The Biden administration is preparing for future variants of COVID-19, White House chief of Staff Ron Klain told MSNBC in an interview that aired on January 20 as the Omicron-related wave of cases appeared to be easing in parts of the United States.
With full vaccine approval, U.S. could control COVID by spring 2022 – Fauci
BNT162b2 (Pfizer and BioNTech), Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic, COVID-19 Vaccines, Dr. Anthony Fauci (Director), FDA, Full Approval, Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine (J&J), mRNA-1273/Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine (Moderna), MSNBC, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), NBC, Pfizer, United StatesThe United States could get Covid-19 under control by early 2022, with potential wider vaccine approvals coming in the weeks ahead, Dr. Anthony Fauci said one day after Pfizer won wider FDA approval for the company’s novel coronavirus shot on Aug. 23.
U.S. CDC to weigh rare clot risk with J&J’s Covid-19 vaccine as use paused
Advisory Panels, Blood Clots, CNN, COVID-19 Vaccines, Dr. Anthony Fauci (Director), FDA, Health Experts, Janssen, Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine (J&J), Joe Biden, Johnson & Johnson, MSNBC, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and PreventionA U.S. health advisory panel on April 14 is set to review six reported cases of rare blood clots in women who received Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine one day after federal regulators paused the use of the shot to assess the issue.
The United States entered the final month of 2020 with expectations that promising vaccine candidates will soon be approved to halt the rapidly spreading coronavirus after 4.2 million new cases were reported in November.
New Jersey and Philadelphia announce new restrictions as Covid-19 surges across United States
California, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Coronavirus Restrictions, Dr. Anthony Fauci (Director), Gavin Newsom (Calif.), Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients, Indoor gathering bans, Michelle Lujan Grisham (New Mexico), Michigan, MSNBC, New Jersey, Phil Murphy (NJ), Philadelphia, Reuters Tally, WisconsinThe city of Philadelphia will ban indoor gatherings altogether and the nearby state of New Jersey will strictly limit their size as U.S. officials struggle to slow a Covid-19 surge that could overwhelm hospitals and kill thousands.