Hundreds of local people have participated in Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax vaccination trials, and the Jacksonville Center for Clinical Research has said they are being well-tolerated in the area.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. President Joe Biden Tuesday announced a plan to purchase 200 million more COVID-19 vaccine doses. It s part of his plan to ramp up the rollout of vaccines.
Biden said those doses will be available this summer and will help almost the entire country get vaccinated by the end of the summer or early fall. He also announced that his administration will give governors estimates of how much vaccine they ll get at least three weeks in advance.
As more people continue to receive COVID-19 vaccinations, there are growing concerns that many African Americans across the United States don’t want to get the vaccine because they don’t trust it.
Jacksonville clinical research center begins trials on another COVID-19 vaccine
‘So far, we’re not having any adverse reactions to report of any significance, which is good news,’ researcher says
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – While the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines continue to be administered across the United States under an emergency authorization status, the Jacksonville Center for Clinical Research has just begun clinical trials for the Novavax vaccine.
Novavax is another drug manufacturer to come out with a COVID-19 vaccine after Pfizer and Moderna that does not require injecting a person with the live virus.
COVID-19 vaccine researcher Dr. Micheal Koren explained how the Novavax vaccine works.