Health Feb 26 FDA advisory panel endorses single-shot COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson The FDA is expected to quickly follow the recommendation and make J&J's shot the third vaccine authorized for emergency use in the U.S. Shipments of a few million doses could begin as early as Monday.
Health Feb 24 FDA says Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose shot protects against COVID-19 An analysis by U.S. regulators says Johnson & Johnson's single-dose vaccine provides strong protection against severe COVID-19.
Politics Jan 15 Biden taps former FDA head David Kessler to lead COVID-19 vaccine effort Dr. David Kessler, who will have the title of chief science officer of COVID response, headed the Food and Drug Administration in the 1990s under presidents of both political parties.
Health Dec 18 U.S. clears Moderna vaccine for COVID-19 The U.S. added a second COVID-19 vaccine to its arsenal Friday, boosting efforts to beat back an outbreak so dire that the nation is regularly recording more than 3,000 deaths a day.
Health Dec 16 WATCH: Moderna COVID-19 vaccine set for approval in U.S. with panel endorsement The FDA reviewers said that the two-dose vaccine “was highly effective” in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 from occurring “at least 14 days after the receipt of the second dose.”…
Health Dec 15 FDA approves first over-the-counter home test for COVID-19 The test kit from an Australian company allows users to swab themselves and get the results at home in about 20 minutes.
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.