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Vice President-elect Kamala Harris received Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday after challenging President Donald Trump during the presidential campaign on his administration’s work on vaccinations. ‘OK, let’s do it,’ she said, as registered nurse Patricia Cummings of the United Medical Center readied the needle. ‘That was easy. Thank you. I barely felt it. I barely felt it.’ … Read more
The first Americans have received Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine after it was approved for emergency use authorization. Just three days after being approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), initial shipments left a distribution center in the Memphis area. Hartford Healthcare, the first healthcare system in Connecticut to get Moderna’s vaccine, received 8,800 doses … Read more
Donald Trump has tweeted in celebration after a second COVID-19 vaccine was made available, with Moderna’s drug being approved by the U.S., in a world first. ‘Congratulations, the Moderna vaccine is now available!’ the president said on Friday night. It is the second coronavirus vaccine authorized in the U.S., exactly one week after Pfizer’s shot … Read more
How does the Moderna vaccine work? It works in a similar way to the jab from Pfizer/BioNTech. Coronavirus is studded with “spike proteins” that it uses to enter human cells. Covid-19 vaccines target this spike protein. The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines use synthetic messenger RNA (mRNA), a genetic material that contains information about the spike … Read more
Experts have officially endorsed Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine, all but assuring the shot will get the FDA’s emergency approval by the end of the week. FDA experts are meeting today to decide whether to endorse Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine to be approved by the agency. Agency scientists confirmed that the shot is more than 94 percent effective … Read more
Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine could get emergency FDA approval as early as Thursday, Dr Anthony Fauci said Wednesday afternoon. A panel of expert advisors to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will met tomorrow to discuss whether to recommend that the agency authorize the second shot to be given to Americans. ‘Tomorrow, the FDA will hopefully … Read more
US buys ANOTHER 100 million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for $2.6 billion bringing its total stock from the firm to 200 million after the Trump administration turned down its chance to buy extra doses of Pfizer’s shot The US government exercised its option to buy another 100 million doses of Moderna’s vaccine for about … Read more
The Covid vaccine wars: Pfizer now says its jab is 95% effective AND safe… days after Moderna’s breakthrough By Sam Blanchard Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 11:56 GMT, 18 November 2020 | Updated: 12:04 GMT, 18 November 2020 Pfizer and BioNTech now claim their coronavirus vaccine is 95 per cent effective, upgrading an earlier … Read more
The UK could end up paying more than twice as much as the US for Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine after officials scrambled to iron out a last-minute deal yesterday. Moderna, based in Massachusetts, today confirmed it had agreed to supply Britain with five million doses of its jab starting in March 2021 if it’s approved by … Read more
A second coronavirus vaccine has been proven to work as US pharmaceutical company Moderna today revealed its jab is 94.5 per cent effective – but the UK hasn’t bought any of it. Early results from the company’s final stage of clinical trials bring another landmark success in the global race to end the pandemic, after … Read more