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…
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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…
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EU covid vaccine rollout ‘slow’; Germany, France tighten restrictions
A nurse prepares a syringe of Covid-19 vaccine during a vaccination campaign in a nursing house in Athens. LOUISA GOULIAMAKI | AFP | Getty Images The European Union has been criticised for the speed of its deployment of Covid vaccines,…
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UK decision to delay second Covid vaccine shot endorsed by advisers
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…
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UK rolls out AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson poses for a photograph with a vial of the AstraZeneca/Oxford University Covid-19 candidate vaccine. WPA Pool | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON — The U.K. has started rolling out the coronavirus vaccine developed…
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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…
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…
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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…
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Trump officials discuss vaccine rollout as criticism mounts
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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…
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Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine approved by UK regulator
A Brazilian doctor voluntarily receives an injection as part of phase 3 trials of a vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, in July 2020. Nelson Almeida | AFP | Getty Images LONDON — The…
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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,”…
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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…
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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,”…
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UK expected to approve Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine this week
A laboratory technician supervises filling and packaging tests for the large-scale production and supply of the University of Oxfords COVID-19 vaccine candidate, AZD1222, conducted on a high-performance aseptic vial filling line on September 11, 2020 at Catalent in Anagni, Italy….
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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…
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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….
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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…
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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…
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Chipotle will not require its employees to get the coronavirus vaccine
Chipotle Mexican Grill CEO Brian Niccol said Tuesday that the company will “strongly encourage” employees to receive the coronavirus vaccine. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that foodservice workers are placed next in line to receive the inoculation…
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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…
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Joe Biden receives Covid vaccine, encourages public to get inoculated
US President-elect Joe Biden receives a Covid-19 vaccination from Tabe Masa, Nurse Practitioner and Head of Employee Health Services, at the Christiana Care campus in Newark, Delaware on December 21, 2020. Alex Edelman | AFP | Getty Images President-elect Joe…
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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…
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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…
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Covid relief bill includes about $8 billion for vaccine distribution
Boxes containing the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the McKesson distribution center in Olive Branch, Mississippi, U.S. December 20, 2020. Paul Sancya | Reuters The $900 billion coronavirus relief package agreed to by lawmakers allocates $8…
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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…
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Covid-19 vaccine shortfalls due to confusion over FDA requirements
Workers move boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine as they are prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Kalamazoo, Michigan on December 13, 2020. Morry Gash | AFP | Getty Images Officials with Operation…
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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…
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Pelosi and McConnell will receive Covid vaccine soon
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R) (R-KY) with House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (L) (D-CA). Getty Images Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will receive Covid vaccinations in coming days, after the attending physician in…
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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 |…
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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…
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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…
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Require Covid-19 vaccine for work return? Here’s what Americans say
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,…
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FDA panel meets on Moderna Covid vaccine for emergency use
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Putin calls on public to take the coronavirus vaccine
Russian President Vladimir Putin seen speaking on the screen during his annual press conference, on December 17, 2020, in Moscow, Russia. Mikhail Svetlov | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin called on the public…
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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,…
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New York Gov. Cuomo holds a press briefing as state starts distributing Covid vaccine
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Trump health officials discuss Pfizer Covid vaccine as U.S. administers shots
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Prisoners have been excluded from Covid vaccine plans
A protester waves a “Black Lives Matter” flag across the street during the demonstration. Representatives from various organizations including Free the People Roc and HALT (Humane Alternatives to Long-term) travelled to Elmira Correctional Facility from across the state to protest…
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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…
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Covid vaccine ‘game changer’ for air travel
JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes told CNBC on Tuesday he was optimistic that the deployment of coronavirus vaccines would help kick-start demand for air travel around the world, drawing on his experience with his own family. “Just before coming on this show, I…
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United Airlines starts flying Pfizer vaccine on U.S. passenger flights
United is the first commercial airline to fly the first FDA-authorized COVID-19 vaccines to the U.S. thanks to a coordinated effort between cargo, safety, technical operations, flight operations and several other teams at United. On behalf of Pfizer, United operated…
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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…
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Covid vaccine may be available at CVS, Walgreens stores in early spring
Health-care workers across the U.S. received Covid-19 vaccinations Monday, the first Americans to do so outside of a clinical trial. It will still be several months, however, before the average person can walk into their local drugstore or grocery store…
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U.S. death toll tops 300,000 as vaccine rollout begins
A patient who died lays in a body bag inside a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) unit at United Memorial Medical Center as the United States nears 300,000 COVID-19 deaths, in Houston, Texas, U.S., December 12, 2020. Callaghan O’Hare | Reuters The…
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Not all seniors will get Covid vaccine quickly. Most will have to wait
Ergin Yalcin | E+ | Getty Images For the nation’s oldest individuals who are eager for protection against Covid, the waiting game has commenced. Shipment of 2.9 million doses of the first U.S.-authorized coronavirus vaccine began Sunday, headed for hundreds…
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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,…
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Trump health officials discuss Pfizer Covid vaccine as U.S. begins administering shots
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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,…
Read More NY Gov. Cuomo holds press briefing as Covid vaccine rollout begins
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 —…
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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…
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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…
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NY Gov. Cuomo holds a press briefing as state prepares to distribute Covid vaccine
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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…
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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…
Read More AstraZeneca to work on vaccine with Russia’s Gamaleya
A laboratory technician supervises filling and packaging tests for the large-scale production and supply of the University of Oxfords COVID-19 vaccine candidate, AZD1222, conducted on a high-performance aseptic vial filling line on September 11, 2020 at Catalent in Anagni, Italy….
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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…
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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…
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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…
Read More Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine documents ‘unlawfully accessed’ in EMA hack
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 LONDON —Documents related to the development of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine have been…
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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,…
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New vaccine billionaires gain wealth as Moderna, Pfizer shares soar
The soaring shares of vaccine makers has created a new wave of billionaires, raising questions about pandemic profits amidst an increasingly unequal recovery. The surge in shares of BioNTech, the German biotech firm that’s partnering with Pfizer on its vaccine,…
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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…
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Trump administration officials discuss Covid vaccine distribution
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Pentagon to distribute 44,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine by next week
A member prepares a vaccine at the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania, April 11, 2019. Joshua J. Seybert | U.S. Air Force WASHINGTON — The Pentagon outlined Wednesday its initial steps of the agency’s plan to distribute and administer…
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Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to immunize the planet ‘more effectively,’ Lancet editor says
Staff at CSL are working in the lab on November 08, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia, where they will begin manufacturing AstraZeneca-Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine. Darrian Traynor | Getty Images LONDON — The Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine has a “distinct comparative advantage”…
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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 |…
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Beware of Covid vaccine scams. Don’t get a fake one
Woman holds vials labelled “COVID-19 Coronavirus Vaccine” over dry ice in this illustration taken, December 5, 2020. Dado Ruvic | Illustration | Reuters “I can’t produce enough for the masses,” Johnny T. Stine wrote on Facebook in May, “but in…
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Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is safe and effective, researchers
A test tube labelled vaccine is seen in front of AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken, September 9, 2020. Dado Ruvic | Reuters LONDON — The coronavirus vaccine developed by British pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca, in collaboration with the University of…
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…
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Trump to sign Covid-19 vaccine executive order prioritizing Americans
US President Donald Trump speaks during a ceremony presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to wrestler Dan Gable in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on December 7, 2020. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images…
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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…
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UK to rollout Covid vaccine Tuesday
Nurses at the Royal Free Hospital, London, simulate the administration of the Pfizer vaccine to support staff training ahead of the rollout, on December 5, 2020 in London, England. WPA Pool | Getty Images News | Getty Images The U.K….
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Russia, China, Iran, North Korea trying to steal coronavirus vaccine: Krebs
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Under Secretary Chris Krebs speaks to reporters at the DHS Election Operations Center and National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) in Arlington, Virginia, U.S. November 6, 2018. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters WASHINGTON — The…
Read More U.S. Covid-19 Vaccine Chief to meet Biden transition team this week
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…
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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…
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Brent to drop to $45 in 2021 despite good news on Covid vaccine
SINGAPORE — Fitch Ratings expects Brent prices to drop to $45 per barrel in 2021 — even though there’s good news on the vaccine front, the credit rating agency said this week. That’s close to 9% lower than what a…
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‘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…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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.)…
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The UK’s Pfizer Covid vaccine rollout: How it will happen
A nurse prepares to administer a flu vaccination to a man. NurPhoto | NurPhoto | Getty Images The U.K. was the first country in the world to approve Pfizer and BioNTech’s groundbreaking coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday for widespread use. In…
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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…
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Cuomo warns Covid surge to last through January, expects first NY vaccine doses by Dec. 15
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has warned for months of the associated surge-upon-surge stemming from the holiday season, says he expects the latest infection increase to continue through January at least. What happens next? Aside from shoring up hospital capacity as…
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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…
Read More Trump administration officials speak on Covid vaccine distribution
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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…
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How CFOs feel about 2021 hiring, spending with vaccine on the way
Chief financial officers at large multinational corporations are cautiously optimistic about 2021 strategic investment and hiring. Optimism about a coronavirus vaccine is outweighing concerns about the current Covid-19 case surges in the U.S. and Europe, according to the results of…
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UK approves Pfizer coronavirus vaccine: Who could be next?
A health worker wearing a protective mask works in a lab during clinical trials for a Covid-19 vaccine at Research Centers of America in Hollywood, Florida, U.S. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — The U.K.’s decision…
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UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for use
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 The U.K. became the first country in the world to authorize…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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)…
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…
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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…
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Pfizer, BioNTech apply for coronavirus vaccine approval in Europe
A volunteer is injected with a vaccine as he participates in a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination study at the Research Centers of America, in Hollywood, Florida, U.S., September 24, 2020. Marco Bello | Reuters U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its…
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First ‘mass air shipment’ of Pfizer’s Covid vaccine arrives as airlines prepare for more
The Federal Aviation Administration said it supported the “first mass air shipment” of Covid-19 vaccines on Friday, as pharmaceutical companies and airlines prepare networks for broad distribution. United Airlines carried Pfizer‘s Covid-19 vaccine from Brussels to Chicago O’Hare International Airport,…
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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…
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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….
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…
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
Read More Trump administration officials speak on Covid vaccine distribution
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Russia to charge less for Covid vaccine and to produce 1 billion doses
A worker wearing personal protective equipment holds a tray containing unlabeled ampoules of the ‘Gam-COVID-Vac’ COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF). Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty…
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White House transition could complicate vaccine distribution
A syringe is seen by the logo of Pfizer’s headquarter in Manhattan, New York City, United States on November 19, 2020. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Monday gave a forecast of how he…
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Cramer unveils list of ‘return to normalcy’ stocks on vaccine optimism
After Wall Street digested more positive coronavirus vaccine news and investors grew more optimistic on the reopening trade, CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Monday unveiled a list of “return to normalcy” stocks. “I think you have to buy a couple of…
Read More Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine has some advantages over its peers
AstraZeneca’s building in Luton, Britain. Tim Ireland | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images LONDON — The coronavirus vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford was found to be “highly” protective, potentially paving the way for a…
Read More Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine shows an average effectiveness of 70%
A test tube labelled vaccine is seen in front of AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken, September 9, 2020. Dado Ruvic | Reuters LONDON — British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca on Monday said an interim analysis of clinical trials showed its…
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Coronavirus vaccine creates market winners and losers
Promising developments on the vaccine front have sparked optimism that the pandemic’s end may be in sight. But if the market trends that immediately followed positive vaccine news are any indication, some sectors will benefit a lot more than others….
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Trump coronavirus vaccine chief has had ‘no contact’ with Biden transition team
Operation Warp Speed chief advisor Dr. Moncef Slaoui has had “no contact” with the Biden administration regarding the transition process and the vaccine distribution process. Since President-elect Joe Biden won the election, President Donald Trump has refused to concede and his campaign has…
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Zebra Technologies plays key role in vaccine distribution, CEO says
Zebra Technologies has played a role in coronavirus testing to fight off the pandemic, and now the barcode company has a new role to play in preventing the deadly virus from spreading further, CEO Anders Gustaffson told CNBC’s Jim Cramer…
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5 U.S. agencies tell employees they can get vaccine in 8 weeks
Vials of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine candidate BNT162b2 are sorted at a Pfizer facility in Puurs, Belgium in an undated still image from video. Pfizer | Reuters Five federal agencies have started telling employees they could receive Pfizer or Moderna’s…
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HHS chief says Pfizer is expected to file FDA application for coronavirus vaccine Friday
Vice President Mike Pence listens to US Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar speak during a White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing in the James S. Brady Briefing Room of the White House on November 19, 2020….
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Oxford trial chief says Covid vaccine could be ready at a similar time to others
Staff at CSL are seen working in the lab on Nov. 8 in Melbourne, Australia. CSL will begin manufacturing AstraZeneca-Oxford University Covid-19 vaccine from Monday. Darrian Traynor | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON — The coronavirus vaccine being…
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Oxford Covid vaccine prompts immune response among all adults: Study
Brazilian pediatric doctor Monica Levi, one of the volunteers who received the COVID-19 vaccine, works at the Specialized Clinic in Infectious and Parasitic Diseases and Immunizations (CEDIPI), in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on July 24, 2020. The doctor is one of…
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WHO warns vaccine won’t help countries fend off current wave of infections
This photograph taken on July 3, 2020, shows a sign of the World Health Organization (WHO) at their headquarters in Geneva, amidst the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus. FABRICE COFFRINI A coronavirus vaccine this winter won’t help countries…
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Officials speak on Warp Speed after Pfizer releases Covid vaccine data
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Coronavirus vaccine shots could go to U.S. health workers in about a month
Health-care workers in the United States could get the first doses of a coronavirus vaccine in about a month. Pfizer announced Wednesday that it planned to submit an application to the Food and Drug Administration for emergency use “within days”…
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Pfizer Covid vaccine is 95% effective, plans to submit to FDA in days
Pfizer and BioNTech said Wednesday that a final data analysis found their coronavirus vaccine was 95% effective in preventing Covid-19 and appeared to fend off severe disease. The vaccine, called BNT162b2, becomes highly effective against the virus 28 days after…
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With vaccine near, how to get it to 7.8 billion people
Pfizer and Moderna released positive late-stage trial data this month showing their coronavirus vaccines were highly effective in preventing Covid-19. The news sent stock markets across the world soaring and gave business executives and world leaders some of the first…
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What are the ‘big challenges’ to mass producing a coronavirus vaccine
A blood sample is prepared for analysis by a laboratory technician at Accel Research Sites on August 4, 2020 in DeLand, Florida, U.S. NurPhoto | NurPhoto | Getty Images Moderna‘s announcement earlier this week that its vaccine was more than…
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‘The vaccine is a headwind’
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday tried to make sense of the declines in Home Depot and Walmart shares after the retail juggernauts posted third-quarter results that topped Wall Street estimates. Wall Street received a “pair of stellar quarters from Home…
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GOP Sen. Rob Portman on joining Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine trial
Sen. Rob Portman told CNBC on Tuesday that he’s participating in Johnson & Johnson‘s Covid-19 vaccine clinical trial, hoping to underscore the importance of vaccines in ending the pandemic. “The most important thing we can do right now is get…
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Other precautions useful as vaccine distribution will take time
SINGAPORE – A coronavirus vaccine won’t be the silver bullet to end the pandemic, the co-chair of Singapore’s Covid-19 task force said this week despite “promising” news from pharmaceutical companies. “We’re certainly encouraged by it, it’s very promising, but I…
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Trump Covid vaccine czar hopes work not disrupted by Biden transition
Dr. Moncef Slaoui, who oversees the Trump administration’s coronavirus vaccine program, told CNBC on Monday he hopes its work to fast-track development is not interrupted by a transfer of power to President-elect Joe Biden. “We’re not going to be distracted…
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Jim Cramer’s 5 stock plays for the vaccine distribution pipeline
After Wall Street welcomed more positive data from a biotech firm working on a coronavirus vaccine Monday, CNBC’s Jim Cramer turned his attention to investment opportunities linked to the vaccine distribution pipeline. “Now that the vaccine developers are approaching the…
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President-elect Biden says he wouldn’t hesitate to get the coronavirus vaccine
President-elect Joe Biden said on Monday that “he wouldn’t hesitate” to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, and the only reason people are hesitant about the vaccine’s safety is because of President Donald Trump. “It’s important that people who are in…
Read More WHO holds briefing on pandemic after Moderna finds vaccine is highly effective
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Health expert says vaccine race akin to law of the jungle
Small bottles labeled with a “Vaccine COVID-19” sticker and a medical syringe are seen in this illustration taken taken April 10, 2020. Dado Ruvic | Reuters LONDON — High-income countries have adopted an approach akin to the “rule of the…
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Moderna Covid vaccine could help end pandemic
Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Monday that the devastating coronavirus pandemic could “effectively” be ended next year, following promising developments around Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine. The Massachusetts-based biotech company on Monday announced that its coronavirus vaccine was 94.5% effective in preventing Covid-19,…
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Moderna says its coronavirus vaccine is more than 94% effective
Moderna said preliminary phase three trial data shows its coronavirus vaccine is more than 94% effective in preventing Covid-19 — a result CEO Stephane Bancel called a “game-changer.” The analysis evaluated 95 confirmed Covid-19 infections among the trial’s 30,000 participants. Moderna,…
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Biden team to meet with coronavirus vaccine makers this week
President-elect Joe Biden discusses protecting the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and his health care plans during a news conference in Wilmington, Delaware, November 10, 2020. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President-elect Joe Biden’s coronavirus advisors will meet with the leading drug…
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Emirates working with Pfizer, others on vaccine transport ‘challenge’
An Airbus A380-800 passenger plane of the Emirates Airlines at Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport. Mikhail Tereshchenko | TASS | Getty Images Emirates is working with global pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer, to address the logistical challenges of distributing coronavirus vaccines, according to…
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Trump says coronavirus vaccine won’t be delivered to New York right away
President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. government would not deliver a coronavirus vaccine to New York if and when one is available. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo “will have to let us know when he’s ready for it…
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Europe, North America have ‘really clear’ need for Covid vaccine: Expert
With cases of the coronavirus disease still surging in the West, countries in Europe and North America have a “really clear” need for a vaccine, a medical expert said on Friday. Several European countries — including France, Germany and the…
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Moderna vaccine data coming soon — what to look out for
Moderna is expected to release crucial data in the coming days from a late-stage trial that will show whether its coronavirus vaccine is effective. Shares of the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company were up by more than 3.8% on Thursday after it announced…
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The European company behind Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine
The logo of the biotechnology company “BioNTech” in front of the company headquarters. Arne Dedert | picture alliance via Getty Images LONDON — Before 2020, Germany’s BioNTech was a relatively little-known biotechnology company. That all changed when Covid-19 arrived. On…
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Russia says its vaccine is 92% effective
A heath worker injects the ‘Gam-COVID-Vac’, also known as ‘Sputnik V’, Covid-19 vaccine, developed by the Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), into a patients arm during a post-registration phase trial…
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Coronavirus vaccine doesn’t mean a quick economic recovery: UBS’ Weber
A health care worker holds an injection syringe of the phase 3 vaccine trial, developed against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic by the U.S. Pfizer and German BioNTech company, at the Ankara University Ibni Sina Hospital in Ankara, Turkey on…
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choppy 6 months ahead despite covid vaccine
A United States Postal Service (USPS) worker works in the rain in Manhattan during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York, April 13, 2020. Andrew Kelly | Reuters LONDON — The next six months will remain turbulent…
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Covid vaccine not ‘instant stimulus’ to U.S. economy, warns economist
A pedestrian wearing a protective face mask walks by a going out of business sign displayed outside a retail store in New York City. Noam Galai | Getty Images A Covid-19 vaccine will not result in an “instant stimulus” to…
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Cruise bookings rise on coronavirus vaccine news, Norwegian Cruise Line CEO says
Frank Del Rio, CEO, Norwegian Cruise Line Scott Mlyn | CNBC Pfizer‘s encouraging vaccine news Monday gave some consumers enough comfort to book cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line CEO Frank Del Rio said Tuesday. Data from Pfizer’s late-stage vaccine trial news…
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Russia is about to register its third coronavirus vaccine, Putin says
A screen shows Russia’s President Vladimir Putin during the 15th annual end-of-year news conference at the World Trade Centre in Moscow. Valery Sharifulin President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia is about to register its third vaccine against the coronavirus,…
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Eli Lilly says Covid antibody drugs needed even if there’s a vaccine
Eli Lilly Chairman and CEO Dave Ricks told CNBC on Tuesday the company’s coronavirus antibody drug will still be an important treatment for Covid-19, even if a widely available vaccine is brought to market. The Food and Drug Administration granted Eli…
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Good news on the vaccine, but rough months ahead
The next few months will still be difficult as virus cases continue to set new daily records in the U.S., an infectious disease doctor said this week in spite of promising news from vaccine trials. That’s because a vaccine won’t…
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