The Wisconsin pharmacist accused of purposely destroying 570 doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine will have his pharmacy license suspended, pending the outcome of his criminal and disciplinary hearings, TMJ4, a Milkwaukee NBC-affiliate, reported.
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Pfizer notified national governments across the globe that it will deliver fewer doses than usual of its COVID-19 vaccine until mid-February as it renovates one of its factories in Puurs, Belgium, Bloomberg reported Jan. 15.
President-elect Joe Biden detailed his national COVID-19 vaccination plan, including administering 100 million shots during his first 100 days as president, during a Jan. 15 speech, The New York Times reported.
Ten percent of rural hospitals in Texas haven't received any COVID-19 vaccine doses as of Jan. 14, CNN reported.
Charlotte, N.C.-based Novant Health is launching six COVID-19 vaccination sites in the state and planning to administer 1 million doses by April, the health system announced Jan. 14.
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People who receive a COVID-19 vaccine should continue to wear a mask and practice social distancing after their first and second dose, according to Indiana physician Mandy Armitage, MD.
Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine candidate generated immune response in nearly all clinical trial volunteers after a single dose, according to interim data analysis published Jan. 13 in The New England Journal of Medicine.
The White House won't be able to fulfill President Donald Trump's promise to distribute $200 discount cards to Medicare beneficiaries to buy prescription drugs, Politico reported Jan. 14.
Grocery store pharmacies in Washington, D.C., have started giving away leftover COVID-19 vaccine doses each day just before closing time to whoever is there to receive them, The Atlantic reported.
Billionaire investor and Shark Tank star Mark Cuban has launched a generic drug company called the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company.