COVID Vaccines: Hospitals Across California Prepare To Get First Doses
As California reported a record of nearly 35,500 positive coronavirus cases on Friday, there's a glimmer of hope: The state is awaiting the first batch of coronavirus vaccine.
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As California reported a record of nearly 35,500 positive coronavirus cases on Friday, there's a glimmer of hope: The state is awaiting the first batch of coronavirus vaccine.
The FDA authorization of Pfizer's COVID vaccine could come within the next couple days now that a government advisory panel has voted to approve its emergency use.
The Food and Drug Administration's advisory panel on Thursday recommended the emergency use of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine.
The Bay Area is very close to receiving the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine but only a fraction of the 40 million doses available in the country will be shipped initially.
About 30 people gathered outside San Jose's administration building Thursday to protest the latest state and county restrictions being announced regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.
Officials in Santa Clara County on Wednesday warned that South Bay hospitals were edging closer to being full from the spike in COVID-19 cases, with ICUs in some areas already at over 90 percent capacity.
The first round of coronavirus vaccines may arrive in California in a matter of weeks. Moderna will apply for emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
In a race to beat the pandemic, three viable vaccines for COVID-19 should be getting approval from the Food and Drug Administration, next month, but who will get it first, which one will it be and when?
The news about potential coronavirus vaccines is promising but, when approved, the challenge will be distribution. California health officials are making plans now.
With hospitalizations and new cases surging in the San Francisco Bay Area, there was new hope in the battle against the coronavirus Wednesday as Pfizer announced more encouraging interim results from its ongoing vaccine study suggesting the shots are 95% effective.
As new cases of COVID soar in the San Francisco Bay Area and local business wrestle with renewed restriction, there was a word of some hope on the vaccine front Monday.
With just 17 days to go before Thanksgiving, health officials are asking Californians not to let their guard down.
There was some good news Monday in the battle against the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Pfizer says early vaccine test data suggests the shots may be 90% effective at preventing the illness.
Stanford University is one of 180 sites around the world involved in a late-stage clinical trial that is testing Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine candidate.
An uptick in coronavirus-related hospitalizations and intensive care admissions in California over the last two weeks prompted warnings Tuesday from state officials, despite the number of new cases remaining well below the recent surge across much of the nation.
Preparing for the next step in the battle with COVID-19, Governor Gavin Newson Monday unveiled the framework for a massive statewide vaccine distribution network, driven by a group of immunization and public health experts which will green-light any vaccine approved by the federal government.
In a wide-ranging interview with the journalist Kara Swisher, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO said he would not take a Covid-19 vaccine when one becomes available.
As California set an alarming new record on Wednesday with nearly 13,000 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, a Bay Area health expert is making a grim prediction that COVID-19 may impact our communities for up to ten years.
Kaiser Permanente Washington Research Institute began an anxiously awaited first-stage study of a potential COVID-19 vaccine.
A clinical trial evaluating a vaccine designed to protect against the new coronavirus will begin Monday, according to a government official.
The Santa Clara County Public Health Department announced Friday the county's first flu death of the 2016-17 season and is encouraging residents to get a flu vaccine if they have not already gotten one.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr, a vocal vaccination skeptic, says President-elect Donald Trump has asked him to chair a commission on vaccine safety.
Demand for flu shots may be higher this year because the popular flu mist is no longer being recommended by the Centers for Disease Control.
Pediatricians' offices are hopping as school starts next week in San Francisco and in Palo Alto, with other districts following close behind.
A lawsuit has been filed seeking to overturn California's strict new law requiring mandatory vaccines for school children.
