Vaccinations

Under pressure over slow vaccine rollouts, EU considers switch to emergency approvals

Tue, 2021-03-02 20:06 — mike kraft

EU, under pressure over vaccine rollouts, considers switch to emergency approvals The European Commission said on Tuesday that it was considering emergency approvals for COVID-19 vaccines as a faster alternative to more rigorous conditional marketing authorisations which have been used so far. Francesco Guarascio U.S.

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UPDATE: Florida's DeSantis faces renewed criticism over Covid-19 vaccination clinics in upscale communities

Tue, 2021-03-02 18:20 — mike kraft

Florida's DeSantis faces criticism over Covid-19 vaccination clinics in upscale communities Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is facing bipartisan criticism and a call for a federal investigation after the state set up invitation-only Covid-19 vaccination clinics in at least two upscale communities. Rosa Flores and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN CNN

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Texas. Mississipi drop mask requirements

Tue, 2021-03-02 18:11 — mike kraft

Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas announced on Tuesday that he was abandoning the state’s face mask requirement imposed amid the coronavirus pandemic and will allow businesses to operate at full capacity, saying “it is now time to open Texas 100 percent.”

The wide-reaching announcement in Texas came as similar rules were being lifted elsewhere: Restaurants, schools, movie theaters and bars are reopening and shedding restrictions in some of the nation’s biggest cities and most populous states, prompting more Americans to emerge after months of isolation and bringing the country closer to a semblance of life before the coronavirus pandemic.

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Biden says there will be enough vaccine doses for every adult in America by May

Tue, 2021-03-02 17:55 — mike kraft

There will be enough vaccine doses for every adult in America by May, Biden says President Joe Biden said that there will be enough vaccine supply for every adult in America by the end of May, thanks to ramped up production and the authorization of a third vaccine by Johnson & Johnson. By <a href="/profiles/jessie-yeung">Jessie Yeung</a>, <a href="/profiles/brett-mckeehan">Brett McKeehan</a>, Rob Picheta, Kareem Khadder and Ed Upright, CNN CNN

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Merck will join with rival Johnson & Johnson to step up J&J's Covid vaccine production

Tue, 2021-03-02 17:48 — mike kraft

Under a White House-brokered deal, Merck will help boost supplies of its rival Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine

The pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co will help manufacture the new Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine under an unusual deal, brokered by the White House, that could substantially increase the supply of the new vaccine and ramp up the pace of vaccination just as worrisome new variants of the virus have been found in the United States.

The arrangement, first reported by The Washington Post on Tuesday, comes just days after the Food and Drug Administration granted emergency authorization to the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

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