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Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine passed a critical milestone on Thursday when a panel of experts formally recommended that the Food and Drug Administration authorize the vaccine. The agency is likely to do so within days, giving health care workers and nursing home residents first priority to begin receiving the first shots early next week.

The F.D.A.’s vaccine advisory panel, composed of independent scientific experts, infectious disease doctors and statisticians, voted 17 to 4, with one member abstaining, in favor of emergency authorization for people 16 and older. Although the F.D.A. does not have to follow the advice of its advisory panel, it usually does.

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Moderna begins study of COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents

Thu, 2020-12-10 17:44 — mike kraft

Moderna begins study of COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents Moderna Inc said on Thursday it had dosed the first participants in a mid-to-late stage study testing its COVID-19 vaccine candidate in adolescents aged 12 to less than 18, and aims for data ahead of the 2021 school year. Reuters Staff U.S.

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Crimped U.S. dry ice supply complicates rural U.S. vaccine release

Wed, 2020-12-09 17:36 — mike kraft

Crimped U.S. dry ice supply complicates rural U.S. vaccine release As health officials from rural areas prepare to vaccinate people scattered over thousands of miles in what could be the most complex such campaign in U.S. history, they face the additional challenge of finding enough dry ice to keep a Pfizer vaccine that must be stored at... Stephanie Kelly, Lisa Baertlein, Carl O’Donnell U.S.

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Canada authorizes Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine

Wed, 2020-12-09 17:24 — mike kraft

Canada authorizes Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine Canada’s health regulator on Wednesday approved Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, making it the third country to authorize the use of the shot – as the green-lighting of the vaccine in the US is still New York Post

Canada’s health regulator on Wednesday approved Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, making it the third country to authorize the use of the shot – as the green-lighting of the vaccine in the US is still at least another day away.

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UAE says Chinese vaccine 86% effective, offers few details

Wed, 2020-12-09 10:06 — mike kraft

UAE says Chinese vaccine 86% effective, offers few details ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates said Wednesday a Chinese coronavirus vaccine tested in the federation of sheikhdoms is 86% effective, in a statement that provided... AP NEWS

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White House task force warns states that vaccines will not reduce Covid spread until late spring

Wed, 2020-12-09 09:22 — mike kraft

White House task force warns states that vaccines will not reduce Covid spread until late spring The White House coronavirus task force is warning states that current vaccination plans won't reduce the spread of the disease until at least the late spring. Kevin Liptak, CNN CNN

(CNN) The White House coronavirus task force is warning states that current vaccination plans won't reduce the spread of the disease until at least the late spring.

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