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Britain Approves Emergency Use of Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine

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Still, the temperature requirement could dictate who will be vaccinated first in Britain: While nursing home residents were supposed to be the top priority under an advisory committee’s plans, efforts to limit transportation of the vaccine may mean that National Health Service staff will receive the shots first, the Times reported.

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New Data Show Treatment with Lilly’s Neutralizing Antibodies Bamlanivimab (LY-CoV555) and Etesevimab (LY-CoV016) Together Reduced Risk of COVID-19 Hospitalizations and Death by 70 Percent

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In the trial, the safety profile of bamlanivimab and etesevimab together was consistent with observations from other Phase 1, Phase 2 and Phase 3 trials evaluating these antibodies. Serious adverse events were reported at a similar frequency in the bamlanivimab and etesevimab together and placebo groups.

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FDA Clears Second COVID Vaccine for Emergency Use

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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Moderna’s vaccine was shown to be 94 percent effective in its large clinical trial; Pfizer’s vaccine was 95 percent effective. Doctors say this reflects India’s younger and leaner population. “I believe that’s possible.”

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FDA Says It Will Quickly Approve Moderna’s COVID Vaccine

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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Moderna’s vaccine was shown to be 94 percent effective in its large clinical trial, while Pfizer’s vaccine was 95 percent effective. Doctors say this reflects India’s younger and leaner population. billion, the Post reported.

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As U.S. Decides Who Gets COVID Vaccine Next, More Infectious Strain Seen in Britain

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. “To get another very important vaccine into play is just, yet again, another step toward what the ultimate goal is: to get enough people vaccinated so you could essentially end the epidemic as we know it in this country,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told the Washington Post.

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Congress Passes Pandemic Economic Relief Package

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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Monday. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Moderna’s vaccine was shown to be 94 percent effective in its large clinical trial; Pfizer’s vaccine was 95 percent effective. “It very well might be here for all we know.”

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Pfizer Nears Deal to Provide More COVID Vaccine to Americans

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That includes two companies — Sanofi and Novavax — that have yet to begin large clinical trials in the United States. Residents of nursing homes, who have suffered a disproportionate share of COVID-19 deaths, are already getting shots. Doctors say this reflects India’s younger and leaner population.