Pfizer-BioNTech COVID Vaccine Is First to Win U.S. Authorization
The FDA issued the emergency use authorization for the vaccine late on Friday. And immunizations of health care workers and long-term care facility residents could begin within days
FDA Commissioner Says Vaccine Approval Process Will Be Transparent and Guided by Data
Stephen Hahn describes how the agency will evaluate vaccines for emergency authorization
Who Is My Doctor? Some Hospital Patients Never Know
Anyone who’s been hospitalized has probably asked this question—and probably never found out
Who Will Get COVID Vaccines First, and Who Will Have to Wait?
In the U.S., health workers come first. But for other groups, scientists and policy makers are weighing a mix of disease risks, logistics and ethics
Doing the Touchy Math on Who Should Get a COVID Vaccine First
Mathematicians model pandemic scenarios by plugging thorny ethical and logistical issues into calculations
The Antibiotic Gamble
Paratek Pharmaceuticals made a life-saving drug and got it approved. So why is the company’s long-term survival still in question?
The COVID Cold Chain: How a Vaccine Will Get to You
A vaccine logistics expert explains how millions of frozen vials will be widely distributed
Your Tears Might Save Your Life Someday
They could ultimately be used to find diseases the way blood tests do now—but cheaper and more easily
For Billion-Dollar COVID Vaccines, Basic Government-Funded Science Laid the Groundwork
Much of the pioneering work on mRNA vaccines was done with government money, though drugmakers could walk away with big profits
COVID Vaccine Excitement Builds as Moderna Reports Positive Result
Preliminary data show that the immunization is 94 percent effective and seems to prevent severe infections
For COVID Drugs, Months of Frantic Development Lead to Few Outright Successes
There have been mixed results as researchers try to stop a disease they are still trying to understand
An Emerging Tool for COVID Times: The Portable MRI
Bedside imaging holds vast potential as a diagnostic tool, especially during the pandemic