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White House officials on Tuesday told states that if they do not order their full allocation of vaccine doses in the coming weeks, those doses will be reallocated as the administration shifts how it gets the shot to areas most in need.

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More than 20 states not ordering all available doses as COVID-19 vaccinations slow

Tue, 2021-05-04 09:01 — mike kraft

More than 20 states not ordering all available doses as COVID-19 vaccinations slow As demand slows, health officials shift from triaging a flood of people clamoring for the shots to targeting harder-to-reach communities. CBSNews

As the pace of vaccinations continues to slow across the country, more than 20 states are not ordering all the available COVID-19 vaccine doses allocated to them by the federal government, according to a CBS News tally.

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European regulators are reviewing use of Pfizer vaccine for adolescents

Mon, 2021-05-03 15:08 — mike kraft

European regulators reviewing Pfizer vaccine for adolescents European drug regulators are reviewing a request by Pfizer and BioNTech to extend the use of their coronavirus vaccine to children as young as 12 years old. Nathaniel Weixel TheHill

European drug regulators are reviewing a request by Pfizer and BioNTech to extend the use of their coronavirus vaccine to children as young as 12 years old.

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India pulls trainee doctors from exams to fight world’s biggest COVID surge

Mon, 2021-05-03 14:48 — mike kraft

Trainee Indian doctors pulled from exams to fight world’s biggest COVID surge India postponed exams for trainee doctors and nurses on Monday, freeing them up to fight the world's biggest surge in coronavirus infections, as the health system crumbles under the weight of new cases and hospitals run out of beds and oxygen. Tanvi Mehta,Shilpa Jamkhandikar,Adnan Abidi Reuters

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More global Covid-19 cases reported in last 2 weeks than first 6 months of the pandemic --WHO

Mon, 2021-05-03 13:30 — mike kraft

More global Covid-19 cases reported in last 2 weeks than first 6 months of the pandemic, WHO says Globally, there have been more cases of Covid-19 reported in the last two weeks than during the first six months of the pandemic, the director-general of the World Health Organization said during a news briefing in Geneva on Monday. By <a href="/profiles/joshua-berlinger">Joshua Berlinger</a>, Adam Renton and <a href="/profiles/aditi-sandal">Aditi Sangal</a>, CNN CNN

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Two big Pharm chains, CVS and Walgreens, Have Wasted More Vaccine Doses Than Most States Combined

Mon, 2021-05-03 13:20 — mike kraft

CVS and Walgreens Have Wasted More Vaccine Doses Than Most States Combined More than 200,000 doses of covid vaccine have gone to waste since December, KHN has learned. Two national pharmacy chains account for most of it. khnhannahn Kaiser Health News

Two national pharmacy chains that the federal government entrusted to inoculate people against covid-19 account for the lion’s share of wasted vaccine doses, according to government data obtained by KHN.

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