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One-Dose Vaccine on its Way: New Tool May Arrest Pandemic’s Progression
An Advisory Committee has just recommended the FDA grant emergency authorization use to a new, one-dose COVID-19 vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson/Janssen. Dr. Jeff Aeschlimann, Infectious Diseases Pharmacist Specialist at UConn Health and of the UConn School of Pharmacy, shares more about the third COVID-19 vaccine to be recommended for FDA-authorized emergency use, how it works differently than the other vaccines, and what new hope the single shot may bring with it.
Q: Why has the FDA granted emergency authorization use of the J&J/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine and how soon will it be available?
The 4-1-1 on the Moderna Vaccine
UConn Today sat down with Dr. Jeff Aeschlimann, Infectious Diseases Pharmacist Specialist at UConn Health, to learn more about the second COVID-19 vaccine to be authorized for emergency use by the FDA and its maker Moderna. Find out just how this vaccine works, and how it stacks up to the first vaccine authorized for emergency […]
Victoria Lemme, RN, of the NICU receiving the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on December 30 from UConn Health Vaccinator Elizabeth Haskell (Photo by UConn Health/Lauren Woods). Copy Link
UConn Today sat down with Dr. Jeff Aeschlimann, Infectious Diseases Pharmacist Specialist at UConn Health, to learn more about the second COVID-19 vaccine to be authorized for emergency use by the FDA and its maker Moderna. Find out just how this vaccine works, and how it stacks up to the first vaccine authorized for emergency use made by Pfizer. Learn more from Aeschlimann who also serves as an associate professor in th
Connecticut declines to send names, birthdays of vaccine recipients to CDC
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Dr. Diana Rodriguez receives the COVID-19 vaccine with the first batch of Moderna’s vaccine at Hartford Hospital on Dec. 21.JOSEPH PREZIOSO / AFP via Getty Images
WASHINGTON In order to ship to millions of vaccine doses and quickly put shots in arms, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is gathering unprecedented amounts of data on Americans who receive the COVID-19 vaccine from states who usually keep this information largely to themselves.
When individuals get the COVID-19 vaccine in Connecticut, the doctor, nurse or pharmacist will enter their name, which company’s vaccine they received and other information into a state immunization database. The state will then share some of this data with the CDC on a regular basis.