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Summary List PlacementGood news about coronavirus vaccines keeps rolling in. On Friday, Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine became the first candidate to receive emergency authorization in the US. The day before, an advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration recommended the shot for widespread use in peoples ages 16 and older. Moderna's shot could be next: The company applied for an emergency use authorization (EUA)...

Summary List PlacementPeople with common allergies to foods or to things in the environment like pollen or dust probably don't have to worry about having a serious reaction to the just-authorized Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, the US Food and Drug Administration said during a press conference on Saturday.  Even people who've had a severe allergic reaction to food or to something in the environment in the...

Summary List PlacementEvan Fein can't know for sure, but he is pretty certain he got Pfizer's experimental coronavirus vaccine about five months ago.  "I think I got a real vaccine, and not a placebo," Fein said, during a public comment period the Food and Drug Administration held on Thursday afternoon. The comment period was part of an advisory committee hearing, where top disease experts...

Summary List Placement The US Food and Drug Administration will be hosting a meeting in just under three weeks to consider an emergency use authorization for Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, the agency announced Friday. Earlier this week, the pharmaceutical giant revealed that its experimental vaccine is 95% effective at preventing transmission of the coronavirus, citing a clinical trial involving more than 43,000 people. Only mild...