State public health departments say they’re ready to leap into action as soon as a COVID-19 vaccine is approved but caution much is still unknown.
Author: Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY
Report: Coronavirus vaccine shouldn’t be first-come, first-served
A coronavirus vaccine would be scarce when it first arrives, so it should go first to health care workers, paramedics, firefighters and police.
Texas-based McKesson tapped to help get coronavirus vaccines into American communities
The U.S. government has chosen medical supplier McKesson to be a centralized distributor for future coronavirus vaccines.
‘No one is safe until everyone is safe’: Vaccine nationalism threatens global coronavirus effort
Instead of collaboration, coordination and sharing, vaccine nationalism pits nation against nation to get and keep enough doses for their citizens.
FDA says a coronavirus vaccine would have to be at least 50% effective to be approved
A coronavirus vaccine would ideally be proven to be at least 50% effective for the Food and Drug Administration to approve it.
‘Not out of the woods’: CDC says large gatherings are a high COVID-19 risk, ‘strongly encourages’ face masks
The pandemic isn’t over and Americans need to keep it up with hand washing, social distancing and wearing face coverings in public, CDC says.
Former pharma exec tapped to head White House’s ‘Operation Warp Speed’ coronavirus effort
President Trump on Wednesday tapped venture capitalist and former pharmaceutical head Moncef Slaoui to head coronavirus Operation Warp Speed.
The latest on global search for coronavirus vaccine: First US candidate set for Phase 2; WHO tracking 8 efforts; Pfizer tests in humans
As the all-out effort for a vaccine accelerates, USA TODAY is rounding up some of the week’s most notable developments.
To find a coronavirus vaccine, can we ethically infect people with a disease with no cure?
To have a vaccine by next summer will require both luck and cutting corners, putting once seemingly academic questions suddenly front and center.
Amazon sends drivers to deliver from food banks free amid coronavirus pandemic
Amazon has been quietly working with food banks in seven cities to use its Amazon Flex drivers to pick up and deliver food straight to people in need.