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Las vacunas de COVID parecen ser seguras y efectivas, pero todavía hay preguntas
El reciente lanzamiento de dos vacunas para COVID-19 es una luz de esperanza en medio de la pandemia. Ahora hay un camino que puede llevarnos a tiempos más felices, incluso mientras observamos y sufrimos la horrible avalancha de nuevas infecciones, hospitalizaciones y muertes que marcan el final de este año lamentable. Los trabajadores de salud y los residentes de hogares de adultos mayores ya han comenzado a recibir vacunas en la primera fase de la distribución. Y más deberían estar disponibles para el público en general en los primeros meses del próximo año. Las dos vacunas, una desarrollada...
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COVID Vaccines Appear Safe and Effective, but Key Questions Remain
Use Our Content It can be republished for free. The recent rollout of two newly authorized COVID-19 vaccines is a bright ray of hope at the pandemic’s darkest hour. We now have a path that can lead us to happier times — even as we watch and suffer from the horrible onslaught of new infections, hospitalizations and deaths that mark the end of this regrettable year. Health care workers and nursing home residents have already begun to get shots in the first phase of the rollout. Vaccinations should start to be available to the general public sometime in the first few months of next year. The two ...
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Tucker Carlson Says Coronavirus Vaccine Rollout ‘Feels False’ & ‘Too Slick’
Fox News host Tucker Carlson said on Thursday that the coronavirus vaccine rollout “feels false” and “too slick.” Hours after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee voted to approve the Moderna version of the vaccine for emergency use authorization, Carlon’s segment, in which he blasted the vaccines began. During his opening, Carlson claimed the vaccine rollout was accompanied by a marketing campaign “that you would typically associate with high-end consumer products.” The Fox News host then noted at all vaccine news had been “great” before noting that a health worker i...
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Hospitals Scramble to Prioritize Which Workers Are First for COVID Shots
This story also ran on NBC News. It can be republished for free. If there’s such a thing as a date with destiny, it’s marked on Dr. Taison Bell’s calendar. At noon Tuesday, Bell, a critical care physician, is scheduled to be one of the first health care workers at the University of Virginia Health System to roll up his sleeve for a shot to ward off the coronavirus. “This is a long time coming,” said Bell, 37, who signed up via hospital email last week. “The story of this crisis is that each week feels like a year. This is really the first time that there’s genuine hope that we can turn the cor...
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Pfizer Covid vaccine will reach hospitals across US on Monday
Washington (AFP) - The Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine will reach hospitals and other sites across the United States by Monday morning, a top official said Saturday, ready to be injected into the arms of millions of the most vulnerable Americans. The shots will begin leaving the Pfizer factory in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Sunday, stored in boxes containing dry ice that are capable of staying at -70 degrees Celsius (-94 degrees Fahrenheit), the frigid temperature needed to preserve the drug. General Gus Perna, who is overseeing the massive logistical operation as part of the government's Operatio...
AFP
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US drug regulator denies inteference over Pfizer vaccine
Washington (AFP) - The US Food and Drug Administration on Saturday defended itself from allegations of political pressure over the timing of its Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine approval and provided new information on the risks to people with allergies. The FDA issued an emergency use authorization for the two-dose regimen late on Friday night following reports President Donald Trump had threatened to fire the head of the agency if he didn't act that day. Commissioner Stephen Hahn denied this had occurred, telling reporters: "The representations in the press that I was threatened to be fired if ...
AFP
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米FDA、ファイザー製ワクチンの緊急使用を許可
米食品医薬品局（FDA）は11日、米ファイザーと独ビオンテックが共同開発した新型コロナウイルスワクチ...
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米FDAにファイザーのワクチン承認を勧告 専門家委員会
新型コロナウイルスのワクチンについて米食品医薬品局（FDA）に提言する立場の専門家委員会は10日、米...
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Demand for COVID Vaccines Expected to Get Heated — And Fast
Americans have made no secret of their skepticism of COVID-19 vaccines this year, with fears of political interference and a “warp speed” timeline blunting confidence in the shots. As recently as September, nearly half of U.S. adults said they didn’t intend to be inoculated. But with two promising vaccines primed for release, likely within weeks, experts in ethics and immunization behavior say they expect attitudes to shift quickly from widespread hesitancy to urgent, even heated demand. “People talk about the anti-vaccine people being able to kind of squelch uptake. I don’t see that happening...
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Come for Your Eye Exam, Leave With a Band-Aid on Your Arm
With multiple COVID-19 vaccines rapidly heading toward approval, optometrists and dentists are pushing for the authority to immunize patients during routine eye exams and dental cleanings. Across the country, these medical professionals say their help will be needed to distribute the vaccines to millions of Americans — and they already have the know-how. “When you look at what dentists do, and how many injections they give day in and day out, I think they’re more than qualified,” said Jim Wood, a California state assembly member and dentist. “It’s kind of a no-brainer.” In California, the prof...
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