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Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine to begin shipping to 4,000 communities

After being authorized for emergency use, Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine is being shipped to 4,000 communities nationwide. Between this vaccine and Pfizer’s, 7.9 million doses have been allocated for distribution this week, according to Gen. Gustave Perna, Operation Warp Speed’s chief operating officer. NBC’s Morgan Chesky reports for Sunday TODAY. Read More

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What is the risk of allergic reaction to COVID-19 vaccines?

A few people have had allergic reactions to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine since it was released to the public, but allergy experts say it’s extremely rare. Read More

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FedEx trucks with second COVID-19 vaccine to depart, beginning Moderna rollout

FedEx is preparing to ship out the second coronavirus vaccine candidate to earn emergency authorization in the U.S. after Moderna, a Massachusetts-based biotech company, received the authorization for its vaccine candidate from an FDA advisory panel on Thursday. Read More

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2nd COVID-19 vaccine authorized in US preparing to ship out

Employees at a factory in the Memphis area were boxing up the vaccine developed by Moderna Inc. and the National Institutes of Health. The much-needed shots are expected to be given starting Monday, just three days after the Food and Drug Administration authorized their emergency rollout. Read More

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Can an employer require an employee to take the Covid-19 vaccine?

Fred Kocher and Jim Reidy discuss whether an employer can require an employee to take the coronavirus vaccine. Read More

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2nd COVID-19 vaccine authorized in US preparing to ship out

OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. (AP) — Workers on Sunday began packaging shipments of the second COVID-19 vaccine authorized in the U.S., a desperately needed boost to efforts to bring the coronavirus… Read More

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CDC’s vaccine advisers meet to plan next step of Covid-19 vaccine distribution

It was ACIP that decided frontline health care workers and the frail, vulnerable residents of long-term care facilities should be the at the front of the line for the scanty first vaccines. Read More

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Experts know more about the coronavirus vaccines than any other in history, surgeon general says

The US Surgeon General is touting the coronavirus vaccine as “almost 100% certain” to prevent severe disease, part of his effort to reassure the public it’s safe to get. Read More

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Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine shots leave warehouses, widening U.S. push to immunize

Trucks and planes loaded with doses of Moderna Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine are expected on Sunday to leave warehouses en route for healthcare facilities around the United States in a push to distribute the second approved COVID-19 vaccine. Read More

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U.S. Starts Rollout of Moderna’s Covid-19 Vaccine

Immunizations using the newly authorized Covid-19 vaccine from Moderna are slated to start Monday, boosting the mass inoculation campaign that was launched just last week. Read More