It was a week of welcome news and encouraging milestones in the COVID-19 response, especially in the U.S., where the federal government passed a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package and President Biden announced a goal to...more
New guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and vaccine news from the White House highlight another week in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
New CDC Findings and Recommendations -
According to...more
With Inauguration Day rapidly approaching, President-elect Biden has announced an ambitious vaccination plan, and the federal government has signaled a change to its vaccine distribution process, among other COVID-19...more
In an otherwise troubling week, there are some positive developments in the COVID-19 response, including progress in the development of a new vaccine.
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A milestone in the vaccine approval process and a bipartisan relief package proposal highlighted a busy week in the COVID-19 response.
COVID-19 Relief Package -
This week, a group of bipartisan senators put forth the...more
As countries in the Western Hemisphere prepare for the first shipments of vaccines, researchers continue to release new COVID-19 findings.
Vaccine News Galore!
U.K. Approves COVID-19 Vaccine, Ahead in the Western World:...more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is urging individuals to refrain from traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday, as many states and communities in the U.S. have begun to enact additional control measures in...more
Positive news is emerging on the vaccine front in the fight against COVID-19, as one vaccine candidate is reported to have prevented more than 90% of symptomatic infections in clinical trials, and another was granted a Fast...more
The daily number of new positive COVID-19 cases in the U.S. has exceeded 100,000 twice in the past week, prompting some states to issue more restrictive safety measures and guidance. Amid these heightened concerns, the most...more
Amid spikes on in the U.S, and Europe, Congress continues to ponder a relief bill, the White House released a plan to cover COVID-19 vaccine costs, and new data showed that chronic exposure to low-quality air increased...more
As talks of a third wave of infections bubble up and political negotiations over another COVID-19 relief package continue to stall, the pressure is on for the health and life science fields to better understand and tamp down...more
As a second COVID-19 wave hits Europe, many countries are implementing lockdown restrictions to flatten the curve. The second wave coincides with a pause in two vaccine clinical trials and the emergence of some documented...more
There are an average of 45,000 new COVID-19 cases in the United States daily, an increase of 8% from the previous week. States that were already on an upward trajectory are getting worse and hospitalizations are on the rise,...more
A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that dining out carries heightened risk of COVID-19 transmission, but did not reveal a similar heightened risk related to travel. Studies...more
AstraZeneca’s Phase 3 vaccine clinical trials came to a halt this week as the pharmaceutical company works to identify the underlying cause of a case of transverse myelitis emerging in a volunteer. The pause coincided with...more
New initiatives and some promising developments in vaccine trials, contact tracing efforts, and the production of more efficient COVID-19 detection testing highlighted an active week in the scientific community’s response to...more