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Vaccine makers Pfizer, Moderna pledge boost to U.S. supply after sluggish rollout
Isaac Stanley-Becker and Christopher Rowland, The Washington Post
Feb. 23, 2021
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Three vials of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine are pictured in a new coronavirus, COVID-19, vaccination center at the Velodrom (velodrome-stadium) in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.Michael Sohn/AP
WASHINGTON - Drug companies told lawmakers Tuesday that they project a major increase in vaccine deliveries that will result in 140 million more doses over the next five weeks, saying they have solved manufacturing challenges and are in a position to overcome scarcity that has hampered the nation s fight against the coronavirus.
Vaccine makers Pfizer, Moderna pledge boost to U.S. supply after sluggish rollout
Isaac Stanley-Becker and Christopher Rowland, The Washington Post
Feb. 23, 2021
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Three vials of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine are pictured in a new coronavirus, COVID-19, vaccination center at the Velodrom (velodrome-stadium) in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.Michael Sohn/AP
WASHINGTON - Drug companies told lawmakers Tuesday that they project a major increase in vaccine deliveries that will result in 140 million more doses over the next five weeks, saying they have solved manufacturing challenges and are in a position to overcome scarcity that has hampered the nation s fight against the coronavirus.
Winter storms delay distribution of 6 million coronavirus vaccine doses
Fenit Nirappil, Amy Goldstein and Lateshia Beachum, The Washington Post
Feb. 19, 2021
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A car comes to an intersection in an area with no power in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 16, 2021.Photo for The Washington Post by Sergio Flores
Hazardous winter conditions delayed the distribution of 6 million doses of coronavirus vaccines this week, the White House announced Friday, hindering lifesaving vaccine drives just as they were gaining momentum.
The delayed doses amount to a three-day supply, and this week s winter storms have slowed the arrival of vaccine in all 50 states, according to Andy Slavitt, the White House s senior adviser on the government s response to covid-19. President Joe Biden, speaking at a Pfizer plant in Kalamazoo, Mich., that manufacturers coronavirus vaccine, said the weather is slowing up the distribution of vaccine.
NASA introduces new class of flight directors
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NASA’s Johnson Space Center Mission Control White Flight Control Room on Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, in Houston.Marie D. De Jesús, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer
NASA has selected four new flight directors to oversee operations of the International Space Station, the agency announced.
These individuals join an elite group of 101 people who have worked in Houston s Mission Control Center leading flight controllers, engineers and other professionals at NASA and its international partners.
“Our flight directors are at the forefront of everything that humans do in space,” NASA Flight Operations Director Steve Koerner said in a Monday news release. “We place a huge responsibility upon them individually to take any necessary action to ensure the safety of our astronauts, the safety of the spacecraft, and to accomplish the mission. These four join a storied group of individuals. We’re excited to have them