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Here Are a Bunch of People Getting the Covid-19 Vaccine

The U.S. vaccine campaign has begun, as you can see in these optimistic photos.

A Faulty Algorithm Screwed Residents Out of Stanford’s Vaccine Distribution Plan

Medical residents flooded Stanford Hospital on Friday in protest after executives there reportedly used a faulty algorithm to triage its first wave of vaccinations and overwhelmingly left out caregivers working on the front lines of the covid-19 pandemic. Of Stanford Medicine’s roughly 1,300 residents, just seven were chosen to be among the first 5,000 employees…

Health Alyse Stanley

FDA Authorizes Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine for Emergency Use

On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration authorized the emergency use of a covid-19 vaccine developed by the Massachusetts-based biotech company Moderna. It’s the second such good news in as many weeks, following the FDA’s authorization of Pfizer and BioNTech’s similar mRNA vaccine. Both vaccines look to be highly effective. This emergency use authorization, which…

Health Ed Cara

Live Video: Watch a Man With Blood on His Hands Get Vaccinated For Covid-19

Vice President Mike Pence, a man at least partially responsible for the deaths of over 310,000 Americans from covid-19, will get vaccinated for the coronavirus live on camera today. Here’s how to watch! Pence is the head of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, the one fact that history books will likely remember about him…

Tech News Matt Novak

Members of Congress to Receive Covid-19 Vaccine While Debating How Many Crumbs to Give Americans

Members of Congress will be able to get vaccinated for covid-19 in the first round of inoculations currently being rolled out by Pfizer and BioNTech, according to the physician to Congress and a new report from Reuters. Meanwhile, those same members of Congress are still debating whether to give Americans $600 each in a one-off…

Tech News Matt Novak

Nervous About Covid-19 Vaccines? Here’s How Scientists Are Feeling

As the first covid-19 vaccines roll out across the U.S., some of us are chanting “inject me now!”, while others are anxious about potential side effects. I reached out to two dozen scientists and public health experts to see how they’re feeling about these vaccines. I asked them if they’re planning to get a vaccine…

Health Ed Cara

President Trump Backpedals on Plan to Give White House Staffers Priority For Covid-19 Vaccine

President Donald Trump, the person most responsible for the deaths of 300,000 Americans thus far from covid-19, issued a tweet Sunday night announcing that most White House staff would no longer be getting vaccinated for coronavirus before other Americans. The tweet came after a report on Sunday from the New York Times detailed how White…

Health Matt Novak

Finally!

The first shipments of the covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech are reportedly en route to distribution centers nationwide. The first of nearly 3 million doses are expected to be doled out to health care workers and nursing homes within the coming week now that the vaccine has the final nod from the Centers…

Health Alyse Stanley

The FDA Has Authorized Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccine for Emergency Use

On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration granted an emergency use authorization to the covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, making it the first vaccine against the viral pandemic that will reach the American public. The decision was expected and came soon after a group of outside experts assembled by the FDA voted to…

Health Ed Cara

Australia Scraps Homegrown Covid-19 Vaccine After Trial Participants Get ‘False Positive’ Test Results For HIV

The Australian government canceled its homegrown covid-19 vaccine development plans with the University of Queensland on Friday after vaccine trial participants showed “false positives” in tests for HIV. The Australian vaccine was developed using a protein fragment of HIV called Gp41 that’s used to stabilize the inoculation. The Australian vaccine was still in Phase 1…

Health Matt Novak

Google Adds Knowledge Panels in Search Results for Covid-19 Vaccines to Counter Misinformation

Google plans to counter vaccine conspiracy theories and misinformation by tacking on new knowledge panels to search results when people look up information about covid-19 vaccines. The feature’s launching first in the UK, where health authorities began rolling out the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine—the first of its kind approved in the West—this week. Google intends to expand…

Tech News Alyse Stanley

Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccine Wins Crucial Vote, Now One Step Away From FDA Authorization

The covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech is one big step closer to reaching the American public. On late Thursday afternoon, a group of outside experts assembled by the Food and Drug Administration largely voted to recommend the vaccine for emergency use in people ages 16 and older. The vote will likely soon be…

Health Ed Cara

The Next Generation of Vaccines Might Be Inhalable

Future vaccines might involve a deep breath rather than an injection, if technology detailed in research published Thursday pans out. The proof-of-concept study in mice and primates suggests that vaccines can be safely absorbed through the lungs into the bloodstream in order to do their job of training the immune system. The authors hope that…

Health Ed Cara

Hackers Illegally Accessed Pfizer’s Preliminary Vaccine Data

A cyberattack on servers belonging to the European Medicines Agency—the EU regulatory body responsible COVID-19 vaccine approval—has resulted in the “unlawful access” of internal documents detailing the development of a potential COVID-19 vaccine. While the EMA’s own statementon the attacks doesn’t disclose much, simply confirming that the breach happened. However, pharma giant Pfizer and its…

Privacy & Security Shoshana Wodinsky

Canada Is Latest to Approve Covid-19 Vaccine—and U.S. Is Likely Next

On Wednesday, Canada became the third country in the world to grant approval for Pfizer and BioNTech’s covid-19 vaccine. The decision comes just as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to make its own call this week, following a meeting of independent experts on Thursday who will recommend whether or not an emergency…

Health Ed Cara

Two Allergic Reactions to Covid-19 Vaccine on Tuesday Prompt New Warning in UK

The UK’s top health agency issued a warning on Wednesday that anyone with “significant” allergies to food, medicine, or vaccines should not receive the vaccine, according to a new report from the BBC. The warning comes as two health care workers in England with histories of severe allergies experienced allergic reactions to the new Pfizer/BioNTech…

Tech News Matt Novak

Headache, Fatigue, and Other Not-So-Scary Side Effects of Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccine

Today we got the first substantial look at data on one of the covid-19 vaccines likely to reach the U.S. general public later this month. The Food and Drug Administration and the companies Pfizer and BioNTech released summary documentation of the trial data collected so far on Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine candidate. The lengthy materials,…

Health Ed Cara

Report: Trump Admin Turned Down Chance to Buy 100 Million More Doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccine

On Monday, the UK became the first country to begin mass vaccination against the novel coronavirus pandemic using a vaccine manufactured by Pifzer. That vaccine should begin being rolled out in the U.S. soon—though there might not be enough to go around for a while, thanks in part to the White House’s purchasing decisions. The…

Health Tom McKay

Bank Workers Could Get the Covid-19 Vaccine Ahead of Most Americans

Bank tellers may get to skip the line to receive the covid-19 vaccine once it becomes available, jumping ahead of those who are at an increased risk for severe symptoms from the virus such as people 65 and older or who have preexisting conditions. Per a MarketWatch report this week, the American Bankers Association, an…

Tech News Alyse Stanley

Letitia Wright Responds to Backlash for Sharing Transphobic, Antivax Video

In yet another example of how the best rule of thumb is to simply never tweet, Black Panther star Letitia Wright has found herself on the receiving end of a significant amount of backlash from the public. This came after she shared a video of a YouTuber who questioned the seriousness of the ongoing covid-19…

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Here Are a Bunch of People Getting the Covid-19 Vaccine

A Faulty Algorithm Screwed Residents Out of Stanford’s Vaccine Distribution Plan

FDA Authorizes Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine for Emergency Use

Live Video: Watch a Man With Blood on His Hands Get Vaccinated For Covid-19

Members of Congress to Receive Covid-19 Vaccine While Debating How Many Crumbs to Give Americans

Nervous About Covid-19 Vaccines? Here’s How Scientists Are Feeling

President Trump Backpedals on Plan to Give White House Staffers Priority For Covid-19 Vaccine

Finally!

The FDA Has Authorized Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccine for Emergency Use

Australia Scraps Homegrown Covid-19 Vaccine After Trial Participants Get ‘False Positive’ Test Results For HIV

Google Adds Knowledge Panels in Search Results for Covid-19 Vaccines to Counter Misinformation

Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccine Wins Crucial Vote, Now One Step Away From FDA Authorization

The Next Generation of Vaccines Might Be Inhalable

Hackers Illegally Accessed Pfizer’s Preliminary Vaccine Data

Canada Is Latest to Approve Covid-19 Vaccine—and U.S. Is Likely Next

Two Allergic Reactions to Covid-19 Vaccine on Tuesday Prompt New Warning in UK

Headache, Fatigue, and Other Not-So-Scary Side Effects of Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccine

Report: Trump Admin Turned Down Chance to Buy 100 Million More Doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccine

Bank Workers Could Get the Covid-19 Vaccine Ahead of Most Americans

Letitia Wright Responds to Backlash for Sharing Transphobic, Antivax Video

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