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Aug 13 2021
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FDA Authorizes, CDC Recommends Additional Vaccine Dose for Certain Immunocompromised People
Following the FDA’s expanded emergency use authorization and a CDC advisory board’s recommendation, the CDC officially said Friday that certain immunocompromised people should get a third dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to protect against the Delta variant. The recommendation is specifically aimed at “moderately to severely” immunocompromised people, including cancer patients,
CNBC CNN (Online News) Fox News (Online News)Apr 21 2021
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Biden Says U.S. to Reach His Goal of Administering 200 Million COVID-19 Vaccines
President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that the U.S. is set to reach his goal of administering 200 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, which is double Biden's initial goal of administering 100 million doses during his first 100 days in office. Biden extended the goal to 200 million after the U.S. met his initial goal of 100 million doses within approximately 60 days in office. Biden, who
CNN (Online News) NPR (Online News) New York Post (News)Nov 29 2021
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Biden Calls Omicron Variant a ‘Cause for Concern,’ not ‘Panic’
President Joe Biden said Monday that the newly-discovered omicron COVID-19 variant was “a cause for concern, not a cause for panic.”
Biden also said his strategy to combat the new variant would focus on vaccines, not new lockdowns and travel restrictions. The same day, the World Health Organization said omicron posed a “very high” global risk due to “considerable uncertainties” about
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Biden to Send 20 Million More Vaccines Abroad
President Joe Biden announced Monday that the U.S. would ship 20 million doses of Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccines to other countries by the end of June. Along with the previously committed 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, the Biden administration now plans to send a total of 80 million doses around the world. Biden also applauded data showing new
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Federal Health Officials Suggest People May Need Annual COVID-19 Shots
Annual COVID-19 shots may be encouraged going forward, according to federal health officials.
Top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said at a briefing that "in the absence of a dramatically different variant, we likely are moving towards a path of vaccination cadence similar to that of the annual influenza vaccine, with annual updated COVID-19 shots matched to the currently
Fox News (Online News) The Hill CNN (Online News)Sep 24 2020
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Trump: COVID-19 Vaccine Developments Getting 'Political'
President Donald Trump said he might consider rejecting the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) new strict vaccine guidelines in a press conference Wednesday. In response to a question about the FDA's new guidelines at the press briefing, Trump said, "That sounds like a political move." The president has previously promised a vaccine before the end of the year, contradicting Centers for
Breitbart News NPR (Online News) New York Times (News)Oct 13 2022
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Health Authorities Approve Updated COVID-19 Boosters for Kids
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) approved the use of updated COVID-19 boosters for children as young as 5.
Key Quotes: "Since children have gone back to school in person and people are resuming pre-pandemic behaviors and activities," risk of COVID-19 exposure is rising, said the director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research in a statement.
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Axios Daily Mail CNN (Online News)Dec 09 2020
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FDA to Meet to Consider Pfizer-BioNTech Emergency Coronavirus Vaccine Authorization
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will meet Thursday to discuss emergency use authorization (EUA) for Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine. A vote could come after the advisory committee, the FDA and vaccine experts hear the companies' presentations and participate in a Q&A session. Some FDA officials and advisory committee members predicted the vaccines would receive
Fox News (Online News) CNN (Online News) Wall Street Journal (News)Aug 28 2020
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'Operation Warp Speed': Trump Promises Coronavirus Vaccine By End of Year
On the last night of the Republican National Convention (RNC), President Donald Trump promised a “safe and effective” coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year in his nomination acceptance speech. Trump highlighted his administration’s “Operation Warp Speed,” a public-private partnership, saying the project had "three different vaccines in the final stage of trials right now." Some fact
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CDC and FDA Advise White House To Slow Down Booster Shot Plan
The heads of two leading federal health agencies have advised the White House to slow down its plan to roll out COVID-19 vaccine boosters. In a meeting with White House pandemic coordinator Jeffrey Zients on Thursday, FDA acting commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock and CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said they needed more time to collect and review all necessary data regarding the booster shots
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