Up to six million people will be vaccinated during the first rollout of Moderna Inc’s coronavirus vaccine in the U.S. During a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) briefing on Monday, officials said medical supply company McKesson will obtain the jabs, which will be sent to 3,285 locations across the country by FedEx and UPS. … Read more
President Donald Trump raged at the FDA for taking so long to approve Pfizer’s COVID vaccine on Friday morning and ordered them to ‘stop playing games and start saving lives’ as Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said official approval may still take ‘a couple of days’. A panel of 23 independent scientists voted … Read more
‘Get the damn vaccines out now!’ Trump rages at ‘slow turtle’ FDA for taking so long to approve Pfizer vaccine and tells them ‘stop playing games and start saving lives’ – as Azar says approval may still take ‘a couple of days’ Trump tweeted on Friday that the FDA was a ‘slow turtle’ taking too … Read more
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) vaccine advisory panel has voted to give Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine emergency approval. Now, the FDA itself will have to accept the committee’s recommendation and Commissioner Stephen Hahn will have to sign off on the emergency approval. Officials typically take the recommendations of these expert panels, and the FDA … Read more
Scientists on the FDA’s COVID vaccine advisory committee are finally discussing whether or not to approve it and are questioning how long it will protect people for against the virus and whether or not trial participants who were given a placebo should receive it. The independent advisory committee is meeting today to discuss the findings of … Read more
Nearly three people will be vaccinated during the first rollout of Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine in the US. During a press briefing of the federal government’s Operation Warp Speed on Wednesday, officials said 636 locations, mostly large health-care systems with enough storage capacity, will be receiving the jabs. According to chief operating officer Gen Gustave Perna, … Read more
FDA scientists say the Pfizer vaccine is effective and have recommended it for approval in the first piece of analysis before it will be officially green-lit. Documents released by U.S. regulators Tuesday confirmed that Pfizer and BioNTech´s COVID-19 vaccine was strongly protective against COVID-19 — offering the world´s first detailed look at the evidence behind … Read more
Outraged Americans are demanding to know why the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has been approved in the UK but not in the US, where it was developed and funded. On Wednesday, British health authorities said they had approved the vaccine and that it will start being rolled out to the most needy patients imminently. But in … Read more
Give us what the Brits have got: America demands Pfizer’s COVID vaccine – which is at least a week away from FDA approval – be rolled out NOW after UK gives US firm’s shot the green light The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was made in the US but approved in Britain first Donald Trump has been pressuring … Read more
The chief of the Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed said the first Americans to get coronavirus vaccines could receive them within 24 hours of emergency approval. Dr Moncef Slaoui leads the government’s plan to fast-track the production of 300 million vaccine doses in the US by 2021. At an event conducted by The Washington Post, … Read more