Feb 23, 2021 / 10:30 AM EST
(CNN) Vaccine advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration will meet Friday to discuss whether to recommend Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use authorization.
The vaccine is the third under consideration for the US market, and would be the first single-dose Covid-19 shot available here. Like the earlier Covid-19 vaccines, it was developed and tested at a remarkable pace, condensing into months what might have taken years before the pandemic.
But there are few answers on what will happen if and when it is authorized. The White House said Monday it has not made any plans yet for distributing the vaccine if it wins authorization. There are vague totals of how many doses will be available immediately and no word on exactly where those doses will go.
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by Provost Peggy Agouris | February 19, 2021
Provost Peggy Agouris sent the following message to the campus community on Feb. 19, 2021. - Ed.
Dear Colleagues,
I write to share the news that Leonard G. “Len” Schifrin, Chancellor Professor of Economics, Emeritus, died peacefully at home on February 4, 2021. He was born in Monticello, NY on December 18, 1932. His late parents were Isidore and Sophie Diamond Schifrin, both of whom had come to America as youngsters with their respective families. Professor Schifrin never forgot that he was the son of immigrants, a first-generation American, ever grateful to this country.
Professor Schifrin received his bachelor’s degree in Economics in 1954 from the University of Texas and, after service with the First Armored Division of the United States Army during the Korean Conflict, returned to UT for his master’s degree in 1958. Continuing his education, he earned h
On Wednesday, the Planning and Transportation Commission struggled to reconcile the need to help the shopping destination and the need to ensure that the mall remains primarily a retail center.
When Can I Get Vaccinated? 30 Common Questions About COVID-19, Answered
By Rachel Clark, Stacker News
AND Anna Funk, Stacker News
On 2/8/21 at 6:30 PM EST
As COVID-19 cases continue to surge in states across the United States, people want clear and accurate answers to pressing questions about how to manage daily life in the face of this dangerous virus. Given what we know about the extremely contagious nature of the novel coronavirus and its new variants, and its high rate of serious health impacts and death, it helps to know how to continue to keep yourself and others safe while living life as normally as the pandemic allows.