Vaccinating children, as young as 6 months, may be focus by the fall

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Moderna’s CEO said at a professional conference yesterday that he predicted that its COVID-19 vaccine will likely be available for children as young as five by the early fall. “I think it’s going to be early fall, just because we have to go down in age very slowly and carefully,” the Cambridge-based company’s CEO Stéphane…

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FDA authorizes Pfizer vaccine for 12-15 year olds

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for Emergency Use in Adolescents in Another Important Action in Fight Against Pandemic Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded the emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for the prevention of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2…

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Who is next for the vaccine? CDC announces priorities

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Next in line for the vaccines? Those over 75 and frontline essential workers. This comes as the Moderna vaccine rolled out of its Mississippi. Those groups follow frontline health care workers and nursing home residents, who have already begun receiving the limited supplies of vaccines available. The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted Sunday…

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The Vaccine is here…this day in history

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Every day a milestone. Every day a little ray of hope. From preliminary application of the first vaccine to the FDA, to the rewarding of the emergency approval late on a Friday night. Saturday spent in the packing process with dry ice, deep freezers, and bar coding packages. And lot of anticipation. Then came Sunday…

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Pfizer vaccine to be pilot tested on Rhode Islanders

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“Four states –Rhode Island, Texas, New Mexico, and Tennessee –were selected for the program {COVID-19 Immunization Pilot Program} because of their differences in overall size, diversity of populations, and immunization infrastructure, as well as the states’ need to reach individuals in varied urban and rural settings. Here is Pfizer’s statement: Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) today announced…

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Operation Warp Speed’s research partners – rushing to save our lives

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Pfizer says they ARE part of Operation Warp Speed Just about everything can become political. Even scientific developments. And when it comes to COVID-19, especially so. Learning that Pfizer had developed the first vaccine, estimated to be about 90% effective, was a gleeful moment. From the stock market to other researchers to individuals to the…

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Updated: Pfizer announces 90% vaccine effectiveness in preventing new COVID-19

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Pfizer and BioNTech Announce Vaccine Candidate Against COVID-19 Achieved Success in First Interim Analysis from Phase 3 Study Pfizer has announced their mRNA-based vaccine candidate, BNT162b2, against SARS-CoV-2 has demonstrated evidence of efficacy against COVID-19 in participants without prior evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection, based on the first interim efficacy analysis conducted on November 8, 2020…

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