KFF Updates U.S. Global Health Budget Tracker Interactive December 3, 2020 News Summary KFF: U.S. Global Health Budget Tracker This newly updated tracker provides regularly updated information on U.S. government funding for global health. The interactive includes historical trends and tracks funding levels throughout the appropriations process. Data can be customized by fiscal year, sector, and U.S. agency (12/1).
U.K. Approves Pfizer-BioNTech Coronavirus Vaccine; Distribution Expected To Begin Next Week But Logistical Challenges Remain; Trump Administration Increases Pressure On FDA December 2, 2020 News Summary CBS News: U.K. is 1st country to approve Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, with distribution to start next week “Britain has become the first country in the West to approve a COVID-19 vaccine for public use. The U.K. Department of Health and Social Care confirmed in a statement to British news agencies…
CDC Advisory Panel Recommends Providing Newly Approved Coronavirus Vaccines To Health Workers, Long-Term Care Patients First; Children Must Wait Longer For More Study Results December 2, 2020 News Summary Wall Street Journal: CDC Panel Recommends Giving First Covid-19 Vaccines to Health Workers, Nursing Homes “A federal vaccine advisory panel recommended that health-care workers and residents of long-term care facilities be the first to receive any Covid-19 vaccine doses from the limited supply that will be available initially. The panel,…
Under Pressure From Trump Administration To Approve COVID-19 Vaccine, FDA Director Says Agency Will Take Time To ‘Get This Right’ December 2, 2020 News Summary AP: Pushed to rush, FDA head says feds will get vaccine ‘right’ “The head of the agency responsible for authorizing COVID-19 vaccines said Tuesday that it would take the time needed to ‘get this right,’ despite increasing pressure from President Donald Trump to speed up the process. ‘No one at…
China Prepares To Distribute Coronavirus Vaccines In Global Diplomacy Campaign December 2, 2020 News Summary CNN: China has promised millions of coronavirus vaccines to countries globally. And it is ready to deliver them “…In the coming months, China will be sending hundreds of millions of doses of coronavirus vaccines to countries that have conducted last-stage trials for its leading candidates. Chinese leaders have also promised…
North Korean Hackers Target At Least 6 Companies Working On COVID-19 Treatments, Vaccines December 2, 2020 News Summary Wall Street Journal: North Korean Hackers Are Said to Have Targeted Companies Working on Covid-19 Vaccines “North Korean hackers have targeted at least six pharmaceutical companies in the U.S., the U.K., and South Korea working on Covid-19 treatments [and vaccines], according to people familiar with the matter, as the regime…
News Outlets Examine Details Of Coronavirus Vaccine Trial Results, Authorization Processes, Distribution December 2, 2020 News Summary The Atlantic: The Long Haul of Vaccine Results Is Just Beginning (Zhang, 12/1). Roll Call: What we know now about COVID-19 vaccine authorization and distribution (Kopp/McKinless, 12/1). STAT: The Covid-19 vaccines are a marvel of science. Here’s how we can make the best use of them (Branswell, 12/2).
CDC Expected To Shorten Recommended Quarantine Time For People Exposed To Someone Positive For COVID-19 December 2, 2020 News Summary AP: CDC to shorten COVID-19 quarantine to 10 days, 7 with test “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is set to shorten the recommended length of quarantine after exposure to someone who is positive for COVID-19, as the virus rages across the nation. According to a senior administration official,…
On World AIDS Day, Media Outlets Examine Efforts To Improve HIV Treatment, Prevention Access; Progress Toward Meeting Transmission Targets; U.S. Responses To AIDS, COVID-19 December 2, 2020 News Summary Thomson Reuters Foundation: ‘A shot can end the stigma’: African women pin hopes on anti-HIV jab “…A new injectable HIV prevention drug, called cabotegravir, that is taken every two months has proved nine times more effective in preventing HIV than the commonly used Truvada PrEP daily tablets, a study found…