by Associated Press | Dec 30, 2020 | Doctors, Healthcare, Hospitals
Pfizer and BioNTech will supply the U.S. with an additional 100 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine under a second agreement. The drugmakers said Wednesday that they expect to deliver all the doses by July 31. Pfizer already has a contract to supply the government...
by Associated Press | Dec 18, 2020 | Doctors, Healthcare, Hospitals
A U.S. government advisory panel endorsed widespread use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine Thursday, putting the country just one step away from launching an epic vaccination campaign against the outbreak that has killed close to 300,000 Americans. Shots could...
by modern healthcare | Dec 17, 2020 | Doctors, Healthcare, Hospitals
Hospitals prepare for a vaccine Some hospitals in Ohio have been allocated the first round doses. On Dec. 4, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced the first phase of the state’s vaccine distribution program would entail receiving 98,000 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19...
by Alex Kacik | Dec 3, 2020 | Doctors
Blue Shield of California-backed venture Altais completed its acquisition of Brown & Toland Physicians, a 2,700-physician group in the San Francisco Bay Area, the organizations announced Wednesday. Altais Clinical Services, which is a division of the healthcare...
by Crain's New York Business | Dec 1, 2020 | Doctors, Hospitals
Although the health system’s volume of Covid – related emergency department visits and admissions is much lower now than during the peak of the crisis, it’s higher than at the end of summer, Katz said. “Right now we have no capacity issues,” he said. “We...
by modern healthcare | Nov 30, 2020 | Doctors, Healthcare, Hospitals
Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca said Monday that late-stage trials showed its coronavirus vaccine was up to 90% effective, giving public health officials hope they may soon have access to a vaccine that is cheaper and easier to distribute than some of its rivals....
