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The vaccine failed to trigger the desired immune response in people ages 50 and older, forcing the company to rethink its antigen formulation. The news is a blow for many governments who had ordered millions of doses of the shot, including the United States.
Engineering a fix could take a year. The episode shows why governments seek multiple sources of vaccines.
The company announced Thursday that it has begun dosing children as young as 12 with its mRNA vaccine. The 3,000 healthy participants will receive two doses, 28 days apart.
The benefits outweigh the risks, a committee of experts advised Thursday in a 17-4 vote, with one person abstaining. The FDA is likely to sign off soon; shots could begin going into arms in just days.
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Canada also approved it and expects to authorize Moderna's vaccine soon. Other global news includes concerns of vaccine hoarding by rich countries and a directive for China's airline pilots to wear diapers rather than risk COVID infection using aircraft bathrooms.
Pennsylvania's governor is the latest. In other state news, Baltimore shuts down all dining and Anchorage gets a monoclonal antibody infusion center.
And yet, as COVID deaths rise ever higher, some jurisdictions are still pushing back against requiring people to wear a mask.
Fewer Black children getting flu shots and postponed diagnosis of cancers are among the concerns in a year of rampant COVID infections.
School news also covers bonuses for employees in Alabama, special ed teachers, HBCUs and more.
The report, by the Milliman consulting firm, recommends that Florida alter its contracts with pharmacy benefit managers so more of the discounts negotiated by those PBMs goes to the state's Medicaid managed care plans. Also in the news, Google launches a new research app and some patients in deep pain seek a new study of a controversial pain killer, Vioxx.
Media reports look at protection from one shot of Pfizer's vaccine and more vaccine news.
Lobbying by the American Hospital Association and the American Medical Association persuaded legislators from moving ahead on a bill to ban surprise medical bills.
Sixty-four percent of health care companies reported a shortage of supplies. In other health care industry news, Encompass Health wants to do away with its home health and hospice segment.
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar met with the Biden transition team, and Dr. Deborah Birx seeks a role in the Biden administration.
There is no consensus yet on a bill to provide economic relief to people and businesses affected by the COVID pandemic, including providing liability protections to employers whose employees get sick or die from COVID.
After getting medicines many COVID patients can't obtain, Rudy Giuliani was released from the hospital. But at least 30 people in the Michigan legislature, where Giuliani spoke maskless, have tested positive.
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