USA Today, Elizabeth Weise, Dec. 8, 2020 Five percent of all produced COVID-19 vaccine will be held back for emergencies, and states will have the option of trading vials within the government’s ordering system to get the kind they want. Those …
COVID-19 vaccines set to arrive in Tennessee after months of uncertainty
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Elizabeth Fite, Dec. 5, 2020 Tennessee’s first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine is expected to arrive at 27 hospitals across the state around Dec. 19, and those most at-risk from the serious and deadly COVID-19 infection will begin to …
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes First COVID-19 and Flu Combination Test for use with home-collected samples
FDA, Dec. 4, 2020 Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the first diagnostic test for at home collection of patient samples to detect both COVID-19 and influenza A and B (flu). The FDA authorized Quest Diagnostics RC COVID-19 …
Tennessee updates its COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan
WBIR, WBIR Staff, Dec. 4, 2020 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Knox County leaders got a vaccine update from the state on Friday. That’s as federal and state leaders say vaccine approval could happen in a matter of days and be distributed …
CDC says recommended quarantine time after COVID-19 exposure may be shortened to 7 or 10 days, down from 14
USA TODAY, Adrianna Rodriguez, Dec. 2, 2020 The U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reduced the recommended days a person must quarantine after coronavirus exposure from 14 days to seven or 10 days. The new guidelines announced Wednesday say people …