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5 Things That Could Go Wrong With A Coronavirus Vaccine

getty According to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, a coronavirus vaccine could be ready for distribution within months.  “We feel cautiously optimistic that we will have a vaccine by the end of this year and as we go into 2021,” he told lawmakers on July 31, adding, “the plans now allow… Read More: 5 Things That Could Go Wrong With A Coronavirus Vaccine »

Who should get the Covid-19 vaccine first? It’s way trickier than you might think

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech during a visit to the Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies’ Innovation Center, a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant where components for a potential coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine candidate are being developed, in Morrrisville, North Carolina, U.S., July 27, 2020. Carlos Barria | Reuters The hunt is on for a vaccine for Covid-19,… Read More: Who should get the Covid-19 vaccine first? It’s way trickier… »

One day of COVID-19 drug & vaccine news provides cautious reminders

July 21, 2020 Posted By Categories Gary Schwitzer is the founder of HealthNewsReview.org and has been its publisher for 14 years. He has been a health care journalist for 47 years. He tweets as @garyschwitzer or as @HealthNewsRevu. Before I even turned on my computer yesterday, the BBC had blared this headline about a trial… Read More: One day of COVID-19 drug & vaccine news provides cautious… »

COVID-19 vaccine hunters and the ‘warp speed’ race that could test public trust

“It’s been going on since February, so you need to sleep sometime, right? At least, I can’t just go on and on and on. We work sometimes 15, 16 hours a day. I’m not going to lie and say that’s every day, because that’s just not sustainable, at least not for me, anyway. Most of… Read More: COVID-19 vaccine hunters and the ‘warp speed’ race that could… »