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In this Dec. 9, 2020, file photo, test specialist Elijah Sanchez disinfects a testing booth at a COVID-19 testing site in Los Angeles.
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Pa. coronavirus update: Synthetic antibodies in development as new COVID-19 treatment

Also, statewide COVID-19 hospitalization rates are now double what they were during the spring peak.

6 years ago

The exterior of a Moderna building
NPR
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FDA analysis of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine finds it effective and safe

Two days before a panel of experts is set to review Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine and advise the Food and Drug Administration, documents show the vaccine is 95% effective and wel

6 years ago

While New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, right, and New Jersey Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli, left, look on, Maritza Beniquez throws her head back and thanks God during a news conference at University Hospital's COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark, N.J., Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020.
Health

New Jersey administers state’s 1st COVID-19 vaccine to nurse

New Jersey is expected to get three shipments of the Pfizer vaccine this month, beginning with about 76,000 doses this week and another 86,000 next week.

6 years ago

Dry ice is poured into a box containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as it is prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant
Health

‘Relieved’: US health workers start getting COVID-19 vaccine

Hospitals are rolling out the first small shipments Monday, as boxes of precious frozen vials arrive at locations around the country.

6 years ago

Boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant
Health

First batch of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine could reach Delaware ‘within the next few days’

Delaware could receive more than 8,700 doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine and begin distribution to residents “within the next few days,” per health officials.

6 years ago

Boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Portage
Health

COVID-19 vaccine shipments begin in historic US effort

Shipments of the Pfizer vaccine will kickstart the biggest vaccination effort in American history at a critical juncture of the pandemic that has killed 1.6 million people.

6 years ago

A nurse prepares to administer the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Guy’s Hospital in London
Health

U.S. allows emergency COVID-19 vaccine in bid to end pandemic

The U.S. gave the final go-ahead Friday to the nation’s first COVID-19 vaccine.

6 years ago

Naloxone
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Delaware offers naloxone through mail order as overdose deaths climb

In an effort to reverse the state’s overdose death rate that continues to climb, the state is offering to mail out the OD-interrupting drug naloxone.

6 years ago

Documents created by Pfizer for the meeting with the Food and Drug Administration advisory panel, as Pfizer seeks approval for emergency use of their COVID-19 vaccine, are seen on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. The meeting of outside advisers to the Food and Drug Administration represented the next-to-last hurdle before the expected start of the biggest vaccination campaign in U.S. history. Depending on how fast the FDA signs off on the panel's recommendation, shots could begin within days. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
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U.S. panel endorses widespread use of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

The Food and Drug Administration is expected to follow the recommendation issued Thursday by its expert advisers.

6 years ago

Tim Jennings (foreground) and Jon Horton, officials at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, have been lining up supplies, including dry ice, in preparation for the coronavirus vaccine. (Sarah McCammon/NPR)
NPR
Health

At hospitals, a race to save ‘hundreds of thousands’ of lives with new vaccine

With the first COVID-19 vaccines expected to be shipped out within days, health care providers are scrambling to prepare for an unprecedentedly high-stakes vaccine rollout.

6 years ago

Care home worker Pillay Jagambrun, 61, receives the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in The Vaccination Hub at Croydon University Hospital in London, on the first day of the largest immunization program in the UK's history, Tuesday Dec. 8, 2020. (Dan Charity/Pool via AP)
Radio Times
Health

COVID Vaccines: Is the wait really over?

We discuss the science behind the vaccines, the rollout and who will be lining up to get vaccinated.

Air Date: December 9, 2020 10:00 am

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A nurse prepares to administer the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Guy’s Hospital in London
Health

UK probing if allergic reactions linked to Pfizer vaccine

U.K. regulators say people who have a “significant history’’ of allergic reactions shouldn’t receive the new Pfizer COVID vaccine while they investigate two adverse reactions.

6 years ago

A nurse administers the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Guy’s Hospital in London
Health

Pfizer vaccine moves closer to getting the OK in the US

The Food and Drug Administration posted its analysis online even as across the Atlantic, Britain on Tuesday began vaccinating its oldest citizens with the Pfizer shots.

6 years ago

President Trump leaves the Diplomatic Room of the White House.
Health

Feds passed up chance to lock in more Pfizer vaccine doses

The decision could delay the delivery of a second batch of doses until manufacturer Pfizer fulfills other international contracts.

6 years ago

Sam Smith sits at his computer
NPR
Health

‘Fauci effect’ drives record number of medical school applications

The pandemic put a spotlight on health care workers and inspired many to pursue a career in medicine.

6 years ago

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