U.K. regulators went on the offensive Friday to beat back criticism that they rushed their authorization of a COVID-19 vaccine, saying they rigorously analyzed data on safety and effectiveness in the shortest time possible without compromising the thoroughness of their review.
Another coronavirus surge is likely to hit the U.S. in the two- to three-week period following Thanksgiving, says Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert.
Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has upheld a vote by a panel of independent experts that health care workers and residents of long-term care facilities should be the first to receive the long-awaited coronavirus vaccine.
Executives for three companies producing coronavirus vaccines said in an interview Thursday they would aim to start distributing doses hours after their vaccine is approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
The United States is potentially days away from approving the first round of coronavirus vaccines just nine months after the global pandemic ripped through every state, claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and crippled the once robust economy.
Following reports Wednesday of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) newly shortened coronavirus-related quarantine period, top experts told Fox News the guidelines are reasonable, especially given a rather resistant public.
Top medical experts reaffirmed a dark winter is ahead amid concerning rises of coronavirus infections, hospitalizations and a record-breaking daily death toll, while urging Americans to follow mitigation measures.
A Texas family who lost their Army veteran father of five are speaking out to warn others about the dangers of the novel coronavirus after they said it killed him in less than a month.
Canada is poised to make a decision on Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine around the same time that the FDA is expected to announce its verdict, a senior health official told media on Thursday.
Nearly 37,000 Americans died of COVID-19 in November, the most in any month since the dark early days of the pandemic, engulfing families in grief, filling newspaper obituary pages and testing the capacity of morgues, funeral homes and hospitals.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also issued new guidelines on Wednesday to shorten the coronavirus quarantine period ahead of anticipated holiday travel.