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That would make it the biggest-selling pharmaceutical product in the world. The company, which splits its covid vaccine earnings 50-50 with BioNTech, expects demand to continue for years.
BioNTech founders and Dr. Anthony Fauci comment on what the future path of the coronavirus pandemic could look like.
Up until now, covid vaccines have been distributed to the states by population. Going forward, unordered doses will stay in a federal bank from which the Biden administration can allocate to other states where demand is higher, The Washington Post reports.
To achieve the ambitious timeline -- at a time when demand for shots is waning -- President Joe Biden said: "We're going to make it easier than ever to get vaccinated." Walk-up vaccinations, community clinics and mobile units are among the strategies planned.
Pfizer is planning to seek authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for emergency use of its covid vaccine on kids aged 2 to 11. The agency is expected to clear the shot for adolescents from 12 to 15 as early as next week.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Editorial pages delve into neurodiversity in health care, menthol cigarette ban and the opioid crisis.
As the U.S. travel ban for India kicks in, reports highlight that other developing nations are also experiencing surges. Globally, there were more new cases in the last two weeks than in the first six months of the pandemic.
It will take until the end of 2022 for Moderna to deliver the shots, though. Amid ongoing hesitancy, with only around 68% of global adults saying they would get a shot, vaccine rollouts continue: Sri Lanka has just gotten its first Sputnik V batch.
Opinion writers examine these Covid issues.
In other news across the states, Idaho's transgender sports ban faces a legal challenge, and Caitlyn Jenner's stance on the issue hits a nerve in California. Meanwhile, Oregon expedites measures to provide emergency homeless shelters.
Other corporate and financial news is from SafeSource Direct, Roivant Sciences, CVS Health, SmileDirectClub, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Medline and others.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation spent nearly $2 billion on covid relief, has backed programs for malaria and polio eradication, and has aided poorer nations globally. The divorce announcement made it clear their foundation work will continue.
Last Sunday saw more people fly on one day in the U.S. since mid-March 2020. But the FAA noted a very high incidence of dangerous behavior — a lot of it related to mask-wearing rules and excessive drinking.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the change is part of an antitrust settlement. Other insurance news focuses on covid coverage, the ACA exchanges and racial gaps in maternity care.
Lawyers for a West Virginia county and city argued that the nation's three largest drug distributors should be held liable for the opioid crisis, as a highly anticipated trial began. The distributors tried to lay the blame elsewhere.
In other pharmaceutical news, promising results come from a new treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Gilead sues Russia over a government-okayed remdesivir clone; and the EU fines drugmaker Merck over a merger deal.
Ukraine, in particular, has increased its requests ahead of a visit this week from Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Meanwhile, research from UCLA's Covid-19 Health and Politics Project shows a partisan divide even on vaccine enticements: cash rewards work best for Democrats while relaxing safety guidelines are most effective when convincing Republicans.
Following a report published by The New York Times about the shifting views of public health experts about the state of the pandemic, other news outlets examine what it means if the U.S. can not reach the mark. President Joe Biden also commented.
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