Dec 18 U.S. clears Moderna vaccine for COVID-19 By Lauran Neergaard, Matthew Perrone, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Dec 06 Watch 5:27 A whistleblower says the FDA isn’t properly regulating vaccine facilities While much attention has been given to approving a COVID-19 vaccine, there's been little paid to the facilities where many vaccines are manufactured. A recent investigation in Vanity Fair features a former FDA inspector turned whistleblower who says that the… Continue watching
Nov 20 Why I decided to be a coronavirus vaccine test subject By John Yang The 50-50 chance of getting either the real thing or a placebo was one of the reasons I applied -- I wanted the real deal. Continue reading
Nov 20 Pfizer seeking emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine in U.S. By Lauren Neergaard, Associated Press 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… Continue reading
Oct 03 AP FACT CHECK: Distortions from a week of wild disruption By Hope Yen, Calvin Woodward, Associated Press President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis Friday cut short the week’s political arguing and even quieted his Twitter account for a time. But the wild presidential debate produced plenty of distortions in the campaign for the election a month away. Here’s… Continue reading
Sep 23 Fauci: Even after a COVID-19 vaccine, masks and social distance still vital By Associated Press “The vaccine availability will go a giant step to controlling the infection, but you’re not going to completely eradicate it or eliminate it,” Fauci says. Continue reading
Sep 23 U.S. health officials say they would get FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccine By Associated Press Dr. Brett Giroir, an assistant secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services, told a Senate hearing he’d “have no hesitancy” to take that vaccine. Continue reading
Sep 17 ‘We need to catch up.’ How the U.S. fell behind on child vaccines By Laura Santhanam In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, top American pediatricians could see another crisis looming ahead: a swarm of mini-epidemics of childhood diseases returning as families withdrew from regular medical care. Continue reading
Sep 16 WATCH: White House press secretary says herd immunity isn’t U.S. strategy By Associated Press White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany held a press briefing Wednesday as several U.S. health officials testified on the government's response to the pandemic. Continue reading
Sep 15 As threat of valley fever grows beyond the Southwest, push is on for vaccine By Jim Robbins, Kaiser Health News Valley fever is diagnosed in the range of 10,000 to 15,000 cases a year in the U.S. with 160 fatalities, though both numbers are likely several times higher in reality because many cases are never identified. Continue reading