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Apr 29 2024
News
Immunization: How It Started, How It’s Going – What We’ve Achieved Through 50 Years Of Vaccination Programs
By Shyam Bishen, Head, Centre for Health and Healthcare, World Economic Forum Immunization is one of the most effective health interventions we can make. Every year vaccination programmes save millions of lives. They have helped eradicate diseases like smallpox – a deadly virus that has killed hundreds of millions of people. They were key to turning the tide of infections during the COVID-19
ForbesFeb 08 2021
News
How can racial equity in coronavirus vaccinations be achieved?
People of color have experienced a disproportionate amount of suffering during the coronavirus pandemic in the United States. Black, Hispanic and Indigenous Americans make up an outsized share of COVID-19 cases and face substantially greater risk of hospitalization and death than white people when they do become infected.
But several weeks into the rollout of life-saving vaccines, white
Yahoo! The 360Apr 17 2024
News
Lauren Boebert forced to fend off vaccine conspiracy theorists after health crisis
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) is on the receiving end of attention from COVID vaccine conspiracy theorists after suffering from a medical emergency. to Jason Salzman of the Colorado Times Recorder, "In the days after U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert was rushed into emergency surgery to remove a blood clot that threatened her life, the online underworld that the clot resulted from Boebert receiving a
Raw StoryDec 15 2020
News
FDA finds Moderna coronavirus vaccine is effective and safe
The Food and Drug Administration released data showing that Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective.
The FDA's review, which was published on Tuesday, confirmed Moderna’s previous assessment that its vaccine had an efficacy rate of 94.1% in a trial of 30,000 people. It noted that potential side effects of the vaccine include fever, headache, and fatigue but added that those
Washington ExaminerNov 30 2020
News
Moderna to seek emergency FDA authorization for coronavirus vaccine
Moderna will file Monday for an emergency authorization of its coronavirus vaccine from the Food and Drug Administration, becoming the second company to do so.
The vaccine developer said it would simultaneously ask the European Medicines Agency for conditional approval.
The FDA filing would clear the way for the vaccine to be authorized for use in the United States within weeks.
PoliticoNov 25 2020
News
Who should be first in line to receive the coronavirus vaccine?
A realistic path to ending the coronavirus pandemic came into view with news of promising results from clinical trials of three different vaccines in development. The U.S. public rollout of the first vaccine could begin as early as mid-December, according to the head of the government’s vaccine program.
But the start of vaccinations doesn’t mean things will be returning to normal
Yahoo! The 360Sep 16 2020
News
Trump admin unveils plan for distributing coronavirus vaccines
The Trump administration on Wednesday released its most detailed plan yet for distributing and administering millions of doses of a future coronavirus vaccine to Americans for free.
The plan consists of an information campaign led by the Department of Health and Human Services public affairs department; ramping up infrastructure so a vaccine can be delivered “immediately” once
PoliticoSep 16 2020
News
Trump: Coronavirus vaccine will be distributed 'rapidily' once approved
President Donald Trump touted progress on the development of COVID-19 vaccines and a distribution plan released Wednesday that an advisor said could make hundreds of millions of doses available by the end of the March.
Three potential vaccines are currently in Stage 3 trials in the U.S. and could be ready by October or November, Trump said during a White House news briefing.
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The Center Square - MichiganSep 10 2020
Opinion
The media MOCKED Trump for saying a Coronavirus Vaccine is coming
Payback is a beautiful thing. The media mocked President Trump for touting "a special day" when the public would have access to a COVID-19 vaccination. But not only are experts now admitting a vaccine is getting close to ready, something magical happened. When asked if she would take the vaccine, Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris said she would "not trust Donald Trump." Here's
The BlazeAug 11 2020
News
Russia Approves Coronavirus Vaccine Before Completing Tests
MOSCOW — Russia has become the first country in the world to approve a vaccine for the coronavirus, President Vladimir V. Putin announced on Tuesday, though global health authorities say the vaccine has yet to complete critical, late-stage clinical trials to determine its safety and effectiveness.
Mr. Putin, who told a cabinet meeting on Tuesday morning that the vaccine “works
New York Times (News)