Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine appears effective against new coronavirus variants. New research suggests Pfizer Inc.’s (NYC) COVID-19 vaccine can protect against a mutation found in the two more-contagious variants of the coronavirus… Read more »
New Year arrives as US exceeds 20 million COVID-19 cases. America just surpassed 20 million COVID-19 cases, nearly a year after a mysterious germ first revealed itself in Wuhan, China…. Read more »
FDA authorizes Moderna COVID-19 vaccine; McKesson, US Army to help roll out millions of doses to augment national supply. Dispersal of Moderna Inc.’s (Cambridge MA) COVID-19 vaccine to more than… Read more »
COVID-19 vaccines raise hopes for eventual end to pandemic, but cruel months lie ahead. US leaders and scientific advisers urgently called on Americans to wear masks immediately and threatened even… Read more »
Pfizer seeks emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine in US. Pfizer Inc. (NYC) and its German partner BioNTech SE (Mainz) on Friday filed an application with the US Food and… Read more »
Pfizer, BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine shockingly effective in trials, but will effectiveness and safety hold up after widespread distribution? Pfizer Inc. (NYC) and partner BioNTech SE’s (Mainz DEU) highly effectual COVID-19… Read more »
As elections draw near, US breaks record for new coronavirus cases. After fighting the coronavirus for eight months, the US recorded over 99,000 new cases on Friday–a global record–according to… Read more »
J&J presents Phase 1/2a data indicating single-dose vaccine provokes strong immune response. A single dose of Johnson & Johnson’s (New Brunswick NJ) experimental COVID-19 vaccine produced a strong immune response against… Read more »
Trump disputes, discredits CDC health officials; sees mass vaccinations by end of year. During a Senate hearing last Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s director, Dr. Robert Redfield,… Read more »
Coronavirus reinfections raise concerns about immunity. Researchers for the first time have identified someone in the US who was reinfected with the novel coronavirus, according to a study that has… Read more »