An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted unanimously on Friday to recommend that the agency approve the use of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine in adults.
Amid the rollout and inoculation of the COVID-19 vaccines in the United States, Pfizer Inc. expects to hand out 13 million doses of its vaccine every week by the middle of March.
Johnson & Johnson filed an application for emergency use authorization on Thursday for its single-shot COVID-19 vaccine, which brings it one step closer to helping the U.S. fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Only 38 percent of nursing home staff accepted shots when they were offered a dose of COVID-19 vaccine despite being considered a top priority for vaccination, revealed the new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday.
Multiple agencies are investigating the cause of death of a California resident who died on Thursday, just hours after receiving their COVID-19 vaccine.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said Monday that the state had tapped Starbucks and other private companies to speed up the COVID-19 vaccines' distribution and achieve its new goal of distributing 45,000 doses a day.
Brazil's health regulator, Brazilian National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa), has declined to approve the Russia-developed Sputnik V for emergency use because of some missing data.