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By Maria Caspani and Anurag Maan NEW YORK (Reuters) - As the events that unfolded in Washington on Wednesday captured the nations attention, the raging coronavirus pandemic claimed its highest U.S. death toll yet, killing more than 4,000 people in a single day, according to a Reuters tally. COVID-19 hospitalizations stood at 132,051, stetting a grim record for the fourth day in a row as of late Wednesday night, a Reuters analysis of public health data showed. As thousands of mostly unmasked...

U.S. wants faster vaccinations as pandemic worsens, job market suffers Reuters 1/7/2021 © Reuters/CALLAGHAN OHARE FILE PHOTO: Healthcare personnel work inside a COVID-19 unit in Houston By Maria Caspani and Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) - U.S. health officials sought to speed up the sluggish pace of COVID-19 vaccinations on Thursday, as the coronavirus claimed over 4,000 American lives for a second straight day and employment data showed the pandemic further stifling the job market. © Reuters...

4 Min Read (Reuters) - U.S. health officials sought to speed up the sluggish pace of COVID-19 vaccinations on Thursday, as the coronavirus claimed over 4,000 American lives for a second straight day and employment data showed the pandemic further stifling the job market. As of Thursday, roughly 6 million people across the United States had received a first injection of the two-shot vaccines, accounting for less than one-third of more than 21 million doses shipped to date, according to the U.S. ...

U.S. officials report more severe allergic reactions to COVID-19 vaccines By Manas Mishra and Julie Steenhuysen FILE PHOTO: Health Care workers receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine in Florida (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Wednesday it is carefully monitoring allergic reactions to the coronavirus vaccines from Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc and urged individuals who had a serious reaction not to get the second dose. In a conference ca...

By Manas Mishra and Julie Steenhuysen Jan 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Wednesday it is carefully monitoring allergic reactions to the coronavirus vaccines from Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc and urged individuals who had a serious reaction not to get the second dose. In a conference call with reporters, the U.S. public health agency said allergic reactions are occurring at a rate of 11.1 per 1 million vaccinations. That compared with flu vaccines, ...

Exclusive: Drugmakers to hike prices for 2021 as pandemic, political pressure put revenues at risk By Michael Erman and Carl ODonnell FILE PHOTO: Customers wait in line in the pharmacy department at a Target store in the Brooklyn borough of New York NEW YORK (Reuters) – Drugmakers including Pfizer Inc, Sanofi SA, and GlaxoSmithKline Plc plan to raise U.S. prices on more than 300 drugs in the United States on Jan. 1, according to drugmakers and data analyzed by healthcare research ...

Vaccinations move to nursing homes as pandemic rages in California By Carl ODonnell and Richa Naidu Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination in in West Hartford, Connecticut NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. government and two of the nation’s largest pharmacy chains on Monday began inoculating nursing home residents against COVID-19, among the first Americans besides healthcare workers to get the vaccine. The vaccinations, carried out under a program led by Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc ...

Fifty million people in U.S. to have first COVID-19 shot by end January - Azar Reuters 21/12/2020 © Reuters/POOL Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination in in West Hartford, Connecticut NEW YORK (Reuters) - About 50 million people in the United States will have had the first of two COVID-19 shots needed for immunization by the end of January, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said on Monday. Azar was speaking at a press conference on the first day of...

By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read FILE PHOTO: Mary Lou Galushko gives Jeanne Peters, 95, a rehab patient at The Reservoir, a nursing facility, the first coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination at the nursing home, in West Hartford, Connecticut, U.S., December 18, 2020. Stephen Dunn/Pool via REUTERS NEW YORK (Reuters) - About 50 million people in the United States will have had the first of two COVID-19 shots needed for immunization by the end of January, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Ser...

Marks said that allergic reactions to PEG could be somewhat more common than previously understood. Written By: Michael Erman / Reuters | 10:33 pm, Dec. 18, 2020 × A vial of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is seen ahead of being administered at the Royal Victoria Hospital, on the first day of the largest immunization program in the British history, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Dec. 8. Liam McBurney/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo NEW YORK, Dec 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Dr...