Jan 23 Watch 5:06 As Biden gears up to bolster vaccination, logistical challenges remain By PBS NewsHour President Biden has set a goal to vaccinate 100 million Americans in his first 100 days even as federal and state officials grapple with logistical challenges and the absence of a national inoculation plan. ProPublica reporter Caroline Chen joins Hari… Continue watching
Jan 18 California urges halt to batch of COVID-19 vaccine doses after reports of reactions By Robert Jablon, Associated Press Dr. Erica S. Pan is recommending that vaccine providers stop using one lot of the Moderna vaccine pending completion of an investigation. She says less than 10 people who got the shots at a single site needed medical attention. Continue reading
Jan 10 Watch 5:37 Vaccine distribution, like tests, is a state-led effort in the U.S. By PBS NewsHour With daily cases crossing 250,000, COVID-19 has killed nearly 380,000 people in the U.S. -- the highest in the world. As states roll out vaccines in phases amid reports of the two more transmissible variants from the UK and South… Continue watching
Jan 06 EU agency approves Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine By Aleksandar Furtula, Mike Corder, Associated Press The European Union's medicines agency gave the green light Wednesday to Moderna Inc.'s COVID-19 vaccine, a decision that gives the 27-nation bloc a second vaccine to use in the desperate battle to tame the virus rampaging across the continent. Continue reading
Jan 03 India OKs AstraZeneca and locally made COVID-19 vaccines By Aniruddha Ghosal, Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press The country's drugs regulator gave emergency authorization for the vaccine developed by Oxford University and U.K.-based drugmaker AstraZeneca, and another developed by the Indian company Bharat Biotech. Continue reading
Dec 30 Watch 8:45 U.S. struggles to distribute vaccinations, falling far short of projections In the first two weeks of America's vaccination campaign, just 2 million people have received the first of the two required doses for their vaccinations -- far short of the Trump administration's projections of 20 million vaccinations by the end… Continue watching
Dec 21 Watch 14:28 Fauci says travel ban may be ‘premature’ in light of coronavirus mutation Shipments of the new Moderna vaccine began arriving Monday in the U.S., with more than 6 million doses expected by the end of the week. But that news was almost overshadowed by fears of a mutation in the coronavirus, which… Continue watching
Dec 20 People over 75, essential workers next in line for vaccine By John Hanna, Mike Stobbe, Associated Press The developments occurred as the nation seeks to ramp up a vaccination program that only began in the last week and so far has given initial shots to about 556,000 Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Continue reading
Dec 20 2nd COVID-19 vaccine authorized in US is shipped out By Associated Press The trucks left the Memphis-area factory with the vaccine developed by Moderna Inc. and the National Institutes of Health. The much-needed shots are expected to be given starting Monday, just three days after the Food and Drug Administration authorized their emergency rollout. Continue reading
Dec 19 Watch 9:55 A second COVID-19 vaccine is on its way. What’s next? By PBS NewsHour The U.S. has approved a second COVID-19 vaccine, made by Moderna, to begin rollout on Sunday. With America regularly recording more than 3,000 COVID-19 deaths per day, the much-needed additional doses will provide a boost to efforts to vaccinate healthcare… Continue watching