COVID-19 vaccine

US Vaccine Drive To Ease the Damage From the Impending Pandemic

The US may be on the cusp of another Covid-19 case surge, one expert says — but the mass vaccination of the most vulnerable Americans is likely to limit its human cost, reports CNN.

A potential fourth surge?

“I think we are going to see a surge in the number of infections,” emergency physician Dr. Leana Wen told CNN . “I think what helps this time though is that the most vulnerable — particularly nursing home residents, people who are older — are now vaccinated. And so we may prevent a spike in...

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Man With Learning Difficulties Should Have Covid-19 Vaccine

  • A man with severe learning difficulties should have a Covid-19 vaccine, despite his family’s objections, a judge ruled.
  • Specialists said the man, who is in his 30s, was “clinically vulnerable” and in a “priority group” for vaccination.
  • Judge Jonathan Butler agreed with NHS Tameside & Glossop Clinical Commissioning Group that vaccination was in his best interests, reports BBC.
  • He did not name the man in his written ruling, published on Friday.
What Happened?

The judge, who is based in...

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Medically Necessary: Demand surge, supply shortages complicate COVID-19 waste management

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This is an excerpt from the March 11, 2021 edition of Medically Necessary, a health care supply chain newsletter. Subscribe here.

Good afternoon. Medically Necessary is a newsletter by Matt Blois about the health care supply chain — how we get drugs, devices and medical supplies to health care providers and patients.

Demand surge, supply shortages complicate COVID-19 waste management

(Photo: Flickr/Fuzzy Gerdes CC BY-SA 2.0)

The challenge: The COVID-19 pandemic instantly increased demand for some...

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Medically Necessary: Getting a vaccine at work funnels shots to people who need them most

This is an excerpt from the March 9, 2021 edition of Medically Necessary, a health care supply chain newsletter. Subscribe here.

Good afternoon. Medically Necessary is a newsletter by Matt Blois about the health care supply chain — how we get drugs, devices and medical supplies to health care providers and patients.

Getting a vaccine at work funnels shots to people who need them most

In early March, Tyson Foods vaccinated about 1,300 workers at its Waterloo, Iowa, pork plant. The plant has...

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Medically Necessary: Stimulus bill has billions for vaccine distribution, executive orders signal supply chain focus and Merck helps J&J produce vaccine

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This is an excerpt from the March 2, 2021 edition of Medically Necessary, a health care supply chain newsletter. Subscribe here.

Good afternoon. Medically Necessary is a newsletter by Matt Blois about the health care supply chain — how we get drugs, devices and medical supplies to health care providers and patients.

Stimulus bill has billions to boost vaccine distribution

The COVID-19 stimulus bill recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives includes billions of dollars for the vaccine...

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Medically Necessary: Delaying second doses would reshape the vaccine supply chain

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This is an excerpt from the February 25, 2021 edition of Medically Necessary, a health care supply chain newsletter. Subscribe here.

Good afternoon. Medically Necessary is a newsletter by Matt Blois about the health care supply chain — how we get drugs, devices and medical supplies to health care providers and patients.

Delaying second doses would reshape the vaccine supply chain

The debate: Some scientists argue the U.S. should delay second doses of COVID-19 vaccines and instead give them to...

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Pfizer Plans Shipping 13 Million Doses To US

  • Pfizer has shipped around 40 million doses to locations across the United States so far and is on track to deliver 120 million doses of its two-dose regimen by the end of March.
  • Pfizer Inc expects to deliver more than 13 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine per week to the United States by the middle of March.
  • More than doubling its shipments from early February, a top Pfizer executive said in prepared testimony ahead of a Tuesday congressional hearing.

A recent news article published in the...

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From Improved Storage To New Variant Efficacy – Pfizer COVID Vaccine Shines

  • New research and lab studies are providing more hope for the Pfizer vaccine.
  • While Pfizer’s own study has shown that the vaccine can be stored in warmer temperatures now, a lab study has shown its effectiveness in new variants. 
  • Lab studies show the vaccine can neutralise  two-third of the south African Variant.
  • Pfizer has said there’s no real life report of new variants escaping the vaccine.
  • Meanwhile Pfizer provided data that shows the vaccine can be stored at -70 ° instead of -112°
  • Pfizer...

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Vaccine distribution to rebound by midweek after winter storm delays

Tractor-trailers stuck in traffic on I-45 near Teague, Texas as road becomes icy on Feb. 13, 2021.

The severe winter storms that have devastated Texas and surrounding states have delayed the distribution of 6 million COVID-19 vaccine doses. But Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said it’s only a “temporary setback” that will be fixed by the middle of this week.

“Obviously it is a setback because you’d like to see the steady flow of vaccines getting out there to get into people’s arms, but we can play pretty good catch-up,” Fauci said...

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