WASHINGTON — A government advisory panel endorsed a second COVID-19 vaccine Thursday, paving the way for the shot to be added to the U.S. vaccination campaign. The Food and Drug Administration is expected to follow the recommendation for the vaccine from Moderna and the National Institutes of Health. The FDA...
2nd COVID-19 Vaccine Gets Public Review Ahead of US Decision
WASHINGTON — A second COVID-19 vaccine moved closer to joining the U.S. fight against the pandemic Thursday as government advisers convened for a public review of its safety and effectiveness. It's the next-to-last step for the vaccine developed by drugmaker Moderna and the National Institutes of Health. The panel of...
Should Farmworkers Be Head of the Vaccine Line?
[aggregation-styles] KQED This summer, while many Californians went to work in their pajamas at their kitchen tables, Vicente Reyes went to work in the grape fields of the Central Valley. “Other Americans have been able to shelter in place at home, we still keep working,” he said. “And without our...
California Sets Teachers, First Responders for Next Vaccines
Teachers, first responders, and grocery and restaurant workers were among those recommended Wednesday to get the next round of scarce vaccines in California, as were florists and sawmill operators who fall into the same broad category of those deemed essential workers. “We’ve got to figure who we’re going to prioritize,"...
Who’s Next in Line for California’s Scarce Vaccines? Committees Debate.
SACRAMENTO — A pair of advisory committees is making potential life-and-death decisions starting Wednesday over who's next in line for scarce coronavirus vaccines that aren't expected to be universally available to California's nearly 40 million residents until sometime deep into next year. Should teachers be among the chosen few? Farmworkers?...
As Virus Surges, Fresno Hospital Adds Beds. State Has Makeshift Morgues Standing By.
Hospitals are filling up so fast in California that officials are rolling out mobile field facilities and scrambling to hire more doctors and nurses to prepare for an expected surge in coronavirus patients. Fresno's Community Regional Medical Center is rushing 50 beds into a building near the hospital and bringing...
Can California Protect COVID-19 Vaccine From Cheaters and Fraudsters?
What seemed like a Herculean task just months ago is now here: the COVID-19 vaccine. For the next several weeks, vaccines will be available in limited amounts in California and across the nation — and only to high-risk individuals, with supply expected to ramp up in the months to come....
What Does Poll Show About Vaccines, Mask Mandate and a Replacement for Harris’ Senate Seat
Californians overwhelmingly want Gov. Gavin Newsom to appoint the best person possible to fill Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ Senate seat regardless of race or sex, and people are more overwhelmed by living with COVID-19 than they expected, according to a recent poll by Public Policy Polling. Though the governor wrestles with whom...
US Vaccinations Ramp Up as 2nd COVID-19 Shot Nears
WASHINGTON — Hundreds more U.S. hospitals geared up to vaccinate their workers Tuesday as federal regulators issued a positive review of a second COVID-19 vaccine that's likely to soon boost the nation’s largest vaccination campaign. The Food and Drug Administration said its preliminary analysis confirmed the effectiveness and safety of...
America’s Virus Concerns Stable as Cases Spike, Poll Shows
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Deaths from the coronavirus pandemic are spiking across the country, yet a new poll finds little increase in alarm among Americans about COVID-19 infections and no significant change in opinion about how the government should act to slow the spread. The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public...