by Karin Fleming | Dec 21, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to persist worldwide, few defenses to stop its spread have been as urgently awaited as a vaccine. Following the emergency use authorization issued Dec. 11 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, a...
by Karin Fleming | Dec 14, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to persist worldwide, few defenses to stop its spread have been as urgently awaited as a vaccine. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration emergency use authorization late Friday of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine cleared the way for the...
by Karin Fleming | Dec 11, 2020
(Last updated Dec. 24, 2020) In the biggest boost in the fight against the coronavirus, the first COVID-19 vaccine was authorized Friday by the U.S. Federal Drug Administration. State governments are now expected to authorize its use and begin getting it to those on...
by Karin Fleming | Dec 5, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic persists worldwide, researchers are working to safely and effectively bring new treatments and vaccines to hospitals and physicians in order to detect the disease, curb its spread and help save lives. Since the beginning of the pandemic...
by Karin Fleming | Jun 22, 2020
Investigational Treatments Researchers conduct clinical trials to study investigational or experimental treatments to determine if potential new treatments, such as drugs and medical devices, can safely and effectively prevent or treat disease or other health...