About a quarter of the U.S. deaths from COVID-19 – nearly 74,000 of the 280,000 total – have been nursing home residents and caregivers.
Author: Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY
‘No surprises’: 53-page FDA report reinforces safety and effectiveness of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate
FDA summary on Pfizer’s candidate COVID-19 vaccine supports earlier findings that it is safe and will prevent 95% of people from becoming sick.
Deliver a safe, effective COVID-19 vaccine in less than a year? Impossible. Meet Moncef Slaoui.
As science adviser of Operation Warp Speed, the veteran pharmaceutical executive helped usher a coronavirus vaccine to the US market in record time.
Moderna becomes second company to request emergency FDA authorization for COVID-19 vaccine candidate
Moderna will be the second coronavirus vaccine maker to request authorization from the government after similarly positive trial results for Pfizer.
‘A new era’: Success of Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 mRNA vaccines a major breakthrough
Coronavirus vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna are based on messenger RNA technology that could transform the way science fights diseases.
Pfizer has expanded its COVID-19 vaccine trial to include teens. Some say it’s risky. Others argue it’s necessary.
After months of testing its COVID-19 candidate vaccine in adults, Pfizer recently lowered the age of participation to 16.
COVID-19 vaccine should be ready for most vulnerable late this year, for everyone by spring, HHS Secretary Alex Azar says
During a rare CDC public briefing, HHS Secretary Alex Azar on Wednesday outlined a timeline for the COVID-19 vaccine and pledged it would be safe.
Donald Trump’s COVID-19 treatment is similar to the average American hospitalized with coronavirus. Only faster.
President Trump received mostly the same treatment as anyone would get for COVID-19, except for one experimental drug and the speed of his care.
Behind the scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: What does it take reopen a national landmark?
New York City’s famed Metropolitan Museum of Art will welcome guests again after COVID caused it’s longest shutdown in history. What does that take?
Diabetes highlights two Americas: One where COVID is easily beaten, the other where it’s often devastating
Americans with diabetes and related health conditions are 12 times more likely to die of COVID-19 than those without such conditions, experts say.