Dozens of institutional investors push for ‘fair and equitable’ Covid-19 response
Nearly 150 institutional investors that oversee combined assets worth more than $14 trillion have issued…
Category: vaccines
STAT+: The questions Congress should ask Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson about the Covid-19 vaccines
WASHINGTON — Executives from Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca, and Novavax will testify Tuesday…
Opinion: Federal law prohibits employers and others from requiring vaccination with a Covid-19 vaccine distributed under an EUA
Ever since the Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization for two new vaccines,…
‘Held to ransom’: Pfizer plays hardball in Covid-19 vaccine negotiations with Latin American countries
Pfizer has been accused of “bullying” Latin American governments during negotiations to acquire its Covid-19…
New pledges boost a global vaccine access program, but critics say more is needed
After months of uncertainty and frustration, a World Health Organization program designed to ensure access…
‘A massive gap in information’: Most vaccine clinical trials fail to report data on participants’ ethnicity or race
An analysis of the demographics of a decade’s worth of vaccine clinical trials has found…
Opinion: The effect of Covid-19 vaccines will — finally — be tested in pregnant people like me
The arrival of Covid-19 vaccines at the hospital where I work felt like a glimmer…
In lab experiment, Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine less potent against coronavirus variant
The Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine loses some potency against the coronavirus variant that first appeared in…
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Opinion: With the first dose, I need to be at peace with the vaccine. And let my body do the work
I normally arrive at the hospital thinking about protecting my patients. Today it was all…
Opinion: With Covid-19 vaccines, ‘fair’ isn’t always fair enough
The success of Operation Warp Speed in delivering two effective Covid-19 vaccines in record time…
Overloaded schedules and ‘Covid cowbells’: For pharmacists, the Covid-19 vaccine rollout brings exhaustion, but some relief
The nationwide frenzy to get Covid-19 vaccines has been complicated, frustrating, and downright exhausting for…
Listen: The state of the pandemic, the hunt for Covid-19 drugs, & meme stocks in biotech
When will we have enough vaccine doses? How many effective Covid-19 drugs are just waiting…
Covid-19 vaccination rates follow the money in states with the biggest wealth gaps, analysis shows
The affluent town of Woodbridge, Conn., has less than half the population of neighboring Ansonia,…
Opinion: Do the math: Vaccines alone won’t get us out of this pandemic
As Covid-19 vaccines are being rolled out across the U.S., Americans seem to be heaving…
South Africa halts rollout of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine after shot falters against variant
South Africa is halting its rollout of the AstraZeneca-University of Oxford Covid-19 vaccine, the country’s…
Opinion: The U.S. needs a National Vaccine Day
Vaccines don’t save lives. Vaccinations do. That is an essential lesson we have learned from…
STAT+: WTO is urged to ease trade rules so low-income countries can access drugs and vaccines
More than 100 advocacy groups from dozens of countries are urging the World Trade Organization…
The good and the (potentially) bad: What scientists know about variants and Covid-19 vaccines
There is now real evidence that at least one coronavirus variant seems to elude some…
Johnson & Johnson submits application for Covid-19 vaccine to FDA
Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson said Thursday it has applied to the Food and Drug…
Opinion: Mobilize family caregivers to speed the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines
Five years ago, I sat in a hospital lounge as a nurse laid out everything…
With a seductive number, AstraZeneca study fueled hopes that eclipsed its data
A new paper released this week suggested that a vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford…
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Opinion: Kids don’t need Covid-19 vaccines to return to school
The notion is out there that public school students should not return to in-person learning…
GSK joins forces with CureVac to manufacture its Covid-19 vaccine — and to develop another
Vaccine production giant GlaxoSmithKline announced Wednesday that it would partner with German biotech CureVac to…
Comparing the Covid-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson
In an ideal world, a pandemic vaccine could be delivered in a single shot, so…
STAT+: STAT+ Conversations: A conversation on racial health disparities, Covid-19, and vaccine distribution
A livestream of the conversation will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET. Every week,…
A Baltimore pastor, preaching about vaccines to the Black community, emphasizes personal agency
Terris King is intimately familiar with the Black community’s skepticism about Covid-19 vaccines. The Baltimore…
Opinion: Disadvantage indices can help achieve equitable vaccine allocation
Policymakers have wrestled for months with how to fairly prioritize populations for Covid-19 vaccines. But…
Trump officials actively lobbied to deny states money for vaccine rollout last fall
WASHINGTON — Top Trump officials actively lobbied Congress to deny state governments any extra funding…
Additional Covid-19 vaccines bring choices — and complications — to the rollout
It’s always good for consumers to have options, right? And indeed, the United States should…
Pediatricians pivot to vaccines on the go as immunization rates drop during the pandemic
At the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, Eileen Costello, the chief of ambulatory pediatrics at…
For states, tracking Covid-19 vaccination data poses a huge challenge
After a long day of doling out Covid-19 vaccines, workers in Utah County toil late…
Listen: J&J’s imminent vaccine data, CRISPR’s confusing boom, and navigating scientific misinformation
When are we getting more Covid-19 vaccine data? Is CRISPR having a dot-com moment? And…
Novavax says its Covid-19 vaccine is 90% effective, but far less so against one variant
A Covid-19 vaccine from Novavax proved nearly 90% effective in preliminary results from a key…
Having pandemic panic attacks about virus variants? National preparation is the cure
The most frightening aspect of a pandemic, on a primal level, involves the emergence of…
South Carolina identifies the first U.S. cases of coronavirus variant first seen in South Africa
Health authorities have identified the first U.S. cases of Covid-19 caused by a fast-spreading form…
Virtual event: Preventing a black market for Covid-19 vaccines
Editor’s note: A livestream of the event will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET….
Those Covid-19 variants? ‘Don’t worry yet,’ vaccine expert says
On Tuesday, Paul Offit, the vaccine developer and a professor of pediatrics at Children’s Hospital…
Opinion: Too many Covid-19 patients face death alone. Vaccinated volunteers could change that
I got my first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine on Dec. 16, and was surprised…
STAT+: Senate rules could pose hurdles for vaccine funds
WASHINGTON — Progressive Democrats in the Senate are hoping to use a streamlined process that…
U.S. will have enough Covid-19 vaccines for 300 million Americans by end of summer, Biden says
WASHINGTON — President Biden plans to purchase another 200 million doses of coronavirus vaccines from…
STAT+: STAT+ Conversations: A conversation with vaccine expert Paul Offit
Editor’s note: A livestream of the conversation will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET….
Watch: Covid tests are complicated. A guide to understanding types and trade-offs
If you need a Covid-19 test, you have options. But what type of test is…
STAT+: European Ombudsman probes failure to disclose Covid-19 vaccine contracts
In response to concerns that key terms of Covid-19 vaccine deals remain hidden, the European…
The Moderna vaccine is less effective against one coronavirus variant
Moderna is studying whether booster doses could be necessary after finding its Covid-19 vaccine was…
In a major setback, Merck to stop developing its two Covid-19 vaccines and focus on therapies
Merck said Monday it will stop developing both of the current formulations of the Covid-19…
Covid-19 vaccine basics: Why the rollout is so slow, when it will pick up, and who can get it
It seems like it’s all anyone wants to talk about these days: Covid vaccine. …
CDC reports rare allergic reactions to Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine
The Moderna Covid-19 vaccine, like the one made by Pfizer and BioNTech, appears to induce…
With painstaking effort, Black doctors’ group takes aim at Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy
In September, after the Food and Drug Administration authorized Covid-19 treatments based more on presidential…
Covid-19 vaccine supply is running low. Here’s how Biden hopes to fix that
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is willing to consider almost anything to boost the nation’s…
Opinion: Antibody-assisted vaccination will speed the path to protection
After almost a year of pandemic terror, the end is in sight. But you still…