Tag Archives: COVID19

First COVID-19 Vaccine 90% Effective?

With more than 180 COVID-19 vaccines currently in development1 — 53 of them undergoing clinical trials in humans2 — manufacturers are racing to be the first to reach the market. Pfizer, in a joint venture with Germany-based BioNTech, may have just taken the lead, with an announcement that their mRNA-based vaccine candidate, BNT162b2, was “more… Read More »

As COVID-19 surges, hospitals scramble to find staff amid exhausted workforce

Dive Brief: Demand for temporary healthcare staff is on the rise again as systems across the country face a record number of COVID-19 cases. Staffing firm Aya Healthcare reported a 57% increase in demand for travel nurses over the past 30 days and posted 24,115 open positions as of Monday. Open “crisis nursing” positions increased 291%… Read More »

Pfizer covid-19 vaccine will need a gigantic new network of freezers

By Adam Vaughan A biologist takes a coronavirus DNA sample from the freezer at the Technological Vaccine Center of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.Pedro Vilela/Getty Images We have a covid-19 vaccine that works. But can we keep it cold enough to get it to enough people? Among Pfizer and BioNTech’s… Read More »