Vaccine 411 - Coronavirus and Covid 19 Vaccine news, updates, and information

This is a vaccine 411 as the race for a Covid 19 and Coronavirus vaccine continues. Here are the latest developments. First, the numbers, 133 vaccines are in development. According to the World Health Organization, 10 have reached clinical trials in China, the U.K. and the U.S.. The remainder, 123 vaccines are in preclinical trials throughout the world. On this episode of Vaccine four one one encouraging news from Cambridge, Massachusetts based Moderna. In April, the U.S. government agency BARDA joined forces with biotechnology company Moderna, pledging 483 million dollars to accelerate the development of the vaccine. Remember Dr. Rick Bright? He headed BARDA when the agreement was reached and was then removed from his post and filed a whistleblower complaint that the federal government's response to the virus put politics over science.

[00:00:50] Moderna would use the money to scale up production, hiring an additional 150 team members and moving from two ships a day, five days a week to three ships a day, seven days a week. The goal provide millions of doses a month in 2020 and tens of millions of doses a month in 2021. The Phase one trials began March 16th, with 45 volunteers ranging in age from 18 to 55. Madonna hoped to move to phase two in Q2 and phase three by the fall by May 18. The New York Times reported the potential vaccine was safe for humans and appeared to stimulate an immune response against the infection. And the latest on the Moderna vaccine. At the end of May, they began to recruit for phase two, enrolling 600 candidates. The potential vaccine should go into phase three trials in July, two months ahead of schedule. Phase three involves about 30000 people between 18 and 55. Corona Virus Taskforce member Dr. Fauci said the U.S. should have 100 million doses of this potential Cauvin 19 vaccine by the end of the year. Let's hope it works. For the latest updates, subscribe for Free to Vaccine for one one on your podcast app or ask your smart speaker to play the vaccine 411 podcast.

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