Health Dec 07 Years of research laid groundwork for speedy COVID-19 vaccines How could scientists race out COVID-19 vaccines so fast without cutting corners? A head start helped. Over a decade of behind-the-scenes research had new vaccine technology poised for a challenge.
Health Nov 20 Pfizer seeking emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine in U.S. Pfizer said Friday it is asking U.S. regulators to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine, starting the clock on a process that could bring limited first shots as early as next month and eventually an end to the pandemic…
Health Oct 22 U.S. regulators, experts take up thorny vaccine study issues With vaccines against COVID-19 inching closer, U.S. regulators took an unusual step Thursday in asking outside scientists: Are the government's standards high enough to adequately judge the shots?…
Health Sep 18 Push is underway to test COVID-19 vaccines in diverse groups Companies are struggling to recruit diverse volunteers in final U.S. tests of possible COVID-19 vaccines. New recruitment efforts are gearing up, with the help of trusted voices in hard-hit communities of color, such as Spanish-speaking “health promoters” and Black pastors.
Health Aug 02 Debate begins for who's first in line for COVID-19 vaccine Who gets to be first in line for a COVID-19 vaccine? U.S. health authorities hope by late next month to have some draft guidance on how to ration initial doses, but it’s a vexing decision.
Health Jun 28 Summer may decide fate of leading shots in vaccine race People on six continents already are getting jabs in the arm as the race for a COVID-19 vaccine enters a defining summer, with even bigger studies poised to prove if any shot really works.
Health Jun 23 WATCH: Fauci says COVID-19 vaccine could possibly be made available by end of 2020 or start of 2021 The government's top infectious disease expert told a House committee on Tuesday he remains "cautiously optimistic" that some will be ready at the end of the year.
Health Jun 23 WATCH: Fauci, Redfield, health officials testify on Trump administration's response to COVID-19 Dr. Anthony Fauci returns to Capitol Hill on Tuesday at a fraught moment in the nation's pandemic response.
Health Jun 11 Moderna on track for large COVID-19 vaccine test in July A U.S. company says it's on track to begin a huge study next month to prove if its COVID-19 vaccine candidate really works. Moderna Inc. is developing the experimental shot with the National Institutes of Health.
Health Jun 04 U.K. summit calls for freely available virus vaccine The British government has hosted a vaccine summit that raised billions of dollars to immunize children in developing countries as expert wrestled with the difficult question of how any potential vaccine against the coronavirus might be distributed globally — and…