insert_link Health & Wellness The CDC says the U.S. has the “Tools” to fight the Omicron Variant, but needs Americans to do their Part The big message from the White House COVID-19 response team on Tuesday was that if anyone has been on the fence about whether to get a COVID-19 vaccine or booster shot, the new Omicron variant should give more than enough motivation to do it - right away. “We have far more tools to fight the variant today than we had at this time last year,’’ said Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director […] todayDecember 1, 2021
insert_link Health & Wellness Why Does the COVID-19 Vaccine Have to Be Kept So Cold? More than two million doses of the two new vaccines against COVID-19 have been put in people's arms since December 14. But racing the shots to the frontline health care workers hasn't been an easy feat—the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine specifically must be stored at subzero temperatures, creating a logistical puzzle of dry ice and specialized freezers. And while the Moderna vaccine remains stable at slightly balmier temperatures, it too must stay […] todayJanuary 13, 2021
insert_link Health & Wellness Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccine Approved in UK The Washington Post reports that the British government has granted emergency approval to the coronavirus vaccine from pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and the German company BioNTech, becoming the first Western country to authorize mass inoculations that could lead to an end of the pandemic. Drug regulators in Britain have a global reputation for being tough but fast, employing a system of continuous "rolling review" of incoming data from drug companies. But […] todayDecember 3, 2020
insert_link Health & Wellness When a COVID-19 Vaccine is finally ready, who will get it and how will it be distributed? While we don't really know when a COVID-19 vaccine will arrive, but we’re starting to know how it will be distributed. USA Today conducted interviews with logistics experts, immunization professionals and pharmaceutical distribution specialists, together with recent U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention planning documents, to get a clearer picture of how coronavirus vaccines will get from manufacturers into the arms of millions of Americans. Here's what they found […] todaySeptember 8, 2020
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