The chief operating officer of the federal government's vaccine initiative Operation Warp Speed is assuring Americans that the first COVID-19 vaccines will be distributed safely. "I am absolutely, 100 percent, confident that we are going to distribute safely, this precious…
Read MoreCOVID-19 vaccines can cause side effects. Here’s why that shouldn’t stop you from getting the shots
A friend of Paul Offit’s volunteered for one of the COVID-19 vaccine trials but, like everyone who participated, was not told whether he was injected with a placebo or the real thing. The morning after getting the second dose, the…
Read MoreAmericans should embrace COVID-19 vaccines for the common good
Mask use, lockdowns, quarantine requirements and other breaches of once-normal life have drawn heated debate throughout the pandemic. A central question to much of it: Where does one’s freedom end and another’s begin? Dr. Carlos Espinal of the Robert Stempel…
Read MoreHow safe are the new COVID-19 vaccines?
(HealthDay)—Two COVID-19 vaccines are on the verge of approval in the United States, with pharmaceutical companies promising that millions of doses will be available to the first wave of recipients within a matter of weeks. Creating two vaccines in less…
Read MoreUN chief warns of long road ahead after vaccines
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Thursday that the world could be fighting the aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic for decades to come even if vaccines are quickly approved. Opening a special UN summit on the virus, being held virtually as…
Read MoreWhy we need multiple vaccines for COVID-19
The preliminary data shared by Pfizer-BioNTech and Sputnik V last week, and Moderna this week, showing their vaccines to be more than 90% effective, has given us all hope that an end to COVID-19 may be in sight. So why…
Read MoreEU regulator could approve Covid vaccines ‘late 2020, early 2021’
Europe’s medicines regulator said Monday that it could approve the first coronavirus vaccines late this year or early next, as it evaluates the most promising candidates. The clarification came after EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said last week…
Read MoreCOVID-19 vaccines are coming – how will we know they work and are safe?
Pfizer and BioNTech have just released interim results of their COVID-19 vaccine trial. Although it is not the only vaccine in the late stages of testing, the large size and careful design of the trial, not to mention the promising…
Read MoreYour child’s vaccines: What you need to know about catching up during the COVID-19 pandemic
This spring, after stay-at-home orders were announced and schools shut down across the nation, many families stopped going to their pediatrician. As a result, kids have fallen behind on important childhood vaccinations. Vaccination rates declined starkly after mid-March, with up…
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