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US shifts strategy as vaccinations slow

May 06, 2021

A version of this story appeared in the May 5 edition of CNN's Coronavirus: Fact vs. Fiction newsletter. Sign up here to receive the need-to-know headlines every weekday . (CNN) America's vaccination pace is slowing, putting President Joe Biden's pledge for normality from July 4 in jeopardy. To tackle the threat, Biden on Tuesday announced a strategic shift from mass vaccination drives to utilizing more...

Health Experts Urge U.S. Government On Social Media To Donate Unused AstraZeneca Vaccines To India

Apr 27, 2021

Update: On April 26th, the White House announced that it will share 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine with other nations around the world after quality control inspections by the FDA. This week, global health experts took to social media to ask the U.S. government why it hasn’t offered its stockpile of AstraZeneca vaccines to India. There are currently tens of millions of unused...

Lack of trial data exacerbates COVID-19 vaccine inequality

Apr 20, 2021

In the past month, more than 1,000 scientific, public health, and legal experts have joined a call to global leaders to ensure access to COVID-19 vaccines for low- and middle-income countries. “The COVID-19 pandemic will not be over for us until it is over for everyone,” the authors wrote in an open letter. Now, a health expert in Argentina argues in the BMJ that, on top of supply problems, Latin...

CVS Health gears up for widespread COVID-19 vaccine distribution at pharmacies

Jan 13, 2021

CINCINNATI — As COVID-19 vaccine distribution ramps up, questions remain about how doses will get out to the public. CVS Health officials said they have the experience to get it done. What the pharmacy chain has learned from administering flu shots and COVID-19 testing will help them get doses out quickly as states move into new phases. "Retail pharmacies are the foundation of the approach here. Both because we...

Key committee endorses Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, paving way for clearance by FDA and vaccinations in US to begin

Dec 10, 2020

A committee of leading U.S. vaccine scientists recommended Thursday that the Food and Drug Administration authorize the first COVID-19 vaccine for Americans. The endorsement paves the way for a final decision by the FDA and mass vaccinations to begin within days in thousands of front-line heath care workers and nursing home residents. After an eight-hour public hearing, the independent Vaccines and Related Biological...

US Withdraws Advice on Airborne Coronavirus Transmission

Sep 21, 2020

FILE - Ashley Ruiz gives herself a COVID-19 nasal swab test while sitting in a car at a drive-up CVS pharmacy in Dallas, Sept. 18, 2020. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday withdrew its statement from three days ago on how COVID-19 can spread through aerosolized droplets, saying it was posted "in error." On Friday, the CDC posted an update to...

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