Moderna, Pfizer, BioNTech and others have enlisted third parties to catapult their vaccine technology from the laboratory to industrial production at unprecedented speed. Read More
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Swiss drugs regulator Swissmedic has authorised the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and partner BioNTech, the agency said on Saturday, calling it the world’s first such approval under a standard procedure. Read More
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An otherwise stoic emergency room physician found himself overcome with emotion as he got the Covid-19 vaccine this week. Read More
While the nation continues to see record levels of new Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths, wealthy patients in Southern California — the epicenter of the state’s Covid-19 crisis — are offering to pay top dollar to cut the line and be among the first to receive a vaccine. Read More
In a matter of days, tens of thousands of Moderna vaccine doses will head to Washington state. The FDA authorized the vaccine Friday evening for emergency use. Dr. Larry Corey is a renowned virologist and co-director of the COVID-19 Prevention Network at Fred Hutch. “Science builds on science and it’s a wonderful moment to see […]
A second Covid-19 vaccine will soon be shipped out across the country — a “remarkable scientific achievement,” according to one expert, that brings the country one step close to the end of a brutal pandemic. Read More
Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento was buzzing Friday as front-line workers lined up for their shot. Read More
“To not be offered a vaccine when I am at the hospital, FaceTiming in attendings (physicians) from home so they can see their patients, and I am in the COVID-positive room, and those attendings are offered a vaccine, it’s very hurtful.” Read More
For Black Americans, the story extends far beyond distrust of Donald Trump—it goes back to the Tuskegee experiment and the medical exploitation of Henrietta Lacks. Read More