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Dr. Scott Gottlieb estimates only about 120 million people in U.S. really want Covid vaccine

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 14:56:47 GMT

"We can't lose sight of that and just take for granted that everyone wants this vaccine," the former FDA chief told CNBC on Tuesday.

Germany discovers new Covid variant among 35 hospital patients

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 13:29:12 GMT

Germany is the latest country to discover a new mutation of the coronavirus, with a new variant found among a group of hospital patients in Bavaria.

5 things to know before the stock market opens Tuesday

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 12:55:27 GMT

Dow futures rose Tuesday, the last full day of Donald Trump's presidency ahead of Wednesday's inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.

UK hospitals are using blockchain to track the temperature of coronavirus vaccines

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 11:57:36 GMT

The aim is to keep a tamper-proof digital record of temperature-sensitive vaccines and pick up on any irregularities in their storage.

Biden Covid advisor challenges Cuomo's letter to buy vaccine directly from Pfizer

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 02:40:16 GMT

Biden's Covid Advisory Board member Dr. Celine Gounder said that Cuomo's request to buy the Pfizer vaccine directly, could cause more problems than it solves.

New York Gov. Cuomo asks to buy Covid vaccine directly from Pfizer amid dose shortages

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 19:22:25 GMT

The request comes after an alarmingly slow start to the national vaccine rollout, with the country millions of injections short of initial projections.

Coronavirus vaccine passports aren't available yet, but could be an investment for the future

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 17:10:22 GMT

While a number of tech companies are working on vaccine passports, they aren't ready yet for widespread use.

The UAE is on track to have half its population vaccinated by the end of March

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 12:46:30 GMT

More than 1.8 million people in the UAE have already received the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine — more than quadruple the per capita vaccination rate in the U.S.

World on the brink of 'catastrophic moral failure' due to unfair vaccine rollouts, WHO chief says

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 11:15:30 GMT

The WHO called on wealthier countries that had pre-ordered millions of doses of coronavirus vaccines, such as the U.S., U.K. and Europe, to share a portion of those vaccines with COVAX.

China says its economy grew 2.3% in 2020, but consumer spending fell

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 04:51:46 GMT

Gross domestic product grew by 6.5% in the fourth quarter from a year ago, official data from National Bureau of Statistics showed.

Biden CDC pick confident there's enough Covid vaccine to meet target amid confusion over stockpile

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 18:55:55 GMT

"One thing that's clear is that the issue of getting 100 million doses in the first 100 days is absolutely a doable thing," Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Sunday.

Democratic governors accuse Trump administration of misleading them about vaccine stockpile

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 22:09:03 GMT

Democratic governors criticized the Trump admin for apparently misleading public health officials about holding a stockpile of Covid-19 vaccines in reserve.

Health Secretary Alex Azar resigning on Jan. 20

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 03:53:13 GMT

Azar's resignation came after U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, another Cabinet member, and several other Trump administration officials resigned.

Biden to deploy FEMA, National Guard to set up Covid vaccine clinics across the U.S.

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 00:14:01 GMT

The Biden administration will also "quickly jumpstart" efforts to make the vaccines available at local pharmacies across the U.S.

UnitedHealth launches employer virtual primary care service

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 23:57:45 GMT

UnitedHealthcare is expanding its telehealth plans for employers to include virtual primary care, a move which Amazon has also explored

New Covid variant first found in UK could become dominant strain in U.S. by March, CDC says

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 21:30:37 GMT

"The modeled trajectory of this variant in the U.S. exhibits rapid growth in early 2021, becoming the predominant variant in March," a new CDC study says.

WHO says Covid vaccines aren’t ‘silver bullets’ and relying entirely on them has hurt nations

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 19:24:54 GMT

With global deaths reaching 2 million and new strains of the virus appearing, world leaders need to do all they can to curb infections, the WHO said.

Watch live: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo holds a press briefing on Covid pandemic

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 16:28:41 GMT

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is holding a press briefing on the coronavirus Friday as the state continues to roll out coronavirus vaccines.

Pfizer to temporarily reduce Covid vaccine deliveries to Europe

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 15:46:43 GMT

Pfizer will temporarily reduce the number of doses of its coronavirus vaccine being delivered to Europe.

A new Covid variant has been discovered in Brazil — here's what we know so far

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 14:13:47 GMT

News of the variant in Brazil comes after two separate mutant strains of the virus were discovered in the U.K. and South Africa earlier this year.