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Direct Relief Facilitates Donations of 1.75 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses to Mexico, Belize, Bolivia and Paraguay
firstwordpharma
June 16, 2021
The governments of both the United States and Mexico turned to Direct Relief to facilitate international deliveries of more than 1.75 million shots of coronavirus vaccine between Saturday and today.
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Why Vaccinated Travelers Should Still Buy Travel Insurance according to Squaremouth
prnewswire
June 16, 2021
Most travelers who had trips impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic weren't forced to cancel their trips due to contracting the virus, according to travel insurance comparison site, Squaremouth.
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Pfizer ready to make COVID vaccines for new variants, CEO says
firstwordpharma
June 15, 2021
Pfizer's CEO Albert Bourla is expressing confidence about the efficacy of his company's COVID-19 vaccine against the Delta variant, which was first detected in India, as reported by MSN.
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Emergent Pledges FDA Improvements at Troubled Vaccine Plant
firstwordpharma
June 15, 2021
Emergent BioSolutions is promising the FDA a series of fixes in response to an inspection that led to production stopping at the company's Bayview facility in Baltimore, which had been making Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine, reported Bloomberg.
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Good News, Bad News From Alzheimer's Vaccine Trial
drugs
June 15, 2021
An experimental Alzheimer's vaccine appears to safely clear abnormal tau protein from the brain, but it's not yet clear whether the shot will be able to save brain function.
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Italy's AIFA approves using different vaccine for second dose after AstraZeneca jab
firstwordpharma
June 15, 2021
Italy's medicine agency AIFA said Italians under the age of 60 who received a first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine Vaxzevria can be given a different vaccine when they get their second dose, as reported in Yahoo!News.
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Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Over Hospital's COVID-19 Vaccine Policy
drugs
June 15, 2021
A lawsuit brought by a group of Houston Methodist employees over the hospital's mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy was dismissed Saturday by a federal judge.
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Novavax Announces Positive Results from First Study of Influenza Vaccine and COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Administered Simultaneously
firstwordpharma
June 15, 2021
Novavax, Inc. today announced data from the first co-administration study of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate [Novavax, NVX-CoV2373] and an approved influenza vaccine [Seqirus, adjuvanted, trivalent seasonal influenza vaccine.
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Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine Shines in Latest Trial
drugs
June 15, 2021
Novavax, announced Monday that its two-shot regimen was more than 90 percent effective overall in a trial that unfolded even as more contagious variants emerged.
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Pandemic Life Silver Lining: 73% Have Improved Their Self-Care
prnewswire
June 15, 2021
Americans admitting to some pandemic life silver linings according to a healthinsurance national survey of 1,000 U.S. adults.