Panel recommends use in emergencies. The panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration approved the use of recently developed vaccines for emergency use in a 17-4…
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“Normal” Return in Spring, Warp Speed Chief Says
As FDA begins vaccine authorizations. The chief adviser for President Trump’s Operation Warp Speed, Moncef Slaoui, predicted that the lives of Americans may “start getting back to normal”…
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Pfizer Begins Deliveries of Vaccine to U.S.
Chartered flights bringing the drug from Belgium. United Airlines is reported to have begun operating charter flights late last week to better position Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for distribution…
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COVID-19 Antibody Treatment Cleared for Emergency Use
Health and Human Services commits to placing drug where needed most. The Food and Drug Administration cleared the experimental antibody treatment developed by Eli Lilly for emergency use…
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Ohio Senator Portman Enters COVID-19 Vaccine Trial
Says his participation is part of his civic duty. On Tuesday, Ohio Republican Senator Rob Portman announced that he had been enrolled in a Phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine…
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Aspirin May Be a COVID-19 Treatment
It is being tested to see if it reduces blood-clot risks. Aspirin, the common painkiller, is being tested as a potential treatment for patients hospitalized with the coronavirus…
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COVID Vaccine For All by Spring, Secretary Azar Says
Enough for the most vulnerable by year end. In an interview last week, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said all people in the U.S. could have…
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FDA Officially Approves COVID Therapeutic
Remdesivir is the first officially approved treatment for COVID-19 in the U.S. Following new results published in the New England Journal of Medicine Thursday from Gilead Science’s Phase…
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COVID Antibody Treatment Expected by Year-End
Government is acquiring doses as they are manufactured. Hundreds of thousands of doses of experimental antibody treatments for COVID-19 have already been secured by the U.S. government in…
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Members of Congress Request Ban of Abortion Drug
Poses a ‘significant threat of danger’ to women’s health. Last week 20 Senators and 71 House Representatives requested that Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn would classify…
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