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Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine becomes second jab to be cleared by FDA for use in US
AFP/Washington Filed on December 18, 2020 | Last updated on March 19, 2021 at 02.20 pm
In this file photo shows a bottle reading Vaccine Covid-19 next to the Moderna biotech company logo. AFP
The US, which has recorded more than 17 million cases of the virus, will probably become the first country to approve the Moderna vaccine.
An advisory committee to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given the thumbs up to the country s second coronavirus vaccine, paving the way for six million doses of Moderna s Covid-19 jab to start nationwide delivery on Monday.
Stretchable micro-supercapacitors to self-power wearable devices
A team of international researchers, led by Huanyu “Larry” Cheng, Dorothy Quiggle Career Development Professor in Penn State s Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, has developed a self-powered, stretchable system that will be used in wearable health-monitoring and diagnostic devices.
Image: Penn State College of Engineering
Stretchable micro-supercapacitors to self-power wearable devices
Tessa M. Pick
December 08, 2020
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. A stretchable system that can harvest energy from human breathing and motion for use in wearable health-monitoring devices may be possible, according to an international team of researchers, led by Huanyu “Larry” Cheng, Dorothy Quiggle Career Development Professor in Penn State s Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics.
Full article FDA is expected to imminently grant an emergency use authorization (EUA), which would make Moderna s vaccine the second approved in a Western country
US panel of experts on Thursday voted to recommend emergency approval of Moderna s Covid-19 vaccine, paving the way for six million doses to start shipping as soon as this weekend.
The Food and Drug Administration is now expected to imminently grant an emergency use authorization (EUA), which would make Moderna s vaccine the second to be approved in a Western country. The panel voted 20 in favor, none against, with one abstention.
They had been asked to answer the question: Based on the totality of scientific evidence available, do the benefits of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine outweigh its risks for use in individuals 18 years of age and older?
US decides to approve Moderna s COVID-19 vaccine on emergency basis, says FT report
18 Dec 2020
Gulf Today Report
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decided on Thursday night to approve Moderna Inc s coronavirus vaccine on an emergency basis, the Financial Times (FT) reported, citing people close to the process.
The report comes after the FDA said it informed Moderna that it would rapidly work towards the finalisation and issuance of emergency use authorisation (EUA) for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, according to commissioner Stephen Hahn.
Medics transport a woman, 77, with COVID-19 symptoms to a hospital in Yonkers, New York. AFP
On Thursday, a panel of outside advisers to the FDA overwhelmingly endorsed the emergency use of Moderna s coronavirus vaccine, virtually assuring a second option for protecting against COVID-19 for a pandemic ravaged nation.