Feb 25 Get whatever COVID-19 vaccine is available, Fauci says By Associated Press Dr. Anthony Fauci says it’s a race “between the virus and getting vaccines into people” and “the longer one waits not getting vaccinated, the better chance the virus has to get a variant or a mutation.”… Continue reading
Feb 24 Watch 7:23 Global disparities highlighted by uneven access to COVID vaccines By Nick Schifrin, Rebecca Oh The West African country of Ghana on Wednesday became the first nation to receive a delivery of COVID-19 vaccines through a global initiative called COVAX, which aims to give more equitable access to the vaccine. Nick Schifrin reports and speaks… Continue watching
Feb 24 South Africa to spend $712 million on mass vaccination drive By Mogomotsi Magome, Associated Press South Africa plans to spend $712 million to vaccinate some 67% of its 60 million people to control the country’s COVID-19 battle and get the economy to rebound from its decline of 7.2% last year. Continue reading
Feb 24 FDA says Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose shot protects against COVID-19 By Lauren Neergaard, Matthew Perrone, Associated Press An analysis by U.S. regulators says Johnson & Johnson's single-dose vaccine provides strong protection against severe COVID-19. Continue reading
Feb 24 Ghana becomes first country to receive coronavirus vaccines from COVAX program By Francis Kokutse, Carley Petesch, Associated Press The arrival of 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine in the West African country marks the beginning of the largest vaccine procurement and supply operation in history, according to the World Health Organization and UNICEF. Continue reading
Feb 19 G-7 vows ‘equitable’ world vaccine access, but details are scant By Jill Lawless, Associated Press Leaders of the Group of Seven economic powers have promised to immunize the world’s neediest people against the coronavirus by giving money and precious vaccine doses to a U.N.-backed vaccine distribution effort. Continue reading
Feb 17 How will we know we’ve reached herd immunity for COVID-19? By Candice Choi, Aniruddha Ghosal, Associated Press Health officials around the world are racing to vaccinate enough people to stop the spread of COVID-19, but what qualifies as “enough” is still an open question. Continue reading
Feb 15 WHO approves AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use By Associated Press The move should allow the company's partners to ship millions of doses to countries worldwide as part of a U.N.-backed program to tame the pandemic. Continue reading
Feb 15 Japan approves its first COVID-19 vaccine By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press Japan formally approved its first COVID-19 vaccine and said it would start nationwide inoculations within days, but months behind the U.S. and many other countries. Continue reading
Feb 11 AstraZeneca expects new version of its COVID-19 vaccine by fall By Danica Kirka, Associated Press AstraZeneca said it expects to have a new version of its COVID-19 vaccine, as drugmakers respond to concerns about emerging variants of the disease that may be more transmissible or resistant to existing vaccines. Continue reading