As science adviser of Operation Warp Speed, the veteran pharmaceutical executive helped usher a coronavirus vaccine to the US market in record time.
Author: Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY
Moderna becomes second company to request emergency FDA authorization for COVID-19 vaccine candidate
Moderna will be the second coronavirus vaccine maker to request authorization from the government after similarly positive trial results for Pfizer.
Pfizer and Moderna use mRNA in their COVID-19 vaccines. This never-before-used technology could transform how science fights diseases.
Though messenger RNA technology like Pfizer, Moderna use hasn’t grabbed headlines before now, some researchers have been working on it for decades.
Pfizer’s COVID vaccine candidate shown to be 90% effective in early findings
Pfizer is the first drug company to release data from a large, Phase 3 trial, designed to show both effectiveness and safety.
Pfizer has expanded its COVID-19 vaccine trial to include teens. Some say it’s risky. Others argue it’s necessary.
After months of testing its COVID-19 candidate vaccine in adults, Pfizer recently lowered the age of participation to 16.
COVID-19 vaccine should be ready for most vulnerable late this year, for everyone by spring, HHS Secretary Alex Azar says
During a rare CDC public briefing, HHS Secretary Alex Azar on Wednesday outlined a timeline for the COVID-19 vaccine and pledged it would be safe.
Nevada man’s COVID-19 reinfection is ‘yellow warning light’ about broader coronavirus risk
A 25-year-old Nevada man is the first American confirmed to have been infected twice with COVID-19. He was sicker the second time.
Donald Trump’s COVID-19 treatment is similar to the average American hospitalized with coronavirus. Only faster.
President Trump received mostly the same treatment as anyone would get for COVID-19, except for one experimental drug and the speed of his care.
Why volunteer for a vaccine clinical trial? Duty, love and a willingness to experiment, participants say
To meet standards of safety and effectiveness, each potential COVID vaccine has to be tested in thousands of people, most of whom will get two shots.
Behind the scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: What does it take reopen a national landmark?
New York City’s famed Metropolitan Museum of Art will welcome guests again after COVID caused it’s longest shutdown in history. What does that take?