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University of Michigan virologist on FDA advisory panel shares insight into vote to recommend boosters, vaccines for kids
Read full article: University of Michigan virologist on FDA advisory panel shares insight into vote to recommend boosters, vaccines for kidsUniversity of Michigan virologist played a crucial role on the FDA’s COVID vaccine advisory panel when it came to the recommended authorization of COVID boosters, and vaccines for children.
FDA vaccine advisory panel to debate if COVID vaccine booster shots will be necessary
Read full article: FDA vaccine advisory panel to debate if COVID vaccine booster shots will be necessaryHealth experts are split over whether COVID vaccine booster shots are needed and there will be a pivotal vote on Friday (Sept. 17).
‘This is going to work’ -- Metro Detroit residents respond to national vaccine, mask mandates
Read full article: ‘This is going to work’ -- Metro Detroit residents respond to national vaccine, mask mandates“This is going to work,” said Dr. Mark Navin, a medical ethicist at Oakland University. “The immediate downside is the political pushback. This is going to polarize vaccination policy along party lines.”
Morning Briefing July 31, 2021: Evictions loom after Biden and Congress fail to extend ban, Michigan GOP panel to vote on resolution censuring congressmen, health experts concerned about growth of del
Read full article: Morning Briefing July 31, 2021: Evictions loom after Biden and Congress fail to extend ban, Michigan GOP panel to vote on resolution censuring congressmen, health experts concerned about growth of delHere are this morning's top stories.
Michigan health experts concerned about growth of COVID delta variant
Read full article: Michigan health experts concerned about growth of COVID delta variant"There will be a variant that will be more transmissible in children,” Dr. Fuller said. “I’m not saying that will happen, but I’m saying the nature is that that could happen."
How Michigan expert’s ‘No’ vote on Pfizer vaccine helped change the approval process
Read full article: How Michigan expert’s ‘No’ vote on Pfizer vaccine helped change the approval processThe FDA advisory committee that recommended the Pfizer vaccine largely agreed it was safe and effective. One of those No votes came from Dr. A. Oveta Fuller, a virologist and viral pathogen researcher at the University of Michigan. Ad“I was aware that there were not that many people of color, not very many African Americans and I remember thinking surely this is so fascinating. And so, with some help of others we founded a chapter of the National Technical Association, which is a stem across the organization of African Americans. This brings us back to her yes vote for the emergency use authorization for the Moderna and Johnson and Johnson vaccines and the no vote to Pfizer.
10 most-read COVID related stories on All About Ann Arbor in 2020
Read full article: 10 most-read COVID related stories on All About Ann Arbor in 2020The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic kept the community on edge and gave us plenty to write about -- not all of it good, and not all of it bad. READ: 10 most-read All About Ann Arbor stories of 2020 that weren’t COVID relatedHere’s a look back at the 10 most-read COVID related All About Ann Arbor stories in 2020:1. Experts project aggressive social distancing could drastically reduce Michigan COVID-19 cases by MayFrom March: Michigan Medicine clinicians said forecasting models suggested that aggressive social distancing could drastically reduce the number of COVID-19 cases in Michigan by early May. Washtenaw County: COVID-19 cases double, community spread ‘now likely’From March: On Thursday, March 19, the number of COVID-19 cases in the county doubled to 14, according to the Health Department. VIEW: Possible Washtenaw County coronavirus (COVID-19) exposure locationsFrom March: Health officials released a list of possible exposure locations that had been visited by residents of Oakland and Washtenaw counties who had the COVID-19 coronavirus.
FDA advisory panelist in Michigan explains voting in favor of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
Read full article: FDA advisory panelist in Michigan explains voting in favor of Moderna COVID-19 vaccineANN ARBOR, Mich. – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted an emergency use authorization for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Friday evening, the second vaccine to be authorized in the country. Prior to the authorization, the FDA advisory panel voted 20-0 with one abstention on Thursday to recommend the vaccine. UPDATE: US clears Moderna vaccine for COVID-19, 2nd shot in arsenalDr. A Oveta Fuller, a virologist and viral pathogen researcher at the University of Michigan, voted “No” to recommend the Pfizer vaccine. However, she said she voted “Yes” this time for Moderna. It seemed like their study was set up to meet that at the minimum but it wasn’t set up to do a whole lot else,” Fuller said.