The drugmaker said Monday that it will focus instead on studying two possible treatments for the virus that also have yet to be approved by regulators. The company said its potential vaccines were well tolerated by patients, but they generated an inferior immune system response compared with other vaccines.
Gov. Tim Walz’s office on Monday unveiled plans to vaccinate 15,000 metro area educators, ease the online shot signup hassles for those 65 and older and push providers to get shots into arms more quickly. But there’s still not enough vaccine.
In a year marked by tragedy and heartbreak, health care providers have been able to study COVID-19 in real time and figure out ways to keep more of its victims alive. Inside Mayo Clinic's COVID-19 intensive care unit, staff say that though they are saving more people, there's still no magic formula.
As COVID-19 vaccines roll out, doctors say it's long past time to address the exclusion of pregnant women from research on drugs and vaccines. They say better study design is the answer.
Gov. Tim Walz will release a $50 billion two-year budget on Tuesday that will focus on where Minnesota goes after a year of turbulence from the COVID-19 pandemic.
President Joe Biden on Monday will formally reinstate COVID-19 travel restrictions on non-U.S. travelers from Brazil, Ireland, the United Kingdom and 26 other European countries that allow travel across open borders, according to two White House officials.
Top aides to President Joe Biden on Sunday began talks with a group of moderate Senate Republicans and Democrats on a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package.
Data from Johns Hopkins University showed the U.S. passing 25 million confirmed coronavirus cases as of Sunday morning. The true number of cases, however, is likely far higher
Dr. Anthony Fauci, now President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser on COVID-19, says he rejoiced when the new president said that "science and truth" would guide the nation's policies toward the pandemic.
The number of Minnesotans who’ve received at least the first dose of the two-shot COVID-19 vaccine is nearing a quarter-million. But that’s still less than 5 percent of the state’s population, as the supply of vaccine and pace of distribution isn’t enough to meet the demand.