Carolyn Crist

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2.1 Million COVID Vaccine Doses Given in U.S.

Author:: Carolyn Crist

Publish date: December 29, 2020

The number is based on the CDC’s Vaccine Tracking System and reports from state and local public health departmen...

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COVID-19 ranks as a leading cause of death in United States

Author:: Carolyn Crist

Publish date: December 17, 2020

“The current exponential increase in COVID-19 is reaching a calamitous scale in the U.S.”

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Pfizer can’t supply additional vaccines to U.S. until June

Author:: Carolyn Crist

Publish date: December 10, 2020

Other countries have signed vaccine deals with Pfizer, so the U.S. may not be able to receive a second major allo...

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COVID-19 vaccine distribution could start in 2 weeks, Pence says

Author:: Carolyn Crist

Publish date: December 3, 2020

The FDA is scheduled to make a decision about Pfizer’s emergency-use authorization after an advisory panel meets on Dec. 10.

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FDA approves first at-home COVID-19 test kit

Author:: Carolyn Crist

Publish date: November 19, 2020

The Lucira COVID-19 All-In-One Test-Kit is a single-use test that has a nasal swab to collect samples for people ages 14 and older.

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Florida will investigate all COVID-19 deaths

Author:: Carolyn Crist

Publish date: October 23, 2020

The review is meant to “ensure data integrity.”

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Delayed cancer screening could cause increase in deaths, study says

Author:: Carolyn Crist

Publish date: October 14, 2020

Based on a survival rate of 5 years for stage 3 or stage 4 colorectal cancer, the death rate would increase nearly 12% when screening is delayed fo...

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FDA authorizes new saliva COVID-19 test

Author:: Carolyn Crist

Publish date: August 17, 2020

“Providing this type of flexibility for processing saliva samples to test for COVID-19 infection is groundbreaking in terms of efficiency and avoid...

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Mass protests could cause COVID-19 outbreaks

Author:: Carolyn Crist

Publish date: June 1, 2020

“There’s going to be a lot of issues coming out of what’s happened in the last week, but one of them is going to be that chains of transmission wil...