Month: April 2021

0000000000000 A manufacturing error at a plant involved in COVID-19 vaccine production affected 15 million doses worth of an ingredient for Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine, according to two sources familiar with the matter, but the company downplayed the situation and said it met its most recent vaccine delivery target. The issue, which occurred recently at … Read more

COVID-19 was the third-most-common cause of death in the U.S. in 2020, contributing to more than 375,000 deaths, and a 16% increase in the national death rate, according to provisional data published today by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All told, more than 3.3 million people in the U.S. died in … Read more

It’s the last news anyone wants to hear: one year after the United States was slammed with its first wave of COVID-19—which was followed by even worse second and third waves—public health experts are worried that the country is headed for a fourth major spike. During a White House coronavirus briefing on Monday, Rochelle Walensky, … Read more

Pfizer-BioNTech says their COVID-19 vaccine is 100% efficacious in protecting adolescents aged 12 to 15 years from COVID-19 disease. On March 31, the companies released a statement summarizing the results of their study of the safety and efficacy of their vaccine, which is already authorized in the U.S. and elsewhere for use in adults 16 … Read more

For now, the best way to show that you’ve been inoculated against the coronavirus is a simple white card. Here, your key questions answered. View original article Contributor: Concepción de León

Democrats probe more than $1 billion in “haphazard” supply contracts, citing new documents. View original article Contributor: Dan Diamond

The threshold for herd immunity almost certainly won’t be reached without providing vaccines to many of the approximately 75 million people under the age of 18. View original article Contributor: Carolyn Y. Johnson