Medical economics
Are COVID vaccines still free? Why it's not so simple anymore
Changes in how COVID-19 vaccines are paid for has already caused some confusion for the first recipients who rushed to take a shot.
Sep 22, 2023
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Vaccination
COVID vaccines are not in the food supply
Anti-vaccine advocates have for years used foreboding imagery of syringes to paint immunizations as dark and dangerous. But recent vaccine conspiracy theories are casting an air of fear around more mundane things—like cows ...
Apr 25, 2023
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Vaccination
Novavax asks EU drug regulator to OK its COVID vaccine
The European Union's drug regulator said it received an application from Novavax to authorize the American biotechnology company's coronavirus vaccine, a request that could significantly boost the continent's vaccine supplies ...
Nov 17, 2021
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Vaccination
California to expand vaccine eligibility to anyone over 16
California will start vaccinating anyone 16 and over against the coronavirus starting in three weeks, expanding eligibility to the shots along with a host of other states as a long-awaited boost in vaccine supplies is in ...
Mar 25, 2021
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Vaccination
Novavax: Large study finds COVID-19 shot about 90% effective
Vaccine maker Novavax said Monday its COVID-19 shot was highly effective against the disease and also protected against variants in a large study in the U.S. and Mexico, potentially offering the world yet another weapon against ...
Jun 14, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How COVID-19 vaccines will get from the factory to your local pharmacy
Bahar Aliakbarian is an expert in supply chain management in pharmaceuticals and a professor at the School of Packaging at Michigan State University. Below, she describes the vaccine supply chains of Pfizer and Moderna, which ...
Dec 4, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Brazil's virus outlook darkens amid vaccine supply snags
April is shaping up to be Brazil's darkest month yet in the pandemic, with hospitals struggling with a crush of patients, deaths on track for record highs and few signs of a reprieve from a troubled vaccination program in ...
Apr 11, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Thai virus surge prompts concern over ICUs, vaccine supply
Health authorities in Thailand reported over 6,200 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, setting a record for a third straight day, as concerns mounted over shortages of treatment facilities and vaccine supplies.
Jul 2, 2021
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Vaccination
What will it take to make COVID-19 vaccines globally available?
The world has bet big on vaccines as the best route for creating the level of herd immunity needed to achieve manageable levels of infections and deaths—a process that typically takes 10 to 15 years but one that we are ...
Oct 19, 2020
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Medical economics
Public health clinics running out of monkeypox vaccine as lines form and systems crash
As lines stretched around the block at San Francisco General Hospital with people waiting to get vaccinated against monkeypox, public health officials said Wednesday the city had only 50 remaining doses.
Jul 14, 2022
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