Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who were sidelined by the Trump administration during the Covid-19 pandemic will “get heard again,” Dr. Rochelle Walensky, President-elect Joe Biden‘s pick to lead the agency, said Tuesday. Last year, the CDC went months without addressing the U.S. […]
The coronavirus vaccines currently on the market should still work against new, more infectious variants discovered in recent months, although they may not be as effective, the incoming director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday. A handful of new strains of […]
Holy Name Medical Center CEO Michael Maron told CNBC on Tuesday his New Jersey hospital’s Covid vaccination efforts have been hindered by a consistent problem: inconsistent availability. “The biggest challenge we face right now here is supply of the vaccine. We just can’t get it, […]
Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Tuesday the rollout of Covid vaccines in the U.S. may eventually be slowed by not enough people wanting to receive the shot. While the incoming Biden administration will initially be focused on increasing access to vaccines, Gottlieb said public-health […]
Germany is the latest country to discover a new mutation of the coronavirus, with a new variant identified among a group of hospital patients in Bavaria. Local news outlets first reported on Monday that an unknown variant of the coronavirus had been discovered among 35 […]
LONDON — Two hospitals in the U.K. are actively using blockchain technology to help maintain the temperature of coronavirus vaccines before administering them to patients. The National Health Service facilities in South Warwickshire, England, are using tech developed by U.K. firm Everyware and U.S. organization […]
President-elect Joe Biden’s Covid Advisory Board member Dr. Celine Gounder slammed the Trump administration’s piecemeal Covid response as some states across the U.S. scramble to get the vaccine doses they need. “I think we’ve already had too much of a patchwork response across the states,” […]
Global scientists have reiterated the importance of herd immunity before the economy can fully reopen, but a number of start-ups and major tech companies are looking to speed up the return to normalcy. Microsoft, Apple and Google have shown interest in developing vaccine passports or […]
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo asked Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla Monday for the ability to buy Covid-19 vaccine doses directly from the company. The request comes after an alarmingly slow start to the national vaccine rollout, with the country millions of injections short of the […]
LONDON — The head of the World Health Organization said Monday the equitable distribution of coronavirus vaccines is at “serious risk.” Warning of a “catastrophic moral failure,” WHO’s Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said “the recent emergence of rapidly-spreading variants makes the rapid and equitable rollout of vaccines […]
