new study by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Findings from the extended timeframe of this study add to accumulating evidence that mRNA Covid-19 vaccines are effective …

Centre may pave way for Pfizer, Moderna vaccine rollout in India, remove legal hurdles
3 years, 7 months ago

Centre may pave way for Pfizer, Moderna vaccine rollout in India, remove legal hurdles

India Today  

The Indian government could likely be in favour of granting indemnity to foreign vaccine makers such as Moderna and Pfizer. India Today TV approached Pfizer India for a comment on the ongoing negotiations given that reports suggested that Pfizer would start providing vaccines in tranches of 1 crore from July onwards. We continue to increase manufacturing capacity to exceed 2.5 …

Moderna’s Jab Likely in 2022; Pfizer Has 5 Crore Doses for India
3 years, 7 months ago

Moderna’s Jab Likely in 2022; Pfizer Has 5 Crore Doses for India

The Quint  

The US-based manufacturer has reportedly expressed that they have 5 crore vaccine doses available to supply to India this year. However, the firm, which plans to supply 1 crore doses in July, 1 crore in August, 2 crore in September, and 1 crore in October, has indicated that it will only enter into a transaction with the Government of India, …

Moderna, Pfizer said they’ll deal only with Centre, not states: Delhi govt
3 years, 7 months ago

Moderna, Pfizer said they’ll deal only with Centre, not states: Delhi govt

Hindustan Times  

US pharmaceutical giants Pfizer and Moderna have informed the Delhi government that “they will deal with the Central government” only and not sell Covid-19 vaccines individually to any state, said chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday. Covaxin is over but Covishield is left for a few days.” In the afternoon, in a press briefing, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said …

Why is Australia buying Moderna? Will I get a COVID vaccine sooner?
3 years, 8 months ago

Why is Australia buying Moderna? Will I get a COVID vaccine sooner?

ABC  

Sometimes it feels like there have been more versions of the Australian vaccine rollout than your phone's operating software. Australia is now buying 25 million doses of the Moderna vaccine. Health authorities in the US warn of only minor side-effects for the Moderna vaccine, including pain in the arm where the shot is delivered, and things like tiredness, muscle pain, …

Coronavirus | WHO lists Moderna vaccine for emergency use
3 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus | WHO lists Moderna vaccine for emergency use

The Hindu  

The World Health Organization on Friday said it had listed the anti-COVID-19 Moderna vaccine for emergency use. The listing procedure helps countries unable to assess a vaccine's effectiveness themselves, providing them with access as quickly as possible and allowing the Covax vaccine sharing scheme and other partners to distribute to poorer countries. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an …

Pfizer and Moderna change shipment sizes as coronavirus vaccine demand falls
3 years, 8 months ago

Pfizer and Moderna change shipment sizes as coronavirus vaccine demand falls

CNN  

CNN — With demand for Covid-19 vaccines falling off, mass vaccination sites around the country find themselves facing a dilemma of how to deliver vaccines without wasting precious doses. As the US vaccination push began during December and January, the goal was to simply get “mass quantities of doses out,” Tanya Alcorn, Pfizer’s vice president for global supply chain, told …

Iowa turns down 22,000 of its vaccine doses as demand wanes
3 years, 8 months ago

Iowa turns down 22,000 of its vaccine doses as demand wanes

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa has asked the federal government to withhold more than one-quarter of its allotment of coronavirus vaccines this week because demand for the shots has waned across the state. The Iowa Department of Public Health told the Des Moines Register on Saturday that the state declined to accept 18,300 of 34,300 doses of Moderna vaccine it …

Shipments of Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines will increase by 7% next week after J&J shot paused
3 years, 9 months ago

Shipments of Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines will increase by 7% next week after J&J shot paused

Daily Mail  

The U.S. government is increasing its allocations of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus vaccine after federal agencies recommended a pause of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. PFIZER: More than 10 million first and second doses of the Pfizer vaccine will be shipped next week, an increase from 9.4 million during the week of April 12 MODERNA: 7.4 million initial and …

Pfizer, Moderna Covid-19 vaccines highly effective after first shot, US study shows
3 years, 9 months ago

Pfizer, Moderna Covid-19 vaccines highly effective after first shot, US study shows

India Today  

Covid-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer Inc with BioNTech SE and Moderna Inc reduced risk of infection by 80 per cent two weeks or more after the first of two shots, according to data from a real-world US study released on Monday. The risk of infection fell 90 per cent by two weeks after the second shot, the study of nearly …

Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 vaccines effective after first shot, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study finds
3 years, 9 months ago

Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 vaccines effective after first shot, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study finds

ABC  

The Pfizer and Moderna coronavirus vaccines reduced the risk of infection by 80 per cent two weeks or more after the first of two shots, according to data from a real-world US study. Key points: The study looked at the effectiveness of the mRNA vaccines among 3,950 participants over 13 weeks The CDC said the study results provide reassurance that …

Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines 90% effective after two doses in real-world conditions, CDC study says
3 years, 9 months ago

Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines 90% effective after two doses in real-world conditions, CDC study says

CNN  

CNN — Under real world conditions, the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines provide highly effective protection, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Reducing the risk for transmissible infection, which can occur among persons with asymptomatic infection or among persons several days before symptoms onset, is especially important among health care personnel, first …

Moderna And Pfizer On Track To Hit Vaccine Production Goals
3 years, 10 months ago

Moderna And Pfizer On Track To Hit Vaccine Production Goals

NPR  

Moderna And Pfizer On Track To Hit Vaccine Production Goals toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images President Biden's promise that there will be enough vaccines for every U.S. adult by the end of May has some Americans wondering if it's too good to be true. "On Moderna and Pfizer, as you know, we've done a lot to help both …

Drug executives: Big jump in vaccine supply is coming soon
3 years, 10 months ago

Drug executives: Big jump in vaccine supply is coming soon

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — COVID-19 vaccine makers told Congress on Tuesday to expect a big jump in the delivery of doses over the coming month, and the companies insist they will be able to provide enough for most Americans to get inoculated by summer. By the end of March, Pfizer and Moderna expect to have provided the U.S. government with a total …

Pfizer, Moderna, J&J pledge 240 million total Covid-19 vaccine doses by the end of March
3 years, 10 months ago

Pfizer, Moderna, J&J pledge 240 million total Covid-19 vaccine doses by the end of March

CNN  

CNN — The United States can expect to see a total of 240 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine by the end of March, drug companies told a House subcommittee Tuesday. Pfizer and Moderna – the two companies with Covid-19 vaccines authorized for emergency use in the United States – have pledged to make a combined total of 220 million doses …

Joe Biden urges Americans to ‘please … take the vaccine’
3 years, 10 months ago

Joe Biden urges Americans to ‘please … take the vaccine’

Al Jazeera  

President Joe Biden toured a state-of-the-art coronavirus vaccine plant Friday as extreme winter weather across broad swaths of the US handed his vaccination campaign its first major setback, delaying shipment of about six million doses. The disruptions caused by frigid temperatures, snow and ice left the White House and states scrambling to make up lost ground as three days’ worth …

Pfizer coronavirus vaccine doses arrives in Australia, ahead of first jabs next week
3 years, 11 months ago

Pfizer coronavirus vaccine doses arrives in Australia, ahead of first jabs next week

ABC  

The first doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine have touched down in Australia as preparations continue for the first stage of the national rollout, Health Minister Greg Hunt says. Key points: 142,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine landed in Sydney on Monday afternoon 142,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine landed in Sydney on Monday afternoon Frontline health and quarantine workers, …

Biden declares there will be enough vaccines for 300 million Americans by end of July
3 years, 11 months ago

Biden declares there will be enough vaccines for 300 million Americans by end of July

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden on Thursday announced that the United States will have enough coronavirus vaccines for 300 million Americans by the end of July, underscoring that he believes his administration has made significant progress given that there wasn’t a rollout plan in place under the Trump administration. “Within three weeks, ‘round the clock work with so many people …

WA high-risk workers among those to receive 10,000 Pfizer vaccine doses in first rollout
3 years, 11 months ago

WA high-risk workers among those to receive 10,000 Pfizer vaccine doses in first rollout

ABC  

Western Australia has recorded its sixth consecutive day of no new COVID-19 cases, as the Premier revealed a vaccine rollout is set to begin by the end of the month. Key points: WA will receive up to 10,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine WA will receive up to 10,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine Up to 5,000 people including high-risk …

Moderna Increases COVID-19 Vaccine Shipments While Pfizer Lags Behind
3 years, 11 months ago

Moderna Increases COVID-19 Vaccine Shipments While Pfizer Lags Behind

NPR  

Moderna Increases COVID-19 Vaccine Shipments While Pfizer Lags Behind Enlarge this image toggle caption Morry Gash/Pool/Getty Images Morry Gash/Pool/Getty Images President Biden said last Tuesday that his administration is already working on ordering more COVID-19 vaccine doses to increase the U.S. supply through this summer. Sponsor Message Meanwhile, Pfizer doses increased only slightly over the previous week — 70,000 doses, …

Another setback: Moderna cuts vaccine delivery to the Netherlands by 20 percent
3 years, 11 months ago

Another setback: Moderna cuts vaccine delivery to the Netherlands by 20 percent

NL Times  

While the Netherlands is still trying to catch up with other European countries after a slow vaccination start, the country now faces another setback: after AstraZeneca, Moderna also announced that it would be delivering fewer vaccine doses than expected. That is another setback for the country because it means that the Netherlands will only receive 38,400 doses of the Moderna …

US boosting vaccine deliveries amid complaints of shortages
3 years, 11 months ago

US boosting vaccine deliveries amid complaints of shortages

Associated Press  

Answering growing frustration over vaccine shortages, President Joe Biden announced that the U.S. is ramping up deliveries to hard-pressed states over the next three weeks and expects to provide enough doses to vaccinate 300 million Americans by the end of the summer or early fall. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that the government plans to make about …

US boosting vaccine deliveries amid complaints of shortages
3 years, 11 months ago

US boosting vaccine deliveries amid complaints of shortages

Associated Press  

Answering growing frustration over vaccine shortages, President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that the U.S. is ramping up deliveries to hard-pressed states over the next three weeks and expects to provide enough doses to vaccinate 300 million Americans by the end of the summer or early fall. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that the government plans to make …

The Biden Administration Is Working To Buy 200 Million More COVID-19 Vaccine Doses
3 years, 11 months ago

The Biden Administration Is Working To Buy 200 Million More COVID-19 Vaccine Doses

NPR  

The Biden Administration Is Working To Buy 200 Million More COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Enlarge this image toggle caption Micah Green/Bloomberg via Getty Images Micah Green/Bloomberg via Getty Images Updated at 5:46 p.m. ET President Biden announced Tuesday that his administration is working to purchase an additional 200 million doses of the two COVID-19 vaccines that have been authorized for emergency …

US passes 25m COVID cases, over a quarter of world’s infections
3 years, 11 months ago

US passes 25m COVID cases, over a quarter of world’s infections

Al Jazeera  

Mounting caseload comes as Joe Biden’s chief of staff accuses previous administration of failing to plan for vaccine roll-out. The United States has confirmed more than 25 million cases of coronavirus – the most in the world – as newly inaugurated President Joe Biden’s chief of staff accused Donald Trump’s administration of failing to provide states with a plan to …

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