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Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Pfizer, data in hand, persuaded the FDA to allow shipping and storage of its COVID vaccine at standard freezer temperatures for up to 2 weeks. As of 8:00 a.m. ET on Friday, the unofficial COVID-19 toll in the U.S. reached 28,413,746 cases and 508,314 deaths -- up 77,180 and 2,415 respectively, since this time yesterday. In partnership with Boston Children's Hospital and Castlight Health, the CDC launched a new online tool to help connect Americans with vaccine appointments. ( NPR) "Nerd immunity": A new study suggested that wear...

email article WASHINGTON -- The White House will ship more than 25 million masks to 1,300 community health centers and 60,000 food pantries during the month of March as a way of encouraging people to "mask up" to fight COVID-19, officials said Wednesday. "Not all Americans are wearing masks regularly, not all Americans have access, and not all masks are equal," said Jeff Zients, the White House's COVID-19 response coordinator, at a briefing with reporters. "With this action, we are helping to level the playing field, giving all Americans quality, well-fitting masks ... The action we'r...

email article Listen and subscribe on Apple, Stitcher, Spotify, and Google, so you don't miss the next episode. And if you like what you hear, a five-star rating goes a long way in helping us "Track the Vax"! As the U.S. hits the half-million death mark from COVID-19 -- a grim milestone that is equal to roughly the entire population of Atlanta and more than that of Miami -- a new weapon is being added to the COVID-19 vaccine arsenal. Johnson & Johnson is seeking emergency use authorization for what would become the U.S.'s first one-dose and non-mRNA COVID vaccine. It employs adenovi...

Multi-national trial provides more data, different endpoints than prior vaccines

email article Listen and subscribe on Apple, Stitcher, Spotify, and Google, so you don't miss the next episode. And if you like what you hear, a five-star rating goes a long way in helping us "Track the Vax"! Nearly 1.5 million Americans are being vaccinated every day against COVID-19. Allergic reactions have led some to question if they should get the vaccine; and scant data from clinical trials for the currently approved vaccines in vulnerable populations means we don't fully know how those with certain conditions will react. Does that mean those with certain allergies or conditions l...