COVID-19: Vaccines and Therapeutics
The Uber app is offering up to $25 off each ride to and from an eligible vaccination site between May 24 and July 4, for up to two round-trips rides spaced three weeks apart, the company announced yesterday.
Moderna said it will submit its data to the Food and Drug Administration in early June as part of a requested expansion of its emergency use authorization to include teens and adolescents.
Kimberly Avila Edwards, M.D., director of advocacy and external affairs at Austin, Texas-based Dell Children's Medical Center, and Jaeson Fournier, CEO at CommUnityCare Health Centers, discuss their successful mass vaccination campaign targeting the Latino community.
In this podcast, Rochelle Archuleta, director of post acute care policy for the AHA, is joined by Dr. Kimberly Avila Edwards, Director of Advocacy and External Affairs, and Jaeson Fournier, chief executive officer at Community Care, about their collaboration to develop a successful mass vaccination…
As of early May, nearly a third of the U.S. population was fully vaccinated, and new coronavirus cases had decreased.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will host a May 25 webinar on funding available through its Public Assistance Program to help private nonprofit medical facilities and state and local governments promote and increase public confidence in COVID-19 vaccination.
The Food and Drug Administration authorized storing thawed, undiluted vials of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at refrigerator temperatures (35°F to 46°F) for up to 30 days after the company submitted data showing the vials can remain stable that long, up from the previously authorized five days.
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As efforts continue accelerating to encourage people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and to administer shots in arms across the country, attention has turned to rural
COVID-19 vaccination coverage was about 7 percentage points lower in rural counties than in urban counties as of April 10, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported today.