COVID-19 Vaccines Could Be Sent to States Within 24 Hours of FDA’s OK: Official November 25, 2020 The first Americans could receive a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as Dec. 11, the chief scientific adviser for the U.S....
Task of Tracking COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Falls to Multiple Federal Agencies November 18, 2020 By Anna Edney Monitoring Covid-19 vaccines for safety issues will fall to a group of U.S. health agencies that also will have a...
Pfizer Reports 95% Success Rate in COVID-19 Vaccine Final Trial November 18, 2020 By Michael Erman Final results from Pfizer Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine trial showed its shot had a 95% success rate and two months of...
World Encouraged by Moderna, Pfizer Vaccines’ Success in Trials November 16, 2020 By Julie Steenhuysen and Michael Erman Moderna Inc.’s experimental vaccine is 94.5% effective in preventing COVID-19 based on interim data from a late-stage trial, the company...
Q&A: Where Drugmakers Are in the Race for COVID-19 Vaccine November 9, 2020 By Carl O'Donnell Drugmakers and research centers around the world are working on COVID-19 vaccines, with large global trials of several of the...
How Government Plans to Make COVID-19 Vaccine Free for Every American October 30, 2020 By Ricardo Alonson-Zaldivar Federal health officials Wednesday issued insurance coverage rules designed to deliver on the promise that every American will have access...
WHO to Form COVID Insurance Scheme for Vaccine Side-Effects in Poor Nations October 29, 2020 By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS – A vaccine scheme co-led by the World Health Organization is setting up a compensation fund for people in...
Mexico Government Could Absorb Some Liabilities Arising from COVID-19 Vaccine October 21, 2020 By Anthony Esposito and Adriana Barrera Mexico’s government could absorb some liabilities arising from unexpected side effects of COVID-19 vaccines but is not considering creating a...
Lack of Clarity on Liability Could Cause Delay with WHO Coronavirus Vaccine Drive October 16, 2020 By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS – Who foots the bill if people in poor countries fall sick with unexpected side-effects from coronavirus vaccines? It’s...
Insurers Remain Unfazed by Risks of Clinical Trials for COVID-19 Vaccine October 12, 2020 By Noor Zainab Hussain, Carolyn Cohn and Ludwig Burger The world is racing towards a vaccine in record time, stirring public concerns about safety to the extent that nine...