[ad_1] The first large-scale COVID-19 vaccination sites in Alabama opened Monday and Tuesday in Mobile, Auburn and Hoover, a week before more than a million seniors and essential workers in the state became eligible vaccines. Staff and volunteers from Mobile, Lee County and the Hoover Met will eventually be able to administer more than 1,000 … Read more
[ad_1] In a few cases, the British coronavirus variant has developed a mutation that could help it evade current vaccines, according to press reports. The variant, known as B.1.1.7, was first identified in the UK in September 2020 and has since spread around the world, Previously reported Live Science. This variant is more contagious than … Read more
[ad_1] Almost three months after giving birth in a coma with Covid-19, a woman in Wisconsin first met her newborn baby last week. Kelsey Townsend, 32, was recently released from a hospital in Madison, Wisc., And reunited with her husband and four children, including her baby girl Lucy. She said it was “amazing” to hold … Read more
[ad_1] Health officials are investigating a COVID-19 outbreak caused by a large family gathering in North Branford, according to the East Shore District Health Department. The outbreak has involved several people with the B.1.1.7 variant strain of COVID-19, which was first discovered in the UK, officials said. A spokesperson for the State Department of Public … Read more
[ad_1] With the slow rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine – and growing concerns about the easily spread variant of the virus – many people are looking to improve their facial coverage. Sheet masks have become commonplace in an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus. However, more and more people are looking for higher … Read more
[ad_1] Moderna is calling on US regulators to approve what he says could be a remarkably simple proposal to speed up the vaccination of Americans against the coronavirus: fill the empty space in its vials with up to 50% more doses. The Food and Drug Administration could decide in a few weeks to allow Moderna, … Read more
[ad_1] Upstart drugmaker Moderna is asking U.S. regulators to allow it to increase the amount of coronavirus vaccine put in each vial by up to 50%, arguing it can speed vaccines to patients by eliminating a simple manufacturing bottleneck: bottling drugs. The Food and Drug Administration could decide within a few weeks how much vaccine … Read more
[ad_1] What happened Actions of Modern (NASDAQ: ARNM) were trading down 2.5% at 12:07 am EST Tuesday after falling 6.1% earlier in the session. The company said on Monday it was proposing to start filling vials with up to 15 doses of its COVID-19 vaccine instead of the current 10 doses. This approach would help … Read more
[ad_1] By Estelle Shirbon, Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – The British variant of the coronavirus has developed a worrying new mutation in a small number of cases, which scientists say makes it similar to the South African and Brazilian variants and could reduce the effectiveness of vaccines. People line up at a testing center amid … Read more
[ad_1] HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) – A University of Houston study found that a third of Texans are likely to refuse a COVID-19 vaccine, and that reluctance is especially true among communities of color. The study comes as CDC data recently revealed that among those vaccinated in the first month, only 11% were Hispanic, 5% were … Read more