Moderna announced Thursday that it had begun developing a possible vaccine that combines a COVID-19 dose and a seasonal influenza shot. “Today we are announcing the first step in our novel respiratory vaccine program with the development of a single-dose vaccine that combines a booster against COVID-19 and a booster against flu,” Moderna CEO Stéphane…
New Biden Executive Order to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccines for Federal Workers
President Joe Biden’s newest executive order will mandate federal workers get a COVID-19 vaccine, the White House announced Thursday. White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed the order while speaking to reporters in Washington. The mandate will have “limited exceptions for legally recognized reasons such as disability or religious objections,” she said. “How this will…
Biden Mandates COVID-19 Vaccines for Federal Workers
President Joe Biden’s on Thursday mandated federal workers get a COVID-19 vaccine. The new executive order removes the option for workers and contractors to choose not to get vaccinated. The White House said in a document that Biden had signed the order. The text of the order has not yet been released. The mandate will…
United Airlines Staff With Vaccine Exemptions Told They’ll Be Placed on Unpaid Leave
United Airlines employees who are granted a medical or religious exemption have been informed that they’ll be automatically placed on unpaid leave, a policy that one expert described as the harshest in America. In memorandums to workers who have applied for an exemption to United’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate, workers were told that they must become…
UK Government Seeks to Mandate Flu, CCP Virus Vaccines for Frontline Health, Social Care Staff
Frontline staff in England’s health and social care settings may be required to get flu and CCP virus vaccines, the government said on Thursday. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) launched a six-week consultation on the proposal to make vaccination a condition of deployment for frontline workers in the sector. Following a previous consultation,…
Novavax Launches Trial for Combined Flu/COVID-19 Vaccine
A Maryland-based biotechnology company on Wednesday announced the launch of a clinical trial that will examine the efficacy and safety of a combined flu/COVID-19 vaccine. The early stage phase 1/2 study will examine a combination of a seasonal influenza vaccine candidate from Novavax and a COVID-19 vaccine candidate the company makes, neither of which have…
Novavax Begins Trial for Combined Flu/COVID-19 Vaccine
A Maryland-based biotechnology company on Sept. 8 announced the launch of a clinical trial that will examine the efficacy and safety of a combined flu/COVID-19 vaccine. The early-stage phase 1/2 study will examine a combination of a seasonal influenza vaccine candidate from Novavax and a COVID-19 vaccine candidate the company makes, neither of which have…
LAUSD Board To Consider COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate For Students
LOS ANGELES—All eligible students aged 12 and over in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) would be required to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to attend in-person classes under a proposal going before the district’s Board of Education on Sept. 9. The board has called a special meeting for 2 p.m. Thursday to consider the…
Tucson Pauses COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate After Arizona Attorney General Deems It Illegal
The city of Tuscon has paused a mandate that ordered employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine or face five days of suspension and other discipline. Arizona’s attorney general said Tuesday that the mandate, imposed last month, was illegal because it violated an executive order that Gov. Doug Ducey unveiled earlier this year, in addition to…
Japan to Purchase 150 Million Doses of Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine
Japan has agreed to purchase 150 million doses of the Takeda-produced Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, the drugmaker announced on Tuesday. The pharmaceutical company and Japan’s biggest drugmaker said in a statement that it is preparing to manufacture the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine domestically for distribution beginning early next year, pending approval from regulators. Takeda noted that the…
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