In an unexpected announcement, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday sent a message to state leaders: be ready to distribute a COVID-19 vaccine by November 1st. The news came in a memo from CDC director Robert Redfield to state governors. In it, he says the McKesson Corporation will help in distributing the… Read more »
Johnson and Johnson are on the race to get a cure for the coronavirus vaccine with a human trial phase beginning early July. Previously these human trials would start in September, though now there studies are showing they can begin early. Johnson & Johnson will test over a thousand people from 18 to 55 of… Read more »
The White House task force member Dr. Anthony Fauci states the vaccine should enter the final stage of volunteer trial early next month. The U.S. should have 100 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year. Fauci also said he is cautiously optimistic about the vaccine trials that are underway. Though… Read more »
World leaders got together for a virtual meeting discussing the development of a vaccine or treatment for COVID-19. During this meeting, $8 billion from the European Union was raised in hopes of starting this vaccine. Japan pledged $800 million, Germany $575 million, Italy and Spain provided $110 million, and France pledged $546 million. United Nations… Read more »
With most states reopening while Coronavirus still has no vaccine, the next question is will most Americans go back to living their regular lives? Reuters and Ipsos asked over 4,000 Americans if they would be willing to return to normal activities after restrictions were lifted, and only 4/10 said yes. While the other percent said… Read more »
