The US Food and Drug Administration's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted to recommend the agency grant emergency use authorization to Pfizer and […]
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Some Black and Latino Americans remain hesitant to take a Covid-19 vaccine
America's history of racism in medical research and a lack of trust in the federal government is making some Black Americans and Latinos hesitant to […]
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Address by the Minister for Health, Wellness and New Health Investment Hon. Dr. Irving McIntyre
Continue readingHealth care staff and long term care facility residents to get vaccine first
A CDC panel voted 13-1 to recommend health care workers and residents of long term care facilities will be the first recipients of the Covid-19 […]
Continue readingAstraZeneca’s Oxford vaccine 70 percent effective on average, data shows
Drugmaker AstraZeneca announced that its experimental coronavirus vaccine has shown an average efficacy of 70% in large-scale trials — the latest of several vaccine trials worldwide to […]
Continue readingUS COVID-19 death toll: 250,000 | USA TODAY
Coronavirus has now killed a quarter of a million Americans RELATED: How Pfizer and Moderna's COVID-19 vaccines differ. A coronavirus vaccine might not be widely […]
Continue readingCOVID-19 vaccine candidates from Moderna and Pfizer both promising | USA TODAY
COVID-19: How Pfizer and Moderna's vaccines differ. RELATED: Drug ballot measures win big Pfizer and Moderna have both announced promising results in the phase 3 […]
Continue readingCOVID-19 human challenge trials come with controversy and promise | USA TODAY
How human challenge trials may help create a COVID-19 vaccine. RELATED: COVID deaths of Native Americans linked to limited access to resources and healthcare Infecting […]
Continue readingDirector of National Institutes of Health: ‘We Are NOT Going To Take Shortcuts On Vaccine Safety’
National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins says the coronavirus vaccines in trials will be held to “the highest standards ever applied” and calls […]
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