Covid19 vaccine available and with those vaccines developed at socalled warp speed interest in understanding the process has never been greater. The fda inside and out, they have to do that. Let me briefly introduce our incredible speakers today. Dr. Stephen hahn is the 20 fourth administer of the fda, having trained in medical oncology and radiation oncology, prior to joining the fda served as chief medical executive at the university of texas cancer center. Before that he chaired the permit of radiation oncology at the university, and the alma mater. And the commission of the fda, before that was founding Vice President and Senior Scientist at the Nuclear Threat initiative, foundation dedicated to biological threats. Recently dr. Margaret hamburg was foreign secretary, at the American Association for advancement of science. She completed her services at the organization. Commissioners dr. Margaret hamburg and dr. Stephen hahn will be talking to clifton leaf who was guest editor of th
Will tell us with some infected and ideally can we go back into society and be safe. The truth is we dont yet have that information. The test cannot provide that assurance. I think a lot of people think if they get this Antibody Test and they test positive that they are going to have a shield that allows them to go to the Grocery Store without their mask on. Is that what a positive Antibody Test means . I think we cannot safely say that to people yet. ticking this is a snapshot of the microbiome. And this is the trillions of bacteria represented by the different colors. The microbiome, the they help process the food that we consume, but they do a lot more than that. They make vitamins. Theyre able to produce essential amino acids. Theyre able to talk to ticking im lesley stahl. Im bill whitaker. Im anderson cooper. Im sharyn alfonsi. Im scott pelley. Those stories, tonight, on 60 minutes. ticking ticking ticking because there are options. Like an unjection™. Xeljanz. The first and on
Systematic issue a major change in the system for manufacturing and delivering pharmaceuticals. The implications of one country controlling the supply of medicine are astounding. No matter what country we may be talking about. Think about it, what if there is a Global Pandemic and its hard to move product across the world because of that . What if there are heightened tensions within the South China Sea, everyone can be vulnerable, everyone could be put at risk. The role of the fda in the situation cannot be overstated because the fda cannot be as effective in assuring the safety of our medicines and force long areas of the world as it can at home. Many of us are not aware of the facetoface contact that the fda has for those manufacturing our drugs. The inspections they conduct. The very handson work involved in making sure the manufacture of drugs is safe. They certainly set up offices all over the world to do that but that is not the same as having offices carrying manufacturing in y
Emergency in france for another three months. Governors from nearly half of the fifty states are now saying they dont want Syrian Refugees to be resettled in their states. States. That includes Iowa Governor terry branstad. Their announcements come after it wawadeterminin at least one of the attackers in paris entered europe with other refugees. This morning, speaker of the house paul ryan commented on the issue. Our nation has always been welcoming, but we cannot let t terrorists take advantage of our compassion. This is a moment where its better to be safe than to be sorry, sorry,president obama previously announced the us would accept up to 10thousand people fleeing fromomyria. Immigration experts say under the regfugee act of 1980, governors cannot legally block them from settling in their communities. Moscow now says it has proof that terrorisis took down a passenger jet in egypt last month. Intelligience officials were able to find traces of a homemade bomb among the putin is vow
Good afternoon, in the news this noon, frustration in the poconos as the ongoing search for a Police Killer blocks p. M. From their neighborhoods. And the revel casino hits the Auction Block in new york city. But the big story is the heavy rain on the way. The clouds are building as we look live from sky 6 in atlantic city. Clouds are expected to arrive and sweep across the rest of the region with steady rain into the night and the morning commute tomorrow. For all the details lets head to stormtracker 6 live double scan. So far so good on stormtracker 6 live double scan, we werent expecting rain now and we dont have it. But if you look at the wider view, there is heavy rain on the way from the coast of the carolinas and its close to the southern border of delaware, by 4 00 or 5 00, well have it up north into Cape May County, philadelphia by about 6 00 to 8 00, and past the northern suburbs, and it stays with us all night long. How much rain are we looking at, future tracker 6 with the