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Pfizer CEO says company on track to manufacture 1.3 billion Covid-19 vaccine doses globally next year

December 14, 2020 7:16 AM CNN

With about 50 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine coming this year and about 1.3 billion slated to be manufactured next year,…

US readies for first Covid-19 vaccinations as country nears 300,000 deaths

December 14, 2020 5:01 AM CNN

Eleven months after the earliest recorded case of coronavirus in the United States, medical workers are preparing to give the first doses of the…

12 virus deaths, 405 new cases reported in El Paso

December 14, 2020 4:46 AM Mauricio Casillas

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health announced 12 new coronavirus-related deaths Monday, elevating the death toll to…

US readies for first Covid-19 vaccinations as country nears 300,000 deaths

December 14, 2020 5:01 AM CNN

Eleven months after the earliest recorded case of coronavirus in the United States, medical workers are preparing to give the first doses of the…

Some Americans should start getting the first Covid-19 vaccine today. It will take months before everyday people get the shots

December 14, 2020 4:50 AM CNN

Some Americans should receive the first Covid-19 vaccine as soon as Monday, providing a glimmer of hope nearly a year into the worsening pandemic.…

Yes, a Covid-19 vaccine has arrived. But here’s what NOT to do

December 14, 2020 4:37 AM CNN

The country’s first Covid-19 vaccines could be administered as soon as Monday, after the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine received green lights from the…

Budget Christmas 101: Pandemic hardships don’t mean the holidays are canceled

December 14, 2020 2:46 AM CNN Newsource

By Kristen Rogers, CNN The holidays are often a time when financial goals are in opposition with showing people love in the grandest of ways. Reining…

Budget Christmas 101: Pandemic hardships don’t mean the holidays are canceled

December 14, 2020 2:46 AM CNN

The holidays are often a time when the goal of saving money is in opposition with showing people love in the grandest of ways. Reining in holiday…

ABC-7 Xtra: Expert says 70% of El Pasoans need to be vaccinated to achieve so-called herd immunity

December 13, 2020 10:25 PM Saul Saenz

EL PASO, Texas — The Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine was approved and is on its way to El Paso. But how many El Pasoans need to be vaccinated before we can…

Southern New Mexico has 5 new virus deaths as state extends delay of in-person school return

December 13, 2020 5:27 PM Associated Press, KVIA ABC-7

SANTA FE, New Mexico — Health officials in New Mexico on Sunday reported 1,459 new Covid-19 cases and 44 more deaths. The latest numbers…

Covid-19 vaccine en route to every state as health officials say they hope immunizations begin Monday

December 13, 2020 5:20 PM CNN

Thousands of vials of the long-awaited Covid-19 vaccine are slated to arrive in all 50 states Monday, as top US health officials express hope that…

Covid-19 vaccine en route to every state as health officials say they hope immunizations begin Monday

December 13, 2020 5:20 PM CNN

Thousands of vials of the long-awaited Covid-19 vaccine are slated to arrive in all 50 states Monday, as top US health officials express hope that…

The coronavirus vaccine rollout will be messy. People will have to deal with that.

December 13, 2020 4:30 PM CNN

A vaccine kit sent to the wrong state. A hospital system in California expecting to get powdered vaccines instead of frozen vials. And tens of…

Here’s what we know about Pfizer’s vaccine — including who could get it first

December 13, 2020 1:32 PM CNN

The director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Sunday accepted the recommendation of the agency’s vaccine advisory…

Here’s what we know about Pfizer’s vaccine — including who could get it first

December 13, 2020 1:32 PM CNN

The director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Sunday accepted the recommendation of the agency’s vaccine advisory…

FDA chief says it’s his ‘greatest hope’ that vaccinations start in US on Monday

December 13, 2020 12:01 PM CNN

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn said Sunday that it’s his “greatest hope” that the first coronavirus…

CDC says Pfizer’s virus vaccine can now be administered in the U.S.

December 13, 2020 11:35 AM CNN

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield on Sunday accepted the recommendation of the…

US Covid-19 vaccinations expected to begin Monday as CDC head gives final nod

December 13, 2020 11:25 AM CNN

Vaccinations against Covid-19 can now begin in the United States. US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield gave the…

El Paso reaches 1,200 confirmed virus deaths, while new cases decline for 5th week in row

December 13, 2020 9:42 AM Jim Parker

EL PASO, Texas — With 13 newly confirmed coronavirus deaths added to the official death toll on Sunday morning, El Paso County has now reached 1,200…

1st virus vaccine batch ships out from Pfizer plant for all 50 states

December 13, 2020 8:01 AM CNN

PORTAGE, Michigan — Freight trucks carrying about 184,275 vials of coronavirus vaccine departed a Pfizer plant in Michigan on Sunday, a…

More than 600 facilities will receive coronavirus vaccines this week

December 13, 2020 4:32 AM CNN

With the greenlight of the FDA’s emergency use authorization, Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccines will be sent out to hundreds of facilities…

US Covid-19 hospitalizations hit record high for 7th straight day

December 12, 2020 6:40 PM CNN

US Covid-19 hospitalizations hit a record high for the seventh day in a row Saturday with 108,487 patients in hospitals around the country, according…

Doña Ana County sees 25% of New Mexico’s latest virus deaths, while cases show signs of slowing

December 12, 2020 5:14 PM Associated Press, KVIA ABC-7

SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico on Saturday reported over 1,800 additional known Covid-19 cases on Saturday as the coronavirus virus…

Quick OK of first US Covid-19 vaccine cut no corners, FDA officials promise

December 12, 2020 2:14 PM CNN

The very fast decision to grant emergency use authorization to the first coronavirus vaccine in the United States cut no corners and was based on a…

Quick OK of first US Covid-19 vaccine cut no corners, FDA officials promise

December 12, 2020 2:14 PM CNN

The very fast decision to grant emergency use authorization to the first coronavirus vaccine in the United States cut no corners and was based on a…

CDC vaccine advisers vote to recommend Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in the United States

December 12, 2020 2:00 PM CNN

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has voted to recommend the Pfizer and BioNTech…

New comic book celebrates nurses as health care superheroes

December 12, 2020 12:54 PM CNN

Move over Superman, Spiderman and Batman, there are new superheroes in town! And they’re wearing scrubs not capes! Marvel Comics and Allegheny…

New comic book celebrates nurses as health care superheroes

December 12, 2020 12:54 PM CNN

Move over Superman, Spiderman and Batman, there are new superheroes in town! And they’re wearing scrubs not capes! Marvel Comics and Allegheny…

Initial Pfizer virus vaccine shipments set to arrive in states on Monday

December 12, 2020 9:40 AM Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The nation’s first Covid-19 vaccine will begin arriving in states Monday morning, U.S. officials said Saturday, after the…

FDA’s Covid-19 vaccine authorization is a ‘monumental moment,’ expert says. It came on the deadliest day of the pandemic

December 12, 2020 8:20 AM CNN

Shipments of Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine will be distributed soon across the country after the FDA on Friday authorized the vaccine…