The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday night approved the first coronavirus vaccine for emergency use in the United States, several media outlets reported, clearing the way for U.S. officials to begin vaccinating millions of Americans as early as next week.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Thursday detailed the Sunshine State’s plan to distribute the first doses of the Pfizer vaccine, which it will soon receive from the federal government, explaining that they will be reserved for residents of long-term care facilities and healthcare workers in high risk and high contact environments.
President Donald Trump expressed impatience Friday with the Food and Drug Administration’s delayed approval of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine.
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Friday that his government won’t rush approval of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine because he wants people to have confidence in the product.
The European Medicines Agency’s documents on the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine have been hacked by cyber-attackers.
The UK will require “resuscitation facilities” in COVID vaccine centres after two healthcare workers suffered reactions to the virus.
A UK advisory committee has warned against people with a “significant” history of allergic reactions from taking the COVID-19 vaccine.
Joe Biden pledged his administration will distribute 100 million coronavirus vaccines to individuals most at risk during his first 100 days in office.
Israel could declare the coronavirus pandemic over as early as March 2021, thanks to Operation Warp Speed vaccines.
Jubilation has greeted the announcement that the UK is the first to roll out a Chinese coronavirus vaccine. Personally, I’m not celebrating.
Boris Johnson’s press secretary said she couldn’t rule out the prime minister volunteering to take the new coronavirus vaccine live on television.
Chinese coronavirus vaccine passport cards will be issued by the government in Wales, the country’s left-wing health minister confirmed on Wednesday. Following the announcement that the United Kingdom would be the first Western nation to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine,
A government advisory committee has advised against pregnant women having the new coronavirus jab because there is not enough data on its safety for that demographic.
Britain became the first western country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine for general use, announcing a rollout of Pfizer-BioNTech’s jab.
The pharmaceutical company Moderna is applying today for emergency authorization from the FDA to produce a vaccine for the coronavirus.
“Pfizer and others even decided to not assess the results of their vaccine, in other words, not come out with a vaccine, until just after the election,” Trump said.
“The process of the speed did not compromise at all safety, nor did it compromise scientific integrity,” Fauci said at a press briefing with the White House Coronavirus Task Force led by Vice President Mike Pence.
The British government has refused to rule out the notion of making Chinese coronavirus vaccines mandatory if it considers the voluntary administration of vaccines to be inadequate in slowing the spread of the virus. On Monday, Health Secretary Matt Hancock
Moderna, Inc., reported Monday that its experimental coronavirus vaccine had proven 94.5% effective in clinical trials, the latest good news in the battle against the pandemic and an affirmation of President Donald Trump’s Operation Warp Speed.
Russia claims its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine candidate, which has only been tested with a tiny group of trial volunteers, is at least two percent more effective than the vaccine announced by American pharmaceutical company Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech on Monday.
The company’s break-through drug will be purchased and distributed to Americans under Operation Warp Speed.
Claim: The breakthrough vaccine for the Chinese coronavirus is not part of the Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed.
Republican Utah Gov. Gary Herbert imposed a mask mandate Monday to last “for the foreseeable future” after a surge in coronavirus cases caused him to declare a state of emergency.
“We remain on track to deliver a vaccine before the end of the year, and maybe even before November 1,” he said. “We think we can probably have it sometime during the month of October.”
Big pharmaceutical corporations are raking in billions from American taxpayers through the United States government deals that are funding research for a vaccine to the Chinese coronavirus.
HHS Secretary Alex Azar said the the Trump administration will pay Pfizer $2 billion for 100 million vaccine doses to fight the coronavirus.
Pfizer executive Sally Susman is planning a March 31 fundraiser for 2020 Democrat presidential contender Kirsten Gillibrand.
Bay Area activists are calling for a boycott of the San Francisco Giants after principal owner Charles B. Johnson and his wife donated thousands of dollars to Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith’s (R-MS) campaign weeks after she made her controversial “public hanging” remarks.
Novartis International AG says it will delay plans to increase drug prices after President Donald Trump accused pharmaceutical companies of gouging prices for United States customers.
Major U.S. drug manufacturer Pfizer agreed to roll back July 1 drug price hikes after an “extensive discussion” with President Donald Trump on Tuesday.
President Donald Trump tore into pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Monday, criticizing the drug company for what he suggests is price gouging aimed at American customers.
