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Jim, poppy? >> elizabeth, thank you very much. it will be very welcome, i know, around the world. lets bring in to discuss this and a lot more, dr. mark mcclellan, director for health policy. former fda commissioner. now serves on the board of johnson & johnson. a lot to get to on all these fronts. can you speak to the impact you expect to this to have, the united states 500 million doses, as jim said, but i would suspect we need other wealthy nations with an excess of vaccine to do the same. ...

>> pretty surreal, you know, from the moment we looked out and saw you on our doorstep. >> reporter: if cash isnt enough to encourage more americans to roll up their sleeves, officials hope their warnings about the fast-spreading delta variant may do the trick. >> this variant is more transmissible than the uk variant, more transmissible crthan the virus we were dealing with last year and also some concern it may be more dangerous as well. >> reporter: good news for j&js single dose vaccine. the...

Today is the nitty gritty, the lonlistics and practicalities of doing clinical trials in children as young as five or even as young as six months of age. >> this morning, moderna filed for mrnl use authorization of its vaccine for 12 to 17-year-olds. pfizers eua was expanded for 5 to 15-year-olds late last month b a quarter of that age group has now had at least one shot. >> if everybody else gets vaccinated percentage wise, children will be the most susceptible section of our population to get ...

The number of North Carolinians getting vaccinated is beginning to plateau. One Duke expert says that may be an issue as pandemic restrictions are rapidly lifted.

New Covid-19 Testing Guidance Helps Businesses Protect Employees and Customers 05.24.21 Washington, DC— With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announcing new guidance for fully vaccinated and unvaccinated people about where and when to wear masks, businesses across the country need guidance about how to protect their employees and customers. A new report by the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, with support from The Rockefeller Foundation, provides businesses and organiz...

How The Covid-19 Vaccine Injected Billions Into Big Pharma—And Made Its Executives Very Rich POOL/AFP via Getty Images An exclusive excerpt from  by Nina Burleigh Before the Covid-19 pandemic, Big Pharma had been easing out of the vaccine business for decades. By 2019, the major vaccine makers supplying America had dwindled to a handful of large companies—Merck, Sanofi, Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson. Because vaccines are only used once or twice—as opposed to medicines that peopl...

‘Where is the plan?’: Biden pressed on global vaccine strategy Dan Diamond, Tyler Pager Since the day he became president, Joe Biden has looked beyond the nation’s shores when discussing his strategy to combat the coronavirus. “History is going to measure whether we’re up to the task. I believe we are,” Biden said on Jan. 21, unveiling a seven-goal, 200-page plan that he vowed would curb the virus here and abroad while preparing for future pandemics. But almo...

Today a patients ZIP code can say a lot about their life expectancy and health outcomes. In the U.S. especially, healthcare costs are high, leaving some without access to care. This has left innovators to look to digital as a way to help in scaling care and lowering costs. Big tech especially is jumping into the healthcare game. During a panel at the Vatican Conference on health this morning, Dr. David Feinberg, vice president and head of Google Health, and Dr. Mark McClellan, director of the ...

  With the coronavirus pandemic spiraling out of control in India and other developing regions, the United States this week committed to sharing 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine with other countries. But thats a drop in the bucket. The U.S. has bought or contracted to buy more than 1 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines. Thats enough to vaccinate the U.S. population at least twice, with plenty left over. Medical ethicists told CNN the country has a moral duty to share those dos...

ZIP Advertisement Does the US have to share vaccines with other countries? Heres what medical ethicists have to say Share Updated: 10:53 AM CDT May 2, 2021 Dakin Andone, CNN Does the US have to share vaccines with other countries? Heres what medical ethicists have to say Share Updated: 10:53 AM CDT May 2, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript I can tell you right now, I am looking at a million test kits out of Travis. Im looking at several thousands, if not...