Are we supposed to be suspicious of the reasons if the United States produces a working and effective vaccine? Politico seems a little suspicious of the Trump administration’s motives for speeding up a vaccine to end a pandemic that has killed hundreds of thousands and brought economic activity to a …
Read More »A panel of outside government experts could determine who gets the COVID-19 vaccine first, says NIH director
Public health officials told a Senate committee Thursday that a panel of experts outside the United States government can help decide who gets the COVID-19 vaccine first. Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, acknowledged that the public might be wary of the US government having the …
Read More »The race to find a COVID-19 vaccine
It is not an understatement to say that the hopes of the entire nation are focused on what is happening in a Maryland laboratory: first step in manufacturing a potential coronavirus vaccine. Sean Kirk, Executive Vice President of Emergent BioSolutions, explained to correspondent Martha Teichner how a bioreactor is used …
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