Here’s what you need to know: Luis Arellano receiving his first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine inside JBS USA’s beef plant in Greeley, Colo., this month.Credit…Pool photo by Alex McIntyre Employees at food processing facilities, which had some of the country’s largest known coronavirus outbreaks early in the pandemic, are now eligible for vaccines in … Read more
Plus: Native American COVID deaths believed to have not been adequately reported and the Moraga coyote captured and killed I’m Winston Gieseke, Philanthropy Editor and Specialist for The Desert Sun here in sunny Palm Springs, where california.com says it’s illegal to walk a camel down Palm Canyon Drive between 4pm and 6pm. So I’m going … Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday relaxed guidelines for fully vaccinated individuals, stating that they can visit other vaccinated individuals indoors without wearing masks or physical distance. You can also visit unvaccinated individuals from a single household who have a low risk of severe COVID-19 illness indoors – without a mask or … Read more
A vaccination campaign in Mozambique. (Denis Onyodi / VillageReach Photo) While scientists have been able to manufacture and test COVID-19 vaccines in a near-unimaginable record breaking time, vaccine delivery in the US has been bumpy, slow, and unfair. What is to blame for the chaotic rollout? “The classic trap the US fell into … is … Read more
Here’s what you need to know: A drive-through vaccination site at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last week.Credit…Philip Cheung for The New York Times Hoping to hasten California’s emergence from the coronavirus pandemic, the state will begin channeling 40 percent of new vaccine doses to low-income communities hit hardest by the coronavirus, officials in Gov. … Read more
Country star Dolly Parton has another new appearance: singing the praises of the coronavirus recordings and getting vaccinated in front of the camera. Last year, Ms. Parton donated $ 1 million to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, which worked with drug maker Moderna to develop one of the first coronavirus vaccines approved in the United States. … Read more
Here’s what you need to know: A doctor receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at a government hospital in Klerksdorp, South Africa last week.Credit…Shiraaz Mohamed/Associated Press The Food and Drug Administration on Saturday authorized Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, beginning the rollout of millions of doses of a third effective vaccine … Read more
The US is expected to approve a third COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday. An advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration unanimously voted on Friday to recommend approval of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine candidate for use in adults, paving the way for anticipated approval. President Joe Biden called the single-dose shot a “third, safe and … Read more
Here’s what you need to know: Empty vials of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at a hospital in South Africa.Credit…Phill Magakoe/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine was endorsed on Friday by a panel of experts advising the Food and Drug Administration, clearing the last hurdle before a formal authorization expected on … Read more
An advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration is holding a full-day meeting Friday to review the data on Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine candidates and is likely to give the vaccine a thumbs up, leading to an expected FDA approval for the adult shot within the vaccine runs the next couple of days. An … Read more