Pfizer’s and BioNTech’s combined manufacturing network has the potential to supply worldwide up to 50 million vaccine doses in 2020 and up to 1.3 billion doses by the end of 2021
Dec 3
White House coronavirus task force suggests that if state and local policies do not reflect the seriousness of the current situation, all public health officials must alert the state population directly
CDC still recommends staying home for 14 days after contact with a person who has coronavirus as the best way to reduce transmission but said it hopes the shorter alternatives will increase compliance
Dec 2
Coronavirus vaccine should go to healthcare workers and long-term care facility residents first, recommends CDC’s advisory panel
Dec 1
CDC scientists found antibodies to coronavirus in 106 samples taken from blood donated by 7,389 people in the US in December 2019 and January 2020
The efficacy was reportedly consistent across age, race, ethnicity and gender
Nov 30
Dr Joseph Varon, chief of staff at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas, said the patient was crying as he wanted to be with his wife
He urged travelers to be safe when returning from holiday travels, encouraging them to quarantine if possible and to get tested
Nov 29
6,265 Covid-19 cases were recorded in New York State on November 24, the highest since April
Nov 27
Suitcase-size boxes packed with dry ice have been created by Pfizer to keep its coronavirus vaccine doses cold
According to their analysis, the 'Covid-19 pandemic was inevitable in 2020 and the Wuhan epidemic was only a part of it'
Among 156 frontline healthcare workers in the US who tested positive for Covid-19 antibodies at the start of the study, 28% did not have enough antibodies to test positive 60 days later
Nov 26
If the staff have medical reasons or 'sincerely held religious beliefs' that prevent them from taking a potential coronavirus vaccine, employers may be required to offer them alternatives
Nov 25
It could potentially be the 'mother of all super-spreader events,' said Dr Jonathan Reiner, a former White House medical team adviser
A report indicates that the recommended time may be reduced from the current 14 days to between 7 to 10 days, followed by a test. The hope is it will lead to more people following expert suggestions
Nov 24
Pfizer says its vaccine candidate was well tolerated across all populations and no serious safety concerns were observed. Some experienced fatigue, and headache
Nov 23
FDA’s advisory panel to review Pfizer’s emergency use application for its vaccine candidate on December 10. Operation Warp Speed chief said if things go according to plan, enough Americans could be vaccinated by May
Nov 22
Zeng Guang, former chief epidemiologist with the Chinese CDC, cited an Italian study which suggests that Covid-19 was circulating in Italy in September 2019, months before it was reported in Wuhan in December 2019
Nov 20
The agency has advised against gathering with anyone who has not lived in the same household for at least 14 days
Nov 19
But researchers say the findings should not be used to argue against their widespread use to prevent people infecting others as they did not test the role of masks in source control, that is, reducing the spread to others from an infected person
Nov 18
Infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said delaying the presidential transition is not good from a public health perspective as daily Covid-19 cases continue to surge in the US
Nov 15
According to experts, symptom-based screening programs are ineffective because Covid-19 has a wide range of nonspecific symptoms common to other infections, and there are many asymptomatic cases
Nov 13
Almost three times higher than the ‘very high’ level, it represents 1,000 or more cases per 100,000 residents
Nov 12
The infectious disease expert emphasized that cases are rising as more people grow tired of wearing masks and social distancing, suffering from 'pandemic fatigue'
Nov 11
Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar said all Americans who would want to take a Covid-19 vaccine should have access to one by spring
Nov 10
People with pre-existing psychiatric diagnosis are 65% more likely to be diagnosed with coronavirus than those without
It is meant for children and adults, 12 years and older, with mild to moderate illness but who have high risks of getting much worse and need hospitalization
Children of Turkish immigrants, BioNTech's Sahin and Tureci are now among Germany’s richest 100 people
Nov 9
Questions such as how long the protection may last, whether it protects those who have previously had the infection and whether it stops virus transmission, remain unanswered
Among those with cancer, being older than 65 years and being male are associated with increased risk of severe events from Covid-19
Nov 8
To combat the spike in Covid-19 cases, some places in the US have announced new measures such as curfews and limited size of social gatherings
Nov 6
The 71-year-old was infected with the coronavirus for at least 105 days while showing no symptoms the entire time
Nov 5
Pregnant women aged 35-44 years with coronavirus are twice as likely to die than nonpregnant women of the same age, and the risk of preterm delivery is also greater
Nov 4
A total of 853,635 coronavirus cases among children have been reported as of October 29
Nov 2
Fauci said Joe Biden was taking the pandemic seriously from a public health perspective while the White House accused him of 'playing politics'
Nov 1
Researchers investigated the effects of large group meetings on the spread of Covid-19 by studying the impact of 18 Trump campaign rallies that were held between June 20 and September 22
Health experts have been dreading a 'twindemic' of respiratory diseases this winter, in a scenario where there is a spike in coronavirus cases as well as a severe influenza season
Oct 30
Hospitalized coronavirus patients also have an increased risk for 17 respiratory and nonrespiratory complications
Oct 29
The company said that other studies involving experimental treatment in people who have milder cases of coronavirus or who have been exposed to the virus will continue
Oct 27
'It is a contagious virus, just like the flu,' Meadows insisted
Oct 25
It will be given to people at least 12 years old and weighing at least 40 kg, who need hospitalization for their Covid-19 infection
Oct 22
Previously, close contact was defined as being within 6 feet of an infected person for at least 15 consecutive minutes. The CDC now defines it as someone within 6 feet of an infected person for a total of 15 minutes or more over 24 hours
Oct 21
Dr Feistosa was an alum of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He was reportedly treating Covid-19 patients since March in at two different hospitals in Rio de Janeiro
Blacks and Hispanics account for more than 4 out of 10 Covid-19 deaths despite representing about 3 out of 10 in the US population
Oct 20
There is no ‘backstop’ against the spread that the US is seeing, says Dr Scott Gottlieb
Oct 19
Michael Osterholm said that the US is suffering from a messaging problem created in part by the lack of a ‘lead voice’ to guide Americans through the Covid-19 crisis
Oct 18
CDC forecasts that a total of 229,000 to 240,000 coronavirus deaths will be reported by November 7 in the US
The drug is currently authorized for emergency use by the FDA for the treatment of hospitalized patients with coronavirus
Oct 17
The ice rink provides a venue that is well suited to coronavirus transmission as an indoor environment where deep breathing occurs and persons are close to one another, explains the agency
Oct 16
Once a vaccine is authorized or approved, 5% of the US population will be covered initially and this includes frontline health workers and first responders
Oct 15
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