The Food and Drug Administration says Moderna's coronavirus vaccine is highly effective, bringing it one step closer to receiving emergency use authorization. The federal agency has also granted approval to the first fully at-home virus test that is sold over-the-counter and produces results that can be read at home. Plus, why poor countries have to deal with long wait times for the COVID-19 vaccines over richer ones, and heartbreaking images from the medical frontlines.
CNN — After a day of celebration and heartache, Americans face a harsh reality with the Covid-19 crisis. A record 112,816 Covid-19 patients were hospitalized Tuesday, according to the Covid Tracking Project. That will inevitably lead to more deaths as Christmas and New Year’s Day get closer. And while …
Moderna is poised to win FDA authorization for Covid-19 vaccine. FDA documents show it's highly effective and appears to protect against infection after one dose. Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine is 94 percent effective at preventing symptomatic illness and appears to prevent the spread of the virus as …
NEW DELHI (AP) — With Americans, Britons and Canadians rolling up their sleeves to receive coronavirus vaccines, the route out of the pandemic now seems clear to many in the West, even if the rollout will take many months. But for poorer countries, the road will be far longer and rougher. The …
"Sometimes I want to cover my eyes, but I have to take the photo, and I want the people to know how others are struggling." Go Nakamura, a …
Anthony Fauci has led the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for 36 years and has helped guide responses to a succession of viral …
London CNN — London will return to a strict lockdown this week, after coronavirus cases soared in the British capital, UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Monday. Hancock said London will be moved from England’s Tier 2 “high alert” local restrictions to the “very high” Tier 3 on Wednesday morning …
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's senior official for infectious diseases, predicts the United States could begin to achieve early stages of herd immunity against the deadly coronavirus by late spring or summer. And if that happens, Fauci anticipates, "we could really turn this thing around" toward …
Newlab, 10XBeta, and Boyce technologies hustled to build a new prototype and get FDA emergency use authorization for a new ventilator to help with NYC hospital shortages. This article is part of Fast Company’s Lessons of COVID-19 package, exploring some of the ways America has changed since the …
With the first doses of Covid-19 vaccine being administered across the United States, questions abound about who can safely get them. Expect answers …
If clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccines aren’t expanded soon to include children, it’s unlikely that even kids in their teens will be vaccinated in …
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