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World Health Organization holds press briefing on the coronavirus outbreak — 9/4/2020
The World Health Organization is holding a briefing Friday on the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 26.3 million people worldwide and killed at least 869,300, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Earlier in the day, the WHO told reporters that widespread vaccinations against the virus are not expected until mid-2021. » […]
World Health Organization holds press conference on the coronavirus outbreak — 12/11/20
World Health Organization officials are holding a press conference on Friday to update the public on the coronavirus outbreak that has infected more than 69.7 million people across the world. The briefing comes as U.S. regulators say the authorization of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine is imminent. On Thursday evening, a panel of advisors to the Food […]
WATCH LIVE: FDA Advisory Committee reviews Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine — 12/10/2020
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee holds a meeting to review the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine on Thursday. The U.S. recorded 3,124 new Covid-19 deaths on Wednesday, the deadliest single-day tally of the pandemic so far, according to a CNBC analysis of Johns Hopkins University data. The country reported […]
CDC panel votes on who will get Covid vaccine first — 12/1/2020
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, an outside group of medical experts that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is scheduled to vote Tuesday on who will be first in line to get the coronavirus vaccine. Scientists and infectious disease experts have debated who will get immunized first and how. Medical experts have said health-care […]
World Health Organization holds a briefing on the coronavirus pandemic — 11/27/2020
World Health Organization officials hold a press conference Friday to update the public on the coronavirus outbreak, which has infected more than 61.15 million globally, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The U.S. has now recorded more than 12.88 million Covid-19 cases. Public health officials have warned Thursday’s Thanksgiving holiday could exacerbate the […]
World Health Organization holds a briefing on the coronavirus pandemic — 11/30/2020
The World Health Organization is holding a briefing Monday on the coronavirus pandemic after Moderna said it will request emergency clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for its Covid-19 vaccine. Moderna will be the second drugmaker to seek emergency use from the FDA after Pfizer, another front-runner in the Covid-19 vaccine race, applied for the same […]
World Health Organization holds a briefing on the coronavirus outbreak – 7/23/2020
The World Health Organization is holding a briefing Thursday on the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 15.2 million people worldwide and killed at least 623,800, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The WHO on Monday applauded newly published data by researchers at Oxford University and AstraZeneca on a potential coronavirus vaccine […]
World Health Organization holds a briefing on the coronavirus pandemic — 11/16/2020
World Health Organization officials hold a press conference Monday to update the public on the coronavirus outbreak, which has infected 54.48 million globally, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The U.S. has now recorded more than 11 million Covid-19 cases, tallying 1 million new cases of the virus in under a week. On […]
World Health Organization holds a briefing on the coronavirus as cases surge — 11/2/2020
The World Health Organization is holding a briefing Monday on the coronavirus as the pandemic in the United States and Europe accelerates. On Saturday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a second national lockdown in England as coronavirus cases surge there. Last week, the WHO that some countries may need to shut down their nonessential […]
WATCH LIVE: World Health Organization holds a briefing on the coronavirus pandemic – 10/26/2020
World Health Organization officials hold a press conference Monday to update the public on the coronavirus outbreak, which has infected more than 43 million globally, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. » Subscribe to CNBC TV: https://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBCtelevision » Subscribe to CNBC: https://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBC » Subscribe to CNBC Classic: https://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBCclassic Turn to CNBC TV for […]