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Delta donates airlift capacity for Operation Fly Formula
Delta Air Lines will fly baby formula from the United Kingdom to Boston and Detroit this month free of charge on regularly scheduled passenger flights, mirroring the public service provided by United Airlines to help the U.S. government alleviate an ongoing domestic shortage.
The Department of Health and Human Services arranged for Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) to carry the shipments from London’s Heathrow Airport to Logan Airport in Boston and Detroit Metro Airport between June 20 and 24, the...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/delta-donates-airlift-capacity-for-operation-fly-formula
US To ‘Pause’ Use Of J&J Vaccine Over Blood Clot Concerns
- The FDA is asking states to temporarily halt using J&J’s Covid-19 vaccine after six people in the U.S. developed a rare blood-clotting disorder.
- The FDA said the recommendation is “out of an abundance of caution.”
- The cases occurred in women ages 18 to 48, with symptoms developing six to 13 days after they received the shot.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration are recommending a “pause” in the use of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson...
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Building cold chain partnerships amid extensive disruption
Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves at DFW Air Cargo Terminal
Considering that the best supply chain is invisible to consumers, 2020 will be remembered as the year the supply chain became a primary focus of the world. It also was a common topic of conversation within households, as shoppers began encountering empty shelves where they expected to find toilet paper, milk, and disinfectant wipes.
Within the industry and beyond, it has become clear the supply chain lacks the unity, visibility, and agility...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/building-cold-chain-partnerships-amid-extensive-disruption
US Revamps Vaccination Criteria Amid Surging Deaths
- U.S. federal officials agreed to send states additional coronavirus vaccine doses requested by several governors, as the country tries to ramp up the pace of inoculations.
- Officials also recommended that states broaden vaccination eligibility to people as young as 65 or who have other chronic health conditions.
The Trump administration moved on to accelerate vaccinations of Americans against COVID-19, releasing the rest of the doses it had been keeping in reserve and recommending states...
https://mfame.guru/us-revamps-vaccination-criteria-amid-surging-deaths/
FDA Reprimands Officials Seeking To Alter Vaccine Dosing Schedule
- FDA said that the idea of changing the authorized dosing or schedules of COVID-19 vaccines was premature and not supported by the available data.
- The FDA said it had been following discussions and news reports about reducing the number of doses and extending the length of time between doses.
- The discussions were also on cutting the dosage in half, or mixing and matching vaccines in order to immunize more people.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, in a press announcement, delivered a clear...
https://mfame.guru/fda-reprimands-officials-seeking-to-alter-vaccine-dosing-schedule/
FedEx, UPS activate delivery networks after FDA approves Pfizer vaccine
Updated Dec. 12, 2020 6:05 P.M. ET
FedEx (NYSE: FDX) and UPS (NYSE: UPS) trucks are expected to roll out of Pfizer’s (NYSE: PFE) pharmaceutical facilities Saturday, carrying the first 2.9 million-dose batch of COVID-19 vaccines to designated drop facilities in each state and to airports for longer trips.
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday night gave the go-ahead for the drug’s emergency public use.
The first vaccines could be injected in peoples’ arms by Monday. Frontline medical workers...
FDA Watch: Trucks poised to roll with Pfizer vaccine shipments
FedEx (NYSE: FDX) and UPS (NYSE: UPS) trucks could roll out of Pfizer’s (NYSE: PFE) Kalamazoo, Michigan, pharmaceutical plant by this weekend, carrying the first 3.2 million-dose batch of COVID-19 vaccines to hospitals and other health care facilities, and to airports for longer trips.
The Washington Post is reporting that the Food and Drug Administration, under pressure from the White House, will issue an emergency use authorization Friday night, kicking off the biggest logistics effort in...
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Moderna Vaccine Antibodies Endure for at least Three Months
The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, which was recently demonstrated to have 94 percent efficacy, causes the human immune system to produce potent antibodies that endure for at least three months, a study showed Thursday, says an article of CTV news.
Researcher’s CommentsResearchers at the National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), which co-developed the drug, studied the immune response of 34 adult participants, young and old, from the first stage of a clinical trial.
They said...
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