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Health Care Workers, Nursing Home Residents to Get First Vaccines: Panel

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1, 2020 — Health care workers and people in nursing homes should be at the front of the line for upcoming COVID-19 vaccines, a U.S. In 2021, five to 10 million doses of vaccine are anticipated to ship each week. Food and Drug Administration hasn’t yet authorized the two leading vaccines for emergency use.

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Britain Approves Emergency Use of Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine

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Britain Approves Emergency Use of Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine. 2, 2020 — Britain became the first Western country to allow emergency use of a COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday after approving the Pfizer vaccine candidate in the race to inoculate millions of people around the globe. © 2020 HealthDay. WEDNESDAY, Dec.

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Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Receives Emergency Use Authorization

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14, 2020 — The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine has received the first emergency use authorization (EUA) for a COVID-19 vaccine in the United States. The vaccine is administered in two doses three weeks apart. Researchers found the vaccine was 95 percent effective in preventing COVID-19. MONDAY, Dec.

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Are We Getting Closer to a Herpes Vaccine?

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16, 2020 — Scientists are reporting early success with an experimental herpes vaccine that uses a genetically modified version of the virus. So far, the vaccine has only been tested in lab animals. So far, the vaccine has only been tested in lab animals. MONDAY, Nov.

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mRNA vaccines slash risk of COVID-19 infection by 91% in fully vaccinated people

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People who receive mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are up to 91 percent less likely to develop the disease than those who are unvaccinated, according to a new nationwide study of eight sites, including Salt Lake City. Those who unfortunately got COVID-19 despite being vaccinated were still better off than those who didn’t.”

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Coronavirus: Health workers' army to be trained to deliver Covid vaccine

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The government plans to train up an army of health professionals to be ready to give the coronavirus vaccine, if and when one is shown to work. This could include pharmacists, who already deliver flu vaccines, midwives and physiotherapists. But a vaccine is not expected to be ready before Christmas.

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FDA Set to Approve Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine

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11, 2020 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to approve emergency use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine as early as Saturday after its advisory panel cleared the way for the start of a national campaign to inoculate Americans and stem the spread of COVID-19. FRIDAY, Dec. Who is first in line?

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