[The stream is slated to start at 11:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is holding a press briefing on the coronavirus Tuesday following his announcement that the state has identified its first Covid-19 …
Read More »Providence Hospital System defies America’s slow vaccine rollout trend
The U.S. Covid vaccination effort is far behind original estimates. More than 15.4 million doses have been delivered to states, but only 4.5 million Americans have received their first shot according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Providence Hospital System, however, has defied the country’s slow rollout trend …
Read More »New York Gov. Cuomo confirms state’s first case of new Covid strain initially found in UK
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo wears a protective face mask as he arrives to speak during a daily briefing following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., July 13, 2020. Mike Segar | Reuters New York state confirmed its first case …
Read More »NY Gov. Cuomo to propose law making it a crime to skip the line for shots
New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a news conference on September 08, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing a law to make it a crime to sell or administer coronavirus vaccine shots to people who are trying …
Read More »New York Gov. Cuomo briefs the press on Covid pandemic as outbreak worsens
[The stream is slated to start at 11:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is holding a press briefing on the coronavirus Monday as Covid-19 hospitalizations and deaths in the state begin to rise. …
Read More »Dr. Scott Gottlieb says eligibility should be expanded
The U.S. should expand coronavirus vaccine eligibility in order to ensure more Americans receive shots in the coming weeks, Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Monday. “Right now, every shot in an arm is a win,” Gottlieb said on “Squawk Box.” The U.S. fell far short of its year-end 2020 …
Read More »Moderna increases minimum 2021 Covid vaccine production by 20% to 600 million doses
A medical worker holds a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine vial on the first day that Orange County residents 65 and older are able to be vaccinated at a drive through site at the Orange County Convention Center on December 29, 2020 in Orlando, Florida. Paul Hennessy | NurPhoto | Getty Images …
Read More »A year since Covid emerged in China, the world fights deadliest surge yet
Alonso Lugo helps a patient try to stand inside the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) unit at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas, U.S., December 30, 2020. Callaghan O’Hare | Reuters It’s been a year since Chinese health authorities said they were investigating a small cluster of pneumonia-like cases with an …
Read More »More cases of new Covid variant found in the U.S., threatening to worsen nation’s outbreak
A man receives a nasal swab COVID-19 test at Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) amid a coronavirus surge in Southern California on December 22, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images Three states across the U.S. have now identified cases of the …
Read More »Doctors criticize UK health officials for changing Pfizer Covid vaccine plan
A nurse prepares to administer the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Guy’s Hospital in London, Britain December 8, 2020. Frank Augstein | Reuters Doctors in the United Kingdom are pushing back on health officials’ decision to change the vaccine schedule on Pfizer’s Covid-19 immunizations, saying it fails to follow the “science.” …
Read More »Trump boasts about Covid response as December becomes deadliest month yet
President Donald Trump speaking in a released video on Twitter on Dec. 31st, 2020. The White House | Twitter WASHINGTON — In the final days of 2020, the United States saw coronavirus deaths spike, cases surge to staggering levels, hospitals strained and the rollout of desperately needed vaccines fall short of …
Read More »West Virginia mistakenly gives 42 people Regeneron IV Covid treatment instead of vaccine shot
A pharmacist dilutes the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine while preparing it to administer to staff and residents at the Goodwin House Bailey’s Crossroads, a senior living community in Falls Church, Virginia, on December 30, 2020. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images Dozens of people in West Virginia were mistakenly given …
Read More »Israel says it’s inoculated 7% of its population, it’s less than 1% in U.S.
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man receives a vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as Israel continues its national vaccination drive, during a third national COVID lockdown, at a Maccabi Healthcare Services branch in Ashdod, Israel December 29, 2020. Amir Cohen | Reuters Israel has already immunized about 647,000 people against Covid-19, …
Read More »Dr. Fauci says slow Covid vaccine rollout has been ‘disappointing’
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks with Alex Azar, secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), not pictured, before they receive the Moderna Inc. Covid-19 vaccine during an event at the NIH Clinical Center Masur Auditorium in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec, …
Read More »New York Mayor de Blasio wants to immunize 1 million residents in January
A worker of the New York City Fire Department Bureau of Emergency Medical Services (FDNY EMS) receives a COVID-19 Moderna vaccine, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., December 23, 2020. Carlo Allegri | Reuters New York City officials want …
Read More »Oxford researcher says future strains can be protected against
Sir John Bell, a professor at Oxford University in the U.K., told CNBC on Wednesday he was confident that Covid-19 vaccines could be retooled to provide effective protection against future coronavirus mutations. Bell’s comments on “Closing Bell” come as global attention focuses on a strain of the virus widely circulating …
Read More »Operation Warp Speed chief says distribution ‘should be better’
The United States will not inoculate as many people against the coronavirus by the end of the year as federal officials originally estimated, President Donald Trump’s Covid-19 vaccine czar said Wednesday. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest count, more than 11.4 million doses of Pfizer’s and Moderna’s …
Read More »California has identified first case with new Covid strain, Newsom says
In this June 30, 2020, file photo, Gov. Gavin Newsom removes his face mask before giving an update during a visit to Pittsburg, Calif. Rich Pedroncelli | AP California health officials have identified the state’s first case of the new and more infectious strain of Covid-19 that was initially discovered …
Read More »Colorado health officials say are investigating a second suspected case
Gov. Jared Polis and officials announced Denver and a number of other Colorado counties will be moved to Level Red on a newly revamped version of the state”u2019s color-coded COVID-19 dial at Boettcher Mansion in Denver, Colorado on Tuesday. November 17, 2020. Hyoung Chang | Denver Post | Getty Images …
Read More »New York Gov. Cuomo briefs the press on Covid pandemic as outbreak worsens
[The stream is slated to start at 3 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will hold a press briefing on the coronavirus Wednesday as Covid-19 hospitalizations reach levels last reported in early May. There …
Read More »CDC says new Covid strain in U.S. could stress ‘heavily burdened’ hospitals
CDC headquarters in Atlanta Elijah Nouvelage | Bloomberg via Getty Images Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that a new strain of Covid-19 now circulating in the U.S. could further stress hospitals that are already overwhelmed with coronavirus patients. Colorado health officials announced Tuesday that …
Read More »Trump officials discuss vaccine rollout as criticism mounts
[The stream is slated to start at 12:00 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Officials from the Department of Health and Human Services and the Pentagon are holding a joint briefing Wednesday on the Trump administration’s Covid-19 vaccine program …
Read More »Trump blames states as he faces criticism for slow Covid vaccine rollout
President Donald Trump tried on Wednesday to deflect criticism for a slower-than-expected rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine, saying the U.S. has distributed the lifesaving shots but states have to administer them. More than 11.4 million doses of Pfizer and Moderna’s two-dose vaccines have been distributed across the country as of …
Read More »U.S. needs to vaccinate 3 million people per day to hit goal
Dr. Carlos del Rio warned “The News with Shepard Smith” that the effort to vaccinate Americans needs to “change dramatically,” as the United States missed its vaccination goals two weeks after Americans started receiving shots. “If we’re going to get to have every single American who needs a vaccine and …
Read More »California extends stay-at-home order for two regions
Clinicians work in the former lobby of Providence St. Mary Medical Center, which has been converted into a care space to treat suspected COVID patients, amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in Southern California on December 23, 2020 in Apple Valley, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images California will extend …
Read More »U.S. confirms first case in Colorado
A person gestures towards a sign with a public health information message, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as new restrictions come into force, in London, Britain, December 20, 2020. Toby Melville | Reuters The first case of a new and potentially more infectious strain of Covid-19 has …
Read More »Joe Biden says Trump’s Covid vaccine effort far short its own goals
President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday criticized the Trump administration’s effort to distribute and administer Covid vaccine shots, saying that the administration has failed to meet its own goals. “The Trump administration’s plan to distribute vaccines is falling behind, far behind,” he said at a news briefing. “As I long feared …
Read More »U.S. to fall short of goal to vaccinate 20 million by year’s end
With only a few days to go, the United States will likely fall short of its goal to vaccinate 20 million Americans by the year’s end as the nation embarks on what will be a historic campaign to inoculate hundreds of millions of people against the coronavirus by the middle …
Read More »U.S. can miss Covid strain ‘because the holes in our net are too wide’
The lack of Covid testing capacity in the United States could mean the new, highly transmissible coronavirus strain that first emerged in the United Kingdom is already working its way through communities across the U.S. That’s according to Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, the medical director of the Special Pathogens Unit at …
Read More »New York investigating potential Covid vaccine fraud, Cuomo says
New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a news conference on September 08, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The New York Attorney General is investigating whether a health-care clinic in the state fraudulently obtained Covid vaccine doses and distributed them to the public, Gov. …
Read More »Biden to invoke Defense Production Act to spur Covid vaccine production
President-elect Joe Biden plans to invoke the Defense Production Act after he takes office next month to boost production of coronavirus vaccines, a member of his Covid-19 advisory team said Monday. “You will see him invoking the Defense Production Act,” Dr. Celine Gounder, a member of Biden’s Covid-19 advisory board, …
Read More »Trump’s veto threat of Covid relief bill is holding up $9 billion in state vaccine funding
A person holds a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at the University Of Louisville Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. Scotty Perry | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. states are anxiously awaiting billions in federal aid to fund their vaccine distribution plans, currently held up …
Read More »Testing delays, staff shortages impede distribution of Covid treatment used by Trump
A medical personnel administers a free Covid-19 tests at a state run drive-through testing site in the parking lot of the University of Texas El Paso campus amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in El Paso, Texas, November 23, 2020. Ivan Pierre Aguirre | Reuters Al Weiss, 74, walked into …
Read More »New warnings of a Covid ‘Christmas wave and New Year’s wave’
Dr. Stephen Parodi, director of Kaiser Permanente’s nationwide Covid response, warned that new coronavirus case surges are imminent unless Americans change their behavior during a Tuesday evening interview on “The News with Shepard Smith.” “If we don’t make the choice now to change the future, then what I’m worried about …
Read More »U.K. government confirms second strain of coronavirus
A pedestrian wearing a face mask or covering due to the COVID-19 pandemic, walks in central London on December 23, 2020. Tolga Akmen | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON — A second new and potentially more infectious variant of the novel coronavirus identified in South Africa has emerged in the United …
Read More »Covid vaccine distribution has been slower than U.S. officials thought it would be
UPS package handlers Jesirae Elzey and Demeatres Ralston unload boxes of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine as it arrives at UPS Worldport, in Louisville, Kentucky, December 20, 2020. Michael Clevenger | Pool | Reuters Coronavirus vaccine distribution has been slower than U.S. officials hoped as the number of immunizations remains far below …
Read More »U.S. has vaccinated 1 million people out of goal of 20 million for December
Michael Girard recieves the Covid-19 vaccine with the first batch of Moderna’s vaccine at Hartford hospital in Hartford, Connecticut on December 21, 2020. arrival of the vaccine. Joseph Prezioso | AFP | Getty Images Just over 1 million people in the U.S. have received their first dose of the coronavirus …
Read More »Trump health officials discuss Covid vaccines after U.S. administers first 1 million shots
[The stream is slated to start at 3:30 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Officials from the Health and Human Services Department and Pentagon are holding a joint briefing Wednesday on the Trump administration’s Covid-19 vaccine program Operation Warp …
Read More »Dubai offering Pfizer, Sinopharm Covid vaccines to residents for free
A traveler passes through immigration control by walking through a “smart tunnel ” at Dubai International Airport. GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP The United Arab Emirates’ commercial capital Dubai is making the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine available to its residents for free as of Wednesday, its government has announced. The news comes after the …
Read More »New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo updates the public as state rolls out Covid vaccines
[The stream is slated to start at 11:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is scheduled to hold a press briefing Wednesday on the Covid-19 vaccine distribution plans as the threat of another economic shutdown looms …
Read More »Texas, other states break from CDC in prioritizing who gets next round of shots
Greg Abbott, governor of Texas, speaks during an Operation Warp Speed vaccine summit at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images People 65 years and older, and those with certain medical conditions will be able to get the …
Read More »Sorrento Therapeutics’ antibodies injection, nose drops to fight Covid
Medical staff member Christina Mathers attends to a patient, who is unconscious, as she holds the patient’s hand in the COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) at the United Memorial Medical Center on December 21, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Go Nakamura | Getty Images Sorrento Therapeutics is working on new antibody …
Read More »Will the U.S. trust it?
The U.S. began vaccinating the population against the coronavirus last week, but mass adoption is not a guarantee. Nearly 4 in 10 Americans say they would “definitely” or “probably” not get a vaccine, according to a Pew Research Center survey of 12,648 U.S. adults from Nov. 18 to 29. While …
Read More »Some level of herd immunity may be reached by end-2021
SINGAPORE – The world must remain vigilant for the next six months, while the coronavirus vaccine is rolled out as it will take time before most of the population receive their vaccinations, the World Health Organization’s chief scientist told CNBC. “We are going to approach the beginning of the end, …
Read More »Why Covid vaccine is ‘more like a tetanus shot,’ says NIH Director
National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins told CNBC that “it was very likely” that the U.S. government is close to a deal with Pfizer for up to an additional 100 million Covid vaccine doses. “It is good news it sounds like it’s very likely,” said Collins. “We’ll have …
Read More »Pfizer nears deal with U.S. government for more doses
Walgreens Pharmacist Jessica Sahni holds the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at The New Jewish Home in New York, December 21, 2020. Yuki Iwamura | Reuters The U.S. government is close to a deal with Pfizer for an additional 100 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine, a source told CNBC’s …
Read More »Biden warns Covid vaccine won’t stop deaths of ‘tens of thousands’ Americans in the months to come
President-Elect Joe Biden delivers remarks before the holiday at The Queen in Wilmington, Delaware on December 22, 2020. Alex Edelman | AFP | Getty Images President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday urged Americans to remain “vigilant” over the holidays, adding that Pfizer’s and Moderna’s coronavirus vaccines likely won’t stop the deaths …
Read More »5 things to know about virus spreading in the U.K.
A notice informing people of ‘Tier 4’ coronavirus restrictions lights up a digital advertising screen on Oxford Street in London, England, on December 21, 2020. David Cliff | NurPhoto | Getty Images The U.K. has identified a new variant of the coronavirus that appears to spread more quickly, sparking new …
Read More »CDC says new Covid strain in UK could already be circulating undetected in U.S.
Medical staff member Christina Mathers attends to a patient, who is unconscious, as she holds the patient’s hand in the COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) at the United Memorial Medical Center on December 21, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Go Nakamura | Getty Images The new coronavirus strain that was first …
Read More »Take first one available to you, says Mayo Clinic CEO
Dr. Gianrico Farrugia, CEO of the Mayo Clinic, is urging Americans to take the first Covid-19 vaccine available to them. “My message is very simple: Don’t wait for a particular vaccine,” he told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Tuesday. “Get the first vaccine that is offered because their benefits far outweigh …
Read More »Sen. Warren introduces bill for free Covid testing for teachers, essential workers
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) departs after a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 22, 2020. Joshua Roberts | Reuters Sen. Elizabeth Warren is pushing legislation that would provide free Covid testing for teachers, students, essential workers and others who have high exposure to the coronavirus, expanding federally funded …
Read More »Dr. Fauci, Azar receive Moderna’s Covid vaccine as rollout begins
[The stream is slated to start at 10:00 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci, U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar and other top health officials are slated …
Read More »‘This is already in the U.S.,’ says Dr. Gottlieb
Former FDA chief Dr. Scott Gottlieb warned that the highly contagious, new mutation of Covid-19 found in the United Kingdom “is already in the U.S.” as more than 40 countries ban travel to and from the U.K. for 48 hours or more. “I don’t think a travel ban, at this …
Read More »U.S. plans to study allergic reactions from Pfizer shots
The U.S. is looking at why a handful of people have suffered from severe allergic reactions shortly after receiving Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine shots, a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases official told CNBC on Monday. The study – which is still in the early planning phases – is expected …
Read More »Trump Covid vaccine czar says ‘extremely low’ chance Pfizer and Moderna shots won’t work against new strain
Christy Ruffell, manager of clinic nursing standards at UCHealth Medical Center, left, administers the Covid-19 vaccine to CNA Luis Perez, right, at UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital on December 14, 2020 in Fort Collins, Colorado. Helen H. Richardson | The Denver Post | Getty Images President Donald Trump‘s coronavirus vaccine czar …
Read More »WHO says new Covid strain in U.K. appears more contagious
World Health Organization (WHO) Chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan on January 12, 2020 in Geneva. FABRICE COFFRINI | AFP via Getty Images World Health Organization officials said Monday that the coronavirus is mutating “at a much slower rate” than seasonal influenza, even as officials in the U.K. announced this weekend that …
Read More »House panel subpoenas HHS, CDC chiefs as investigation into Covid response intensifies
U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar and the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Robert Redfield, have been subpoenaed by a House panel investigating the Trump administration’s response to the Covid pandemic. Rep. James Clyburn, chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, said the panel …
Read More »Covid vaccines likely to protect against new virus strain: Dr Gottlieb
Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Monday that existing Covid-19 vaccines will likely provide protection against the new strain of the coronavirus circulating in the U.K. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday implemented strict lockdowns in London and large parts of southern England in response to rising coronavirus infections. He said …
Read More »European Medicines Agency authorizes Pfizer vaccine for use in the EU
A healthcare worker holds a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine vial at Dignity Health Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center in Glendale, California, U.S., December 17, 2020. Lucy Nicholson | Reuters Europe’s medicines regulator on Monday authorized Pfizer and BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine for conditional use, opening the door to an inoculation …
Read More »Covid vaccines will protect against new strains of the virus: Doctor
SINGAPORE — Existing vaccines for Covid-19 will be effective in fighting off infection from new strains of the coronavirus, a U.S. doctor told CNBC this week. His comments came after the U.K. on Saturday said it identified a new mutation of the virus that can spread more quickly than previous …
Read More »CDC panel says frontline essential workers, people 75 years and older should get Covid vaccine next
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel voted 13-1 Sunday to put “frontline essential workers” and people 75 years of age and older next in line to be eligible to receive a vaccine against Covid-19. That so-called phase 1b group is estimated to include about 49 million people, or …
Read More »The U.K. has identified a new Covid-19 strain that spreads more quickly. Here’s what they know
England’s top medical officer on Saturday announced that the U.K. has identified a new variant of the coronavirus that “can spread more quickly” than prior strains of the virus, leading Prime Minister Boris Johnson to impose fresh restrictions on parts of the nation to control its spread. “We’re learning about …
Read More »Covid vaccinations ‘won’t be chaos,’ assures Walgreens executive
Rick Gates, senior vice president of pharmacy and healthcare at Walgreens, told CNBC that getting vaccines to the general public “won’t be chaos” as the FDA authorized Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use and set plans in motion to get states nearly 6 million doses by early next week. “What you’re going to see, is we’re going …
Read More »Moderna Covid vaccine FDA approved for emergency use
The Food and Drug Administration has approved Moderna‘s coronavirus vaccine for emergency use. The vaccine — the second approved for use in the U.S. behind Pfizer and BioNTech‘s — bolsters the U.S. supply of doses. The potentially lifesaving shots are desperately needed to fend off the pandemic that has taken …
Read More »HHS releases sweeping new report on U.S. Covid outbreak in move toward transparency
The Department of Health and Human Services on Friday published a sweeping new report on the state of the U.S. Covid-19 outbreak, releasing data that was previously available only to government employees. The new “community profile report” uses data collected by various agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and …
Read More »December is shaping up to be the Covid pandemic’s deadliest month yet in the U.S.
Sammie Michael Dent, Jr., the grandson of Florence Bolton, a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive patient that died on November 2nd at Roseland Community Hospital, carries her casket into Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 9, 2020. Shannan Stapleton | Reuters December is on …
Read More »NY Gov. Cuomo briefs the press on Covid pandemic as state distributes vaccines
[The stream is slated to start at 11:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is scheduled to hold a press briefing Friday on the Covid vaccine distribution plans as the threat of another economic shutdown looms …
Read More »Vice President Mike Pence gets Covid vaccine, Fauci ‘ready to go’
Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci speaks after US Vice President Mike Pence received the COVID-19 vaccine in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, December 18, 2020. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Karen, …
Read More »COVAX global Covid vaccine program secures nearly 2 billion doses for UNICEF distribution
A pharmacist prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at UCI Medical Center in Orange, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Bing Guan| Bloomberg | Getty Images The global alliance aiming to provide poor nations with coronavirus vaccines said Friday it has supply agreements to provide nearly 2 …
Read More »Dr. Scott Gottlieb expects shortages to last through next week
Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Friday he expects a shortage of Covid-19 vaccine doses to continue past next week, even if the Food and Drug Administration issues emergency use authorization for Moderna’s vaccine. “I’ve talked to hospitals. They’re vaccinating far fewer health-care providers than what they could be because they …
Read More »FDA pushes back on Trump tweet suggesting Moderna’s Covid vaccine won emergency-use approval
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at an Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Summit at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 8, 2020. Tom Brenner | Reuters The Food and Drug Administration on Friday pushed back on a tweet from President Donald Trump that suggested Moderna‘s coronavirus vaccine had won …
Read More »FDA panel recommends emergency approval
An influential Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Thursday overwhelmingly backed Moderna‘s coronavirus vaccine, a key step paving the way to distribute the second Covid-19 vaccine in the United States next week. The nonbinding decision, which was adopted 20 to 0 with one abstention, from the FDA’s Vaccines and …
Read More »FedEx (FDX) earnings Q2 2021
A FedEx worker unloads packages from his delivery truck on March 31, 2020 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images News FedEx generated better-than-expected profits and revenue during its most recent quarter as the coronavirus pandemic continues to bolster high volume of U.S. and international package deliveries, the company …
Read More »HHS Secretary Azar says Pfizer keeps U.S. at ‘arm’s length’ on manufacturing
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Thursday that he’d like “more visibility” into the manufacturing of Pfizer‘s coronavirus vaccine, adding the U.S. drugmaker has kept the federal government at “arm’s length” throughout the process. Unlike other drugmakers, Pfizer did not accept federal funding to help develop or manufacture …
Read More »FDA panel meets on Moderna Covid vaccine for emergency use
[The stream is slated to start at 9 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] A Food and Drug Administration panel is meeting Thursday to vote on whether to recommend the approval of Moderna‘s coronavirus vaccine for emergency use. Before …
Read More »You can’t sue Pfizer or Moderna over side effects
If you experience severe side effects after getting a Covid vaccine, lawyers tell CNBC there is basically no one to blame in a U.S. court of law. The federal government has granted companies like Pfizer and Moderna immunity from liability if something unintentionally goes wrong with their vaccines. “It is …
Read More »5 things to know before FDA panel votes on Moderna
Medical syringes are seen with Moderna company logo displayed on a screen in the background in this illustration photo taken in Poland on October 12, 2020. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty Images A key Food and Drug Administration advisory panel is scheduled to vote Thursday on whether to recommend …
Read More »Former Obama HHS official criticizes Trump administration’s global Covid approach
Former Health and Human Services official Dr. Mario Ramirez told CNBC that he was “concerned” about equitable access to Covid-19 resources around the globe, and criticized the Trump administration for not participating in the multilateral COVAX facility. “One of the things that was unfortunate about the Trump administration’s approach to …
Read More »Dr. Fauci says U.S. could return to normal by mid-fall if most people get Covid vaccine
Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on November 19, 2020 in Washington, DC. Tasos Katopodis | Getty Images The U.S. could return …
Read More »‘We want them infected,’ Trump HHS appointee said in email pushing to expose infants, kids and teens to Covid
Former Trump campaign aide Michael Caputo arrives to testify before the House Intelligence Committee during a closed-door session at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center July 14, 2017 in Washington, DC. Getty Images Top Trump appointees at the Department of Health and Human Services repeatedly pushed this summer to adopt a …
Read More »FDA authorizes Abbott’s rapid $25 Covid test for at-home use
Abbott Laboratories’ BinaxNow kit Abbott Labs The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday announced that it has authorized Abbott Labs‘ rapid Covid-19 test for at-home use, though doctors must prescribe the test for patients. The test, which is an antigen test that delivers results in about 15 minutes, had previously …
Read More »Covid-19 antibody drug used to treat President Trump isn’t getting to Americans
When President Donald Trump got sick with Covid-19 in October, he credited an antibody drug from Regeneron with making him feel better “immediately.” “I felt as good three days ago as I do now,” he said in a video shot in front of the White House after he left Walter …
Read More »New York Gov. Cuomo warns a January economic shutdown is possible as Covid cases soar to springtime records
New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a news conference on September 08, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images New York’s non-essential businesses may be forced to close again in January if the state doesn’t clamp down on escalating coronavirus cases, which have soared in …
Read More »U.S. quarantines Pfizer shipments in California, Alabama after transit ‘anomaly’
Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine is pictured at Rady Children’s Hospital before it’s placed back in the refrigerator in San Diego, California on December 15, 2020. Adriana Drehsler | AFP | Getty Images U.S. officials said Wednesday they quarantined several thousand doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine in California and Alabama this week …
Read More »New York Gov. Cuomo holds a press briefing as state starts distributing Covid vaccine
[The stream is slated to start at 11:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is scheduled to hold a press briefing Wednesday on the coronavirus pandemic as the state begins vaccinating health-care workers against the disease, …
Read More »Trump health officials discuss Pfizer Covid vaccine as U.S. administers shots
[The stream is slated to start at 9:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Officials from the Health and Human Services Department and Pentagon are holding a joint briefing Wednesday on the Trump administration’s Covid-19 vaccine program Operation Warp …
Read More »HHS Secretary Azar says the public will get Covid vaccine ‘by the end of February into March’
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told “The News with Shepard Smith” that most Americans can expect to get the coronavirus vaccine as soon as late February. “I believe by the end of February, the end of March, of course, depending on the decisions by our governors, but I …
Read More »Fatigue, headaches and muscle pain are the most common side effects
Tony Potts, a 69-year-old retiree living in Ormond Beach, receives his first injection as a participant in a Phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial sponsored by Moderna at Accel Research Sites on August 4, 2020 in DeLand, Florida. Paul Hennessy | NurPhoto | Getty Images Fatigue, headaches and muscle pain …
Read More »FDA staff recommends watching for Bell’s palsy in Moderna and Pfizer vaccine recipients
Joel Saget | AFP | Getty Images U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff recommends monitoring people who get Pfizer or Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine shots for possible cases of Bell’s palsy, saying it’s not necessarily a side effect but worth watching out for after a handful of trial participants got the …
Read More »FDA staff endorses emergency use of Moderna’s in a critical step toward approval
Tony Potts, a 69-year-old retiree living in Ormond Beach, receives his first injection as a participant in a Phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial sponsored by Moderna at Accel Research Sites on August 4, 2020 in DeLand, Florida. Paul Hennessy | NurPhoto | Getty Images The staff of the Food …
Read More »U.S. plans to ship 6 million Moderna doses once FDA gives OK
This creative image taken in a studio in Paris on November 16, 2020, showing a syringe and a vaccine vial with the reproducted logo of a US biotech firm Moderna, illustrates the announcement of an experimental vaccine against Covid-19 from Moderna that would be nearly 95% effective, marking a second …
Read More »U.S. administers first shots of Pfizer’s Covid vaccine, launching a historic rollout
Sandra Lindsay, a nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, is inoculated with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine by Dr. Michelle Chester from Northwell Health at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York, U.S., December 14, 2020. Mark Lennihan | Reuters The United States on Monday …
Read More »Pfizer negotiating with U.S. to provide an additional 100 million doses, CEO says
Pfizer CEO Dr. Albert Bourla said the company is negotiating with the federal government to provide an additional 100 million Covid-19 vaccine doses next year as Americans will receive some of the first shots Monday. Pfizer and the U.S. are working out the details on timing, Bourla told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” …
Read More »U.S. passed on more Pfizer doses in November, says board member Gottlieb
The U.S. government turned down an offer to secure more doses of Pfizer‘s Covid-19 vaccine in November, company board member Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Monday. The Trump administration in July locked in a deal for 100 million doses if the vaccine proved safe and effective, with an option …
Read More »Trump health officials discuss Pfizer Covid vaccine as U.S. begins administering shots
[The stream is slated to start at 11:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Officials from the Health and Human Services Department and Pentagon are holding a joint briefing Monday on the Trump administration’s Covid-19 vaccine program Operation Warp …
Read More »Pfizer’s CEO hasn’t gotten his Covid vaccine yet, saying he doesn’t want to cut in line
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla hasn’t received his company’s Covid-19 vaccine shot yet, saying Monday he and other executives will not “cut the line” as U.S. officials kick off a massive effort to distribute the vaccine across the country. The vaccine, which Pfizer developed in partnership with Germany-based BioNTech, is the …
Read More »Biden advisor urges trust, says politics didn’t sway approval
A health advisor to President-elect Joe Biden on Monday urged Americans to have confidence in Covid-19 vaccines, telling CNBC the regulatory review for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine adhered to scientific protocols. “We know that this process that has been used by the U.S. to evaluate and to approve the vaccine for …
Read More »NY Gov. Cuomo holds press briefing as Covid vaccine rollout begins
[The stream is slated to start at 9:10 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is holding a press briefing Monday as the country launches the massive rollout of Pfizer‘s Covid-19 vaccine. Pfizer’s vaccine is …
Read More »Relief Therapeutics shares have soared 38,000% in 2020
Medical staff examine a patient in the Covid-19 intensive care unit at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston on Nov. 16, 2020. Go Nakamura | Getty Images LONDON — Swiss biotech firm Relief Therapeutics has seen its share price climb by 38,000% so far this year, as it develops a …
Read More »How and when will I get it?
The first Covid vaccine has just been cleared for emergency use in the U.S. Late Friday, the Food and Drug Administration authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus inoculation for distribution across the country. Within hours, FedEx and United Parcel Service will begin shipping 2.9 million doses of the vaccine from Pfizer plants …
Read More »CDC panel clears Pfizer Covid vaccine for people over age of 16
CDC headquarters in Atlanta Elijah Nouvelage | Bloomberg via Getty Images A key U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel voted unanimously to recommend Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine for people 16 years and older on Saturday, clearing another pivotal hurdle for the drug before vaccinations begin in the coming days. …
Read More »Pfizer’s Covid vaccine approved by FDA for emergency use
The Food and Drug Administration has approved Pfizer and BioNTech‘s coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, a monumental turning point in the once-in-a-century pandemic that has taken nearly 300,000 American lives in less than a year and wreaked havoc on the U.S. economy. FDA Chief Scientist Denise Hinton told Pfizer in …
Read More »FDA advisor who voted against recommending Pfizer’s Covid vaccine explains why she would ‘be first in line’ to get it
The Food and Drug Administration vaccine advisory panel signed off on Pfizer’s Covid vaccine with a 17 to 4 vote, with one abstention on Thursday night. Dr. Archana Chatterjee, dean of the Chicago Medical School, was one of the four “no” votes. Chatterjee explained her decision during a Friday evening …
Read More »CDC monitors for Bell’s palsy among Pfizer vaccine recipients, sees no causal relationship
A man receives the first of two Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine jabs, at Guy’s Hospital in London on December 8, 2020. Victoria Jones | AFP | Getty Images The U.S. federal government will continue to monitor occurrences of Bell’s palsy — a partial paralysis in the face — among people who …
Read More »White House threatens to fire FDA chief unless Covid vaccine OKed Friday: reports
U.S. President Donald Trump and Stephen Hahn, Director of the Food and Drug Administration participate in the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House on April 24, 2020 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images White House chief of staff Mark Meadows told the head of the …
Read More »Black health leaders try to build trust in the Covid vaccine among African Americans
A researcher works in a lab run by Moderna Inc, who said November 16, 2020 that its experimental vaccine was 94.5% effective in preventing COVID-19 based on interim data from a late-stage clinical trial, in an undated still image from video. Moderna | via Reuters Dr. Lou Edje enrolled in …
Read More »NY Gov. Cuomo holds a press briefing as state prepares to distribute Covid vaccine
[The stream is slated to start at 11:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is scheduled to hold a press briefing Friday on the coronavirus pandemic as the state prepares to receive a Covid-19 vaccine that …
Read More »WHO holds press conference on the coronavirus outbreak
[The stream is slated to start at 11:00 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] World Health Organization officials are holding a press conference on Friday to update the public on the coronavirus outbreak that has infected more than 69.7 …
Read More »Dr. Archana Chatterjee explains her FDA panel ‘no’ vote on Pfizer Covid vaccine
Dr. Archana Chatterjee, a member of the FDA advisory panel who voted against recommending Pfizer‘s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, told CNBC on Friday that her opposition was because she did not believe 16- and 17-year-olds should be included right now. In a “Squawk Box” interview, Chatterjee said she would …
Read More »FDA chief says agency will quickly approve Pfizer’s Covid vaccine for emergency use
A vial of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is seen ahead of being administered at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast, Northern Ireland December 8, 2020. Liam McBurney | Pool | Reuters The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is “rapidly” working toward clearing Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use after a …
Read More »Why the Covid vaccine rollout will be ‘a Herculean operation’
President-elect Joe Biden’s Covid advisory board member Dr. Atul Gawande told CNBC that the Covid-19 vaccine rollout “is a Herculean operation” with potential hitches along the way as Pfizer’s Covid vaccine just took a big step toward FDA approval for emergency use. “The biggest challenge is going to be both production …
Read More »FDA panel recommends approval for emergency use
A key Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Thursday recommended the approval of Pfizer and BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine for emergency use in people over 16 years old, the last step before the FDA gives the final OK to broadly distribute the first doses throughout the United States. If the …
Read More »Dr. Fauci says Covid vaccine trials on pregnant women and young kids could begin in January
Drugmakers and U.S. regulators plan to launch clinical trials in January testing the safety of Covid-19 vaccines on pregnant women and young children, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Those two groups were excluded from the first Covid-19 vaccine clinical trials until …
Read More »FDA advisory panel meets today to vote on whether to recommend approval of Pfizer’s Covid vaccine
[The stream is slated to start at 9 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] A Food and Drug Administration panel is meeting Thursday to vote on whether to recommend the approval of Pfizer and BioNTech‘s coronavirus vaccine for emergency …
Read More »Side effects are signs shot is building protection, says ex-FDA chief
Side effects from Covid-19 vaccines are indications that the shots are helping build protection against the disease, former FDA chief Dr. Margaret Hamburg told CNBC on Thursday. “The data does tell us that this vaccination causes some reaction at the time of administration that is fairly routine, but notable if you’re …
Read More »6 things to know before FDA panel votes today
A vial of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Liam McBurney | Reuters A Food and Drug Administration panel is scheduled to vote Thursday on whether to recommend the approval of Pfizer and BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine for emergency use. The non-binding decision from the agency’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, …
Read More »Sen. Joe Manchin says Covid bi-partisan relief plan is an emergency package, ‘not a do-all, end-all’
Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) is leading a bipartisan group of lawmakers who are trying to broker a $908 billion stimulus plan. He told “The News with Shepard Smith” in an interview Wednesday that “this is truly an emergency package,” as Americans wait another day for the federal government to pass …
Read More »China may be using its vaccines to expand its soft power
Chinese President Xi Jinping learns about the progress on scientific research on a coronavirus vaccine and antibody during his visit to the Academy of Military Medical Sciences in Beijing, capital of China, March 2, 2020. Ju Peng | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images SINGAPORE – As the vaccine race …
Read More »FDA will likely scrutinize allergic reactions to Pfizer’s vaccine in UK before clearing use in U.S.
The two allergic reactions reported by U.K. health-care workers vaccinated against Covid-19 will likely be scrutinized by the Food and Drug Administration as it decides whether to authorize Pfizer‘s vaccine in the U.S. — though the incident shouldn’t be surprising, medical experts said on Wednesday. The U.K’s Medicines and Healthcare …
Read More »U.S. plans to ship 2.9 million Covid doses as early as the end of this week
General Gustave Perna, chief operating officer for the Defense Department’s Project Warp Speed, speaks during an Operation Warp Speed vaccine summit at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. officials said the federal government plans to start …
Read More »Covid vaccine offers exhausted nurses hope, but not immediate relief
A medical staff member Gabriel Cervera Rodriguez closes his eyes while taking a. short brake in the COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) at the United Memorial Medical Center on December 2, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Go Nakamura | Getty Images Tayler Oakes, a 27-year-old travel nurse from Tennessee treating Covid-19 …
Read More »Trump administration officials discuss Covid vaccine distribution
[The stream is slated to start at 12:40 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] The departments of Health and Human Services and Defense are holding a joint briefing Wednesday on the Trump administration’s Covid-19 vaccine program Operation Warp Speed …
Read More »New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo holds press briefing on Covid response
[The stream is slated to start at 11:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will hold a press briefing Wednesday to update the public on the state’s response to the coronavirus outbreak as it …
Read More »China’s Covid vaccine from Sinopharm is 86% effective, UAE says
An exhibitor shows inactivated COVID-19 vaccine candidate from China National Biotec Group of Sinopharm Group during the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services at the Beijing Olympic Park on September 5, 2020 in Beijing, China. Han Haidan | China News Service | Getty Images DUBAI, United Arab Emirates …
Read More »The potentially crushing toll of rationing health care
The chief medical officer at Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Dr. Jason Mitchell, told CNBC that doctors are doing “everything we can do” to prevent rationing care as his state’s governor signed an executive order that moved New Mexico a step closer to rationing care at any place where patients are being …
Read More »What it’s like in Pfizer, Moderna trials
The Pfizer–BioNTech coronavirus vaccine is both safe and effective, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. In a report released Tuesday morning, the FDA indicated that it could greenlight the country’s first Covid-19 inoculation within days. If Pfizer’s shot is granted an emergency use authorization, or EUA, the immunizations …
Read More »Privacy challenges Trump administration’s effort to track Covid vaccinations
President Donald Trump arrives to deliver remarks during a tour of the Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies’ Innovation Center, a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant where components for a potential coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine candidate are being developed, in Morrrisville, North Carolina, U.S., July 27, 2020. Carlos Barria | Reuters The Trump administration’s plan …
Read More »U.S. hasn’t seen full Covid brunt from Thanksgiving, Fauci warns
Passengers depart Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Atlanta, Georgia, November 23, 2020. Chris Aluka Berry | Reuters As the Christmas season inches closer, the U.S. has yet to see the worst from the coronavirus outbreaks driven by people traveling …
Read More »Fauci says virus could be under control in ‘back half of 2021’
Anthony Fauci, MD, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, testifies during a U.S. Senate Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Hearing to examine COVID-19, focusing on an update on the federal response at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 23, 2020. …
Read More »FDA says Pfizer Covid vaccine provides some protection after first dose, meets success criteria
The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday data from Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine trials was consistent with recommendations put forth by the agency for an emergency use authorization, adding the vaccine was highly effective and did not raise any specific safety concerns. In briefing documents published ahead of an advisory meeting …
Read More »U.S. declined Pfizer offer for more doses, says Scott Gottlieb
Dr. Scott Gottlieb, a member of Pfizer’s board, told CNBC on Tuesday the company’s offers to provide the U.S. additional doses of its coronavirus vaccine in 2021 was declined by the Trump administration. The government in July agreed to a deal with Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech for 100 million doses …
Read More »U.S. should be a Covid disaster mindset for two months
Intensive-care unit and lung doctor Dr. Vin Gupta told CNBC that the next two months in the United States should have everyone in a “disaster mindset” as Covid-19 cases explode across the nation. “Doctors in the reserves, U.S. Air Force Reserves, we haven’t leveraged all of our capabilities, we should …
Read More »Shares surge 34% on market debut
A woman stands next to signage incorporating the logo of JD.com, and the company’s mascot ‘Joy,’ at the company’s headquarters in Beijing, China. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images GUANGZHOU, China — Shares of JD Health, the health-care arm of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com, surged on their debut in …
Read More »FDA may authorize Pfizer’s this week
Dr. Joseph Varon, left, and other medical staff member talk to a patient in the COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) at the United Memorial Medical Center on December 6, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Go Nakamura | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration could authorize a coronavirus vaccine as early as the …
Read More »Cuomo says New York could cut indoor dining if trends continue
New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a news conference on September 08, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday the state could close indoor dining in New York City and slash capacity elsewhere across the state if current …
Read More »Can you be fired if you refuse the Covid vaccine?
Vials with Covid-19 Vaccine stickers attached and medical syringe with the US pharmaceutical company Pfizer and BioNTech German biotechnology company logos. Vincent Kalut | Photonews | Getty Images The country’s first Covid vaccine could be authorized for emergency use as soon as Thursday. If Pfizer and BioNTech get the green …
Read More »Average daily new Covid cases, deaths approach U.S. records
A medical staff member Susan Paradela pauses for a moment as she places her hands on a a deceased patient’s hands before put the patient into a body bag in the COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) at the United Memorial Medical Center on December 6, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Go …
Read More »WHO holds press conference on the coronavirus outbreak
[The stream is slated to start at 11:00 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] World Health Organization officials are holding a press conference on Monday to update the public on the coronavirus outbreak that has infected more than 67.1 …
Read More »Southern California, San Joaquin Valley trigger stay-at-home order
A waitress serves guests as people dine outdoors in Pasadena, California, the only city in Los Angeles County still allowing that service on December 2, 2020. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Two regions in California, San Joaquin Valley and Southern California, have triggered the state’s new stay-at-home …
Read More »Only 25 Republican lawmakers have acknowledged Biden’s win over Trump: Report
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) talks with reporters following the weekly Republican Senate conference meeting in the Mansfield Room at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, December 1, 2020. Tom Williams | Reuters Only 25 Republican lawmakers in Congress acknowledge Joe Biden’s win over Donald Trump during the U.S. …
Read More »Covid is killing more than 2,000 people a day in the U.S. as infections surge
For the first time since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. is reporting a weekly average of more than 2,000 Covid-19 deaths every day, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, as infections rip through the country and record hospitalizations tax the nation’s health-care system. More than 2,600 …
Read More »CDC’s new guidance for shorter Covid quarantines catches criticism
Nurses display a ‘Stay Home’ sign on their vehicle during a car caravan of nurses calling for people to remain home amid a surge of COVID-19 cases in El Paso on November 16, 2020 in El Paso, Texas. Mario Tama | Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …
Read More »CDC advisor says kids could get shots in the second half of 2021
A nurse administers a flu vaccination shot to a woman at a free clinic held at a local library on October 14, 2020 in Lakewood, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images Children and young teens could get a Covid-19 vaccine in the second half of next year, an advisor for …
Read More »Revised CDC data shows higher relative Black, Hispanic Covid death rate
Family and friends place Humberto Rosales casket, who passed away from Covid-19 complications, at his gravesite at Memorial Pines Cemetery in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on December 3, 2020. Paul Ratje | AFP | Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention quietly revised its estimates for the disproportionately …
Read More »WHO warns Covid reinfections may occur as data suggests antibodies wane
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus R speaks at a daily briefing in Geneva, Switzerland. Chen Junxia | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images World Health Organization officials on Friday warned that, though rare, recent data suggests people who were once infected with the coronavirus could be infected again …
Read More »WHO holds a press briefing on Covid as countries prepare to distribute vaccine
[The stream is slated to start at 11:00 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] The World Health Organization is holding a briefing Friday on the coronavirus pandemic as countries across the globe prepare distribution networks for a forthcoming vaccine. …
Read More »‘Hopeful’ there will be adequate vaccine supply in 2021
Former FDA Chief and Pfizer board member Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC that he is “hopeful” there will be adequate vaccine supply in 2021, on the heels of a Wall Street Journal report that Pfizer had to cut its original estimates for the amount of vaccine doses this year because …
Read More »Pfizer shares fall on report company cut its Covid vaccine rollout target
Pfizer shares fell Thursday after a report said the U.S. drugmaker expects to ship half of the Covid-19 vaccines it originally planned for this year due to supply-chain problems. The Wall Street Journal, citing a person directly involved in the development, said some early batches of the raw materials needed …
Read More »California to impose regional stay-at-home order to ease Covid hospitalizations, governor says
California governor Gavin Newsom Rich Pedroncelli | Pool | AP California will impose a limited stay-at-home order on certain regions of the state where Covid-19 cases are placing a strain on intensive care units, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday. The state will be split into five regions — the Bay …
Read More »Fauci walks back critical remarks of UK’s authorization
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, attends a briefing by the White House coronavirus task force in the Brady press briefing room at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 19, 2020. Leah Millis | Reuters White House coronavirus advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci …
Read More »Why Pfizer's Covid vaccine has been authorized in the U.K. but not the U.S. yet
Pfizer had been submitting data on its vaccine on a “rolling basis” to the U.K., meaning regulators there were able to review the data in real-time.
Read More »IBM uncovers global email attack on Covid vaccine supply chain
Joachim Kuhn, chief executive officer of Vac-Q-Tec, looks at global distribution screens at the company’s factory in Wurzburg, Germany, on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. Alex Kraus | Bloomberg | Getty Images IBM cyber security analysts on Thursday said they uncovered an email phishing scheme targeting global coronavirus vaccine supply chains, …
Read More »U.S. reports record 2,800 Covid deaths in a single day
El Paso County Medical Examiner’s Office staff lock-up the mobile morgues before moving bodies that are in bags labeled “Covid” from refrigerated trailers into the morgue office amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in El Paso, Texas, U.S. November 23, 2020. Ivan Pierre Aguirre | Reuters The United States reported …
Read More »Warp Speed’s supply director urges patience on Covid vaccine
Operation Warp Speed’s director of supply production and distribution put out an estimated timetable on Covid-19 vaccine availability across the United States. In an interview on CNBC’s “The News with Shepard Smith” on Wednesday evening, Lt. Gen. Paul Ostrowski (Ret.) assured that everyone who wants a vaccine would be able …
Read More »JD Health Hong Kong IPO raises $3.5 billion
Several boxes of goods, bought from JD.com, are stacked on the floor. Zhang Peng | LightRocket | Getty Images GUANGZHOU, China — JD Health, the health-care unit of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com, has raised $3.5 billion in a Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO), CNBC has confirmed. The company issued …
Read More »U.S. Covid hospitalizations top 100,000, an ‘unfathomable’ milestone
Medical staff members prepare to perform a percutaneous tracheostomy procedure on a patient in the COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) during Thanksgiving at the United Memorial Medical Center on November 26, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Go Nakamura | Getty Images More than 100,000 people are currently in hospitals across the …
Read More »Obama will take doses, might film to build confidence
Former President Barack Obama speaks in support of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden during a drive-in rally at the Florida International University on November 02, 2020 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Former President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he will take a coronavirus vaccine once one is …
Read More »CDC’s Redfield says ‘the most difficult’ months in health history loom
CDC Director, Dr. Robert Redfield, testifies during a US Senate Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to examine Covid-19, focusing on an update on the federal response in Washington, DC, on September 23, 2020. Alex Edelman | AFP | Getty Images The next few months of the Covid-19 …
Read More »Trump Covid vaccine czar says U.S. should be able to immunize nearly third of population by end of February
The U.S. should be able to distribute enough coronavirus vaccine doses to immunize 100 million people by the end of February, President Donald Trump’s Covid-19 vaccine czar said Wednesday. That will be enough doses to protect a “significant portion” of the most at-risk Americans, which are the elderly, health-care workers and …
Read More »WHO says Covid vaccine approval is a first step, demand must be created
Executive Director of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) emergencies program Mike Ryan speaks at a news conference on the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Geneva, Switzerland. Denis Balibouse | Reuters Approving a coronavirus vaccine is only the first step toward suppressing the pandemic, as countries race to build distribution networks to …
Read More »Trump administration officials speak on Covid vaccine distribution
[The stream is slated to start at 12:15 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] The departments of Health and Human Services and Defense are holding a joint briefing Wednesday on the Trump administration’s Covid-19 vaccine program Operation Warp Speed …
Read More »CDC offers shorter 7- and 10-day Covid quarantine guidelines
Women walk past a novel coronavirus testing site in Los Angeles, California, December 1, 2020. Lucy Nicholson | Reuters The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday announced shortened alternatives to its recommended quarantine for people who were exposed to someone with Covid-19, Dr. Henry Walke, the agency’s Covid-19 …
Read More »Dr. Scott Gottlieb sees Covid vaccine in ‘rationing’ mode into the spring
Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Wednesday the availability of coronavirus vaccine doses is likely to be limited in the next few months should U.S. regulators grant emergency approval later this month. “We’re going to be in this sort of rationing type of environment for this vaccine probably well into the …
Read More »Roche’s coronavirus antibody test gets emergency use authorization from the U.S.
A healthcare worker performs laboratory tests. Sergei Karpukhin | TASS | Getty Images Roche received emergency use authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a new test that measures coronavirus antibodies within the blood. The Swiss diagnostics and pharmaceutical giant said Wednesday that the test, called “Elecsys …
Read More »CDC panel says health workers, nursing homes will get vaccine first
Medical staff members prepare to perform a percutaneous tracheostomy procedure on a patient in the COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) during Thanksgiving at the United Memorial Medical Center on November 26, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Go Nakamura | Getty Images A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel voted 13-1 …
Read More »Dr. Fauci warns the U.S. will see a ‘surge upon a surge’ of Covid cases following the holidays
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a news conference in the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. Chris Kleponis | Bloomberg | Getty Images The United States is likely to see a “surge upon a surge” of …
Read More »CDC panel votes today on who gets the Covid vaccine first
[The stream is slated to start at 2 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, an outside group of medical experts that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is scheduled to vote …
Read More »Hospital CEOs say they are ready to receive it soon
Hospital leaders in North Carolina and Ohio told CNBC on Tuesday they will soon be ready to distribute a coronavirus vaccine once emergency use authorization is granted by U.S. regulators. Atrium Health CEO Eugene Woods said the Charlotte-based health network is “locked and loaded” to combat the Covid-19 pandemic through …
Read More »White House summons FDA chief to discuss why agency isn’t moving faster on vaccine
FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen M. Hahn speaks as US President Donald Trump listens during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC on April 21, 2020. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images White House Chief of Staff …
Read More »Trump Covid vaccine chief says everyone in U.S. could be immunized by June
A health care worker injects the a syringe of the phase 3 vaccine trial, to a volunteer at the Ankara University Ibni Sina Hospital in Ankara, Turkey on October 27, 2020. This vaccine candidate developed against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic by the U.S. Pfizer and German BioNTech company. Dougkan …
Read More »Trump Covid vaccine czar says side effects ‘significantly noticeable’ in 10% to 15% of recipients
Dr. Moncef Slaoui, vaccine expert, delivers an update on “Operation Warp Speed” in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on November 13, 2020. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump’s coronavirus vaccine czar said Tuesday that Pfizer and Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccines are safe, …
Read More »CDC panel set Tuesday to vote who gets vaccine first
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel is set to vote Tuesday on who will be first in line to get the coronavirus vaccine. The meeting with the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, an outside group of medical experts that advises the CDC, comes a day after …
Read More »Biden Covid advisor ‘relieved’ about Dr. Scott Atlas resignation
President-elect Joe Biden’s Covid advisory board member Dr. Celine Gounder told CNBC that she is “relieved” upon hearing news that President Donald Trump’s special advisor on the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Scott Atlas, formally resigned from his post. “I am relieved that in the future that people who are qualified, people …
Read More »New York implements emergency hospital measures as Covid cases surge, Gov. Cuomo says
A patient is transported outside of Tisch Hospital in New York on November 13, 2020. Kena Betancur | AFP | Getty Images The New York State Department of Health is implementing emergency hospital measures to help hospitals cope with the surge in Covid cases and hospitalizations as the outbreak grows …
Read More »New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo holds a press briefing on Covid
[The stream is slated to start at 11:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is holding a press briefing Monday in New York City to update the public on the state’s response to the …
Read More »WHO holds briefing on pandemic after Moderna says it will seek emergency OK for vaccine
[The stream is slated to start at 11 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] The World Health Organization is holding a briefing Monday on the coronavirus pandemic after Moderna said it would request emergency clearance from the Food and …
Read More »Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer, BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca promising
The results of the Covid-19 vaccine trials are starting to come in, and they’re looking good. We could see distribution as early as December. In the history of medicine, the quickest vaccine to have ever been developed took four years. This one came in eight months. Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca and …
Read More »Moderna Covid vaccine is 94.1% effective, plans to apply for emergency OK Monday
Moderna said Monday it will request emergency clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for its coronavirus vaccine after new data confirms the vaccine is more than 94% effective in preventing Covid-19 and was safe. Moderna is the second drugmaker to seek emergency use from the FDA after Pfizer, another …
Read More »China vaccines have an ‘appeal’ in developing countries
An exhibitor shows inactivated COVID-19 vaccine candidate from China National Biotec Group of Sinopharm Group during the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services at the Beijing Olympic Park on September 5, 2020 in Beijing, China. Han Haidan | China News Service | Getty Images SINGAPORE – Developing countries …
Read More »More data needed on AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine trials
A test tube labelled vaccine is seen in front of AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken, September 9, 2020. Dado Ruvic | Reuters More data will be needed from AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine trials to determine the drug’s safety and efficacy following concerns from experts in the U.S., scientists from the …
Read More »Long lines for Covid testing not going away, Summit CityMD CEO says
The lines that in recent weeks have stretched for hours at urgent care locations around New York City are not going away anytime soon, Summit CityMD CEO Dr. Jeffrey Le Benger told CNBC on Friday. Of the roughly 34,000 patients that Summit CityMD sees everyday in New York and New …
Read More »World Health Organization holds a briefing on Covid as Europe’s outbreak appears to slow
[The stream is slated to start at 11:00 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] The World Health Organization is holding a briefing Friday on the coronavirus pandemic as cases in Europe begin to show signs of slowing after a …
Read More »Britain tries to cool AstraZeneca concerns, CEO touts new vaccine trial
A man walks past a sign at an AstraZeneca site in Macclesfield, central England. Phil Noble | Reuters LONDON — Government ministers and experts in Britain have openly backed a coronavirus vaccine from AstraZeneca and Oxford University, after doubts were raised in the U.S. this week. Housing Minister Robert Jenrick …
Read More »Singapore-Arcturus coronavirus vaccine candidate on track for 2021 delivery
Arcturus Therapeutics is co-developing a vaccine candidate for Covid-19 in collaboration with Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore, called ARCT-021. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty Images SINGAPORE — A Covid-19 vaccine candidate co-developed by Singapore scientists has shown positive interim results and could be available as early as 2021. That’s …
Read More »AstraZeneca, Oxford defend vaccine trials after questions raised in US
AstraZeneca’s building in Luton, Britain. Tim Ireland | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford are defending the results and methods used in their phase three vaccine trials on the back of criticism from experts in the U.S., stressing the “highest standards” were used and …
Read More »‘We should be back to normal’ by summer 2021, says Operation Warp Speed advisor
Operation Warp Speed’s Chief Science Advisor Moncef Slaoui told CNBC that Americans can expect to get back to ‘normal’ by summer 2021, as families across the United States spend Thanksgiving apart this year in order to keep their loved ones safe. “We hope that we would have vaccinated 70% to …
Read More »Ultra-cold freezer maker sees surge in demand
So-Low Environmental Equipment, a maker of ultra-cold freezers, is seeing a surge in demand for its products in anticipation of coronavirus vaccine distribution, leading to an inventory backlog despite its efforts to prepare. “Right now, we are out of everything,” Dan Hensler, vice president of the Cincinnati-based company, said Wednesday …
Read More »New York Gov. Cuomo says ‘states are broke’ and need federal funding to distribute
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a daily briefing following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manhattan in New York City, New York, July 13, 2020. Mike Segar | Reuters New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday urged the federal government to provide funding to distribute a …
Read More »CDC expected to shorten recommended time
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering shortening it’s recommended two-week quarantine period for people who have come in contact with people who have it — a change welcomed by some medical experts who say the relaxed guidelines would be easier for people to follow. Current CDC …
Read More »New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo holds a press briefing on Covid as cases climb
[The stream is slated to start at 11 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is holding a press briefing Wednesday as the state works to fight off an increase in Covid-19 cases. On Monday, …
Read More »Covid cases are exploding across U.S. and Thanksgiving could be an ‘accelerator event’
Travelers wearing protective masks wait in line to go through security at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California, on Monday, Nov. 24, 2020. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images With Covid-19 deaths rising rapidly and daily new cases and hospitalizations both reaching all-time highs, epidemiologists …
Read More »Challenges Pfizer faces distributing Covid 19 vaccine to the masses
A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a “Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine” sticker and a medical syringe in front of displayed Pfizer logo in this illustration taken, October 30, 2020. Dado Ruvic | Reuters A Covid-19 vaccine is expected to be made available to the public in the coming weeks, …
Read More »FDA clears a ‘new generation’ of Covid antibody test designed to tell how well someone is protected against the virus
A medical worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) inserts a Covid-19 test tube into a box at a drive-thru testing site at the Alemany Farmers Market in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images The FDA on Wednesday authorized one …
Read More »Texas food bank doubles amount of people it serves amid Covid
Eric Cooper, CEO of the San Antonio Food Bank, told CNBC that his Texas food bank now feeds double the amount of people it used to compared to before the coronavirus pandemic gripped the United States. “Pre-pandemic we fed about 60,00 people a week and now we’re seeing about 120,000 …
Read More »Texas hospitals prepare to administer Covid vaccine shots in less than three weeks
A worker passes a line of freezers holding coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine candidate BNT162b2 at a Pfizer facility in Puurs, Belgium in an undated photograph. Pfizer | via Reuters Texas is preparing to start administering the first Covid-19 immunization shots in less than three weeks — as soon as the …
Read More »Pentagon Covid briefing as military struggles to contain outbreaks
WASHINGTON — Department of Defense officials are slated to address the spike in coronavirus cases within the U.S. military at a press briefing on Tuesday. In the past week, U.S. Defense officials recorded more than 1,300 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 among members of the armed forces. Nearly a quarter of the roughly 300 …
Read More »Biden team receives Operation Warp Speed briefing after weeks of delays
WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden‘s transition team has been briefed on America’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told reporters Tuesday. Azar said that on Monday evening Rear Adm. Erica Schwartz, the official leading the transition planning effort, briefed the Biden team on Operation Warp Speed, …
Read More »U.S. to test run Covid vaccine distribution networks as it awaits FDA clearance in ‘just a few weeks’
Alex Azar speaks at Operation Warp Speed press conference, November 24, 2020. Source: CNBC The U.S. federal government is conducting a practice run this week of its coronavirus vaccine distribution networks with some test shipments as the drugs await emergency approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in “just …
Read More »Trump administration officials speak on Covid vaccine distribution
[The stream is slated to start at 11:15 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] The departments of Health and Human Services and Defense are holding a joint briefing Tuesday on the Trump administration’s coronavirus vaccine program Operation Warp Speed …
Read More »Democrat on House antitrust panel sets sights on Big Pharma
After wrapping up a more than year-long investigation into Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google, a top Democrat on the House Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust has his sights set on a new industry: Big Pharma. Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Colo., vice chairman of the subcommittee, is calling for a hearing to probe …
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