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5 things you need to know as Johnson & Johnson submits application for COVID vaccine FacebookTwitterEmail This Dec. 2, 2020 photo provided by Johnson & Johnson shows vials of the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine in the United States. On Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, Johnson & Johnson has asked U.S. regulators to clear the world’s first single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, an easier-to-use option that could boost scarce supplies. (Johnson & Johnson via AP)Associated Press Johnson & Johnson has filed an application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization of its one-dose COVID-19 vaccine. If approved, the vaccine produced by Janssen Pharmaceuticals, its Belgium-based subsidiary, would be the third COVID vaccine and first one-dose COVID vaccine available in the nation. ....
COVID Help Desk: Answering your questions on vaccine ingredients, allergies and more FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 A nurse measures vaccine doses before administering them at Minute Maid Park Jan. 16. The city has now launched a drive-thru site at Delmar Stadium with United Memorial Medical Center. The site only is open to people with appointments.Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 2of5 Registered nurse Wanda Parker prepares a dose of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for Houston Fire Department District 20 Chief Patrick Rocha Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020, at Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital in Houston. Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital started vaccinating Houston firefighters last week.Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less ....
COVID Help Desk: Your questions answered on vaccine ingredients, allergies and more By Gwendolyn Wu, Staff writer Information is changing rapidly as the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps the country, infection rates surge and dip and health care providers roll out the coronavirus vaccine across the country. That’s what the Houston Chronicle’s COVID-19 Help Desk is here to get right. Every week, a Chronicle reporter will take readers’ questions about how the virus works and what to expect with the vaccine. What’s in the ingredient list of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines? The U.S. Food and Drug Administration published the ingredients of both vaccines online as part of their emergency use authorizations. Pfizer-BioNTech s vaccine includes mRNA, lipids, potassium chloride, monobasic potassium phosphate, sodium chloride, dibasic sodium phosphate dihydrate and sucrose. Moderna s vaccine includes messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA), lipids, tromethamine ....