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On Thursday, Johnson & Johnson submitted it’s COVID-19 vaccine for Emergency Use Authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. If greenlit by the Food and Drug Administration, it could be the nation’s third COVID vaccine producer, joining Pfizer and Moderna. Johnson & Johnson said last week that its one-dose vaccine has an overall 66% efficacy rate, not as high as Pfizer or Moderna’s two-dose vaccines with nearly 95% efficacy. Yahoo News Medical Contributor Dr. Kavita Patel… Source link

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, is hoping that children will be able to receive the coronavirus vaccine by late spring or early summer. While CDC data has shown that children are less likely than adults to develop severe illness from the virus, they can still contract and spread it asymptomatically. Yahoo News Medical Contributor Dr. Kavita Patel explains the importance of children getting vaccinated not only for their own health, but also to ultimately help… Source link

Reuters Arians opens up on decision to take swing at Brady One year ago at this time, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers knew they were at a quarterback crossroads. With former No. 1 overall pick Jameis Winston ending his fifth season with the NFL’s first-ever 30-30 season (33 touchdown passes, and NFL-high 30 interceptions) and the 7-9 Bucs missing the playoffs for the 12th straight season, it was time for a major move. And according to head coach Bruce Arians, once six-time Super Bowl champion Tom… Source link

by: Fareeha Rehman, Nexstar Media Wire Posted: Jan 25, 2021 / 04:40 PM EST / Updated: Jan 25, 2021 / 04:40 PM EST SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Google is about to make it way easier to find where to get a COVID-19 vaccine. The company will soon show COVID-19 vaccination sites in Google Search and Google Maps, starting in the U.S. and then expanding to other countries, according to CEO Sundar Pichai. Flu rate drops… Source link

by: Fareeha Rehman, Nexstar Media Wire Posted: Jan 25, 2021 / 03:17 PM EST / Updated: Jan 25, 2021 / 03:17 PM EST ANAHEIM, CA – JANUARY 12: COVID-19 vaccination tents are set up in the north of the Toy Story parking lot at the Disneyland Resort on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, in Anaheim, CA. The parking lot is located of Katella Avenue and sits southeast Disneyland. “n(Photo by Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via… Source link

Suze Orman’s financial survival tips until the vaccines take hold COVID vaccines have arrived and have slowly started rolling out in the U.S. Meanwhile, the virus is spreading out of control and threatening Americans’ health and financial well-being. Suze Orman says consumers need to buckle down and become “warriors.” But the personal finance author, TV personality and podcaster acknowledges that it’s not easy, as jobs disappear amid new lockdowns, markets gyrate and retirement savings are… Source link

Just like his NFL counterpart, NBA commissioner Adam Silver assured fans on Monday that the league won’t “jump the line” to get COVID-19 vaccines for players, coaches or staff. Silver — speaking with both ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith and on a conference call with reporters — said that players in the league are actually pretty low on the totem pole when it comes to needing a vaccine. “There’s no way we’d ever jump the line in any form whatsoever,” Silver said on ESPN. “And, for the most… Source link

The ultra-low temperature demands of the Pfizer (PFE) and BioNTech (BNTX) vaccine are paving a new path for vaccine delivery and storage. While mRNA vaccines requires a smaller footprint for production than traditional vaccines, once they leave the production plant, there’s a whole new set of hurdles prompting logistics companies to adapt. Planes have been retrofitted, GPS tracking has been authorized by the FAA, and states are buying large-volume freezers to meet the first generation of… Source link

Stocks rose Tuesday as more updates on the stimulus front out of Washington helped at least temporarily offset concerns over the potential for more virus-related restrictions. The S&P 500 increased by about 0.7% around noon in New York, after the index logged a fourth straight session of declines a day earlier. The Dow rose more than 150 points, or 0.6%, and the Nasdaq increased 0.5%. COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continued to march higher across the U.S., and the country crossed the… Source link

(Want to get this newsletter in your inbox? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. 1. On a day of hope, a reminder of the coronavirus’s devastation. The number of people who died from the coronavirus in the U.S. passed 300,000 today, but the day also marked a turning point for frontline health care workers as they began to receive the first clinically authorized vaccine as part of the mass vaccination program. “I believe this is the weapon that will end the war,” Gov…. Source link