Mrinalika Roy, Reuters, June 22, 2021 U.S. scientists are expanding a government-funded study that aims to directly answer the question of whether Moderna Inc’s (MRNA.O) COVID-19 vaccine curbs the spread of SARS-CoV-2. The study, backed by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), …
Get Vaccinated Chattanooga Kicking Off Neighborhood Block Party
Staff Writer, Chattanoogan, June 21, 2021 Get Vaccinated Chattanooga, a vaccine education campaign funded by BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Foundation, is partnering with CHI Memorial this summer to host a series of Neighborhood Block Parties. Each block party will include …
“I have felt completely unchained.” First Tennessee vaccine recipient speaks to News4 six months later
Brittany Weiner, WSMV, June 16, 2021 It has been exactly six months since Tennessee administered its first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Pfizer’s vaccine had just received emergency approval from the FDA days before the first shot was given here …
More evidence suggests COVID-19 was in US by Christmas 2019
Mike Stobbe, AP News, June 15, 2021 NEW YORK (AP) — A new analysis of blood samples from 24,000 Americans taken early last year is the latest and largest study to suggest that the new coronavirus popped up in the …
Novavax Says Its COVID Vaccine Is Extremely Effective
Joe Palca, NPR, June 14, 2021 The first results from a large efficacy study of a new kind of COVID-19 vaccine are now out, and they are good. Very good. According to Novavax, the vaccine’s manufacturer, it had a 100% …