Health Dec 15 U.S. vaccinations ramp up as 2nd COVID-19 shot nears Hundreds more U.S. hospitals are set to begin vaccinating their workers Tuesday as federal regulators issued a positive review of a second COVID-19 vaccine shot needed to boost the nation's largest vaccination campaign.
Nation Dec 12 US says COVID-19 vaccine to start arriving in states Monday The nation’s first COVID-19 vaccine will begin arriving in states Monday morning, U.S. officials said Saturday, after the government gave the final go-ahead to the shots needed to end an outbreak that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans.
Health Dec 11 U.S. greenlights first COVID-19 vaccine, launching a nationwide vaccination campaign Shots for health workers and nursing home residents are expected to begin in the coming days after the Food and Drug Administration authorized an emergency rollout of what promises to be a strongly protective vaccine from Pfizer Inc. and its…
Politics Dec 11 Reports: White House threatens Hahn’s job over vaccine approval White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has pressed Food and Drug Administration chief Stephen Hahn to grant an emergency use authorization for Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine by the end of Friday or face possible dismissal.
Health Dec 08 WATCH: FDA advisers endorse Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for emergency authorization A U.S. government advisory panel has endorsed Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine, in a major step toward an epic vaccination campaign that could finally conquer the outbreak.
Health Nov 09 U.S. allows emergency use of COVID-19 antibody drug The Food and Drug Administration on Monday cleared the experimental drug from Eli Lilly for people 12 and older with mild or moderate COVID-19 not requiring hospitalization.
Health Nov 06 FDA panel urges rejection of experimental Alzheimer’s drug The panel of outside experts for the Food and Drug Administration agreed that a pivotal study in patients failed to show “strong evidence” that the drug worked.
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 Oct 18 Millions more virus rapid tests but are results reported? After struggling to ramp up coronavirus testing, the U.S. can now screen several million people daily, thanks to a growing supply of rapid tests. But the boom comes with a new challenge: keeping track of the results.
Politics Oct 06 FDA discloses vaccine guidelines previously blocked by White House In briefing documents posted on its website, the FDA said vaccine makers should follow trial participants for at least two months to rule out safety issues before seeking emergency approval.