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Cashiers wearing protective masks work in a grocery store in Brooklyn, N.Y. in April. An expert panel that advises the CDC recommended that grocery store workers be in the second Covid-19 vaccine priority group. Stephanie Keith/Getty Images An expert panel that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Sunday that adults aged 75 and older, as well as frontline essential workers, be designated as the second priority group to be vaccinated against Covid-1...

Moderna’s covid-19 vaccine could widen immunization effort A Food and Drug Administration vaccine-advisory panel voted in favor of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine for broad distribution, clearing the way for the FDA to grant an emergency-use authorization for the second vaccine in the US (Photo: AFP) Peter Loftus , The Wall Street Journal The vaccine can be more easily shipped and handled than Pfizer’s, helping smaller hospitals and rural areas overcome logistical hurdles Share Via Read Full...

Front-line essential workers and adults 75 and over should be next to get the coronavirus vaccine, a CDC advisory group says Lena H. Sun, Isaac Stanley-Becker © Paul Sancya/Pool/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Boxes containing Modernas coronavirus vaccine, which were authorized for emergency use by federal regulators Friday, are prepared to be shipped Sunday from a distribution center in Olive Branch, Miss. (Paul Sancya/Pool/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) Grocery store employees, teachers,...

Crains editorial: As a strange and mostly terrible year ends, there is a new hope Print This strange and mostly terrible year ends, ironically enough, with a measure of hope in the form of vaccines that, if all goes as planned, will help us return to something approaching normal life in 2021. We dont usually find inspiration in the movement of FedEx and UPS trucks, but watching footage of vehicles taking the first doses of COVID-19 vaccines to hospitals across the country was immensely satisfyi...

Feds need COVID-19 vaccine data to track safety and fairness but some skeptics fret about privacy Dallas-area Rep. Lance Gooden stokes fear of mandatory federal registry and contact tracing, as governor and others work to dispel misinformation. WASHINGTON — As the White House celebrated the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines and some lawmakers lined up for doses, one Texas congressman raised the specter of coercion that doesn’t exist and isn’t under discussion. “Would you feel comfortable tak...

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Feds need COVID-19 vaccine data to track safety and fairness, but some skeptics fret about privacy Elizabeth Thompson and Todd J. Gillman, The Dallas Morning News © SAUL LOEB/AFP/TNS U.S. Vice President Mike Pence receives the COVID-19 vaccine in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 18, 2020. WASHINGTON – As the White House celebrated the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines and some lawmakers lined up for doses, one Texas congressman raised the spe...

Some U.S. States Say Feds Cutting Vaccine Allocations by 40% Bloomberg 12/18/2020 John Tozzi and Angelica LaVito © Bloomberg A nurse prepares a Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at McLeod Health Clarendon Hospitals in Manning, South Carolina, U.S., on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. The first Covid-19 vaccine shots were administered by U.S. hospitals Monday, the initial step in a historic drive to immunize millions of people as deaths exceed the 300,000 mark. (Bloomberg) -- A rift ...

Some U.S. States Say Feds Cutting Vaccine Allocations by 40% Bloomberg 12/18/2020 John Tozzi and Angelica LaVito © Bloomberg A nurse prepares a Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at McLeod Health Clarendon Hospitals in Manning, South Carolina, U.S., on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. The first Covid-19 vaccine shots were administered by U.S. hospitals Monday, the initial step in a historic drive to immunize millions of people as deaths exceed the 300,000 mark. (Bloomberg) -- A rift ...

Moderna’s Covid-19 Vaccine Could Widen Immunization Effort BY PETER LOFTUS – The Wall Street Journal.   Health officials across the U.S. are counting on the arrival of a second Covid-19 vaccine to boost scarce supplies and sidestep logistical issues encountered by the first vaccine, which began distribution this week. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration may issue an emergency authorization for a vaccine from Moderna Inc. as early as Friday after an advisory panel recommend...