The COVID-19 vaccines developed by pharmaceutical companies Moderna and Pfizer have each received an emergency use authorization from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and are in the early stages of distribution, however, key differences in the vaccines may impact which healthcare providers are able to access them. The two vaccines have minor differences in terms of administration ...

With distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine now underway, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a recommended three-phase plan for the early stages of vaccine allocation, with frontline essential workers and those aged 75 or older slated for vaccination in the next phase. Phase 1 of the plan is broken up into Phase 1A, 1B and 1C, ...

The first dose of the authorized COVID-19 vaccine at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital was administered to a healthcare worker Thursday.    At a small press briefing at Henry Mayo in Valencia Thursday, the coronavirus vaccine was administered to Kathy Brady, a nurse with the hospital Intensive Care Unit (ICU) who has been caring for COVID-19 patients in Santa Clarita ...

Providence Health and Services, which operates several locations in Santa Clarita, is expected to receive 26,325 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine to be distributed across their network of ten hospitals in southern California. The initial wave of vaccines is intended for “high-risk” caregivers and service providers employed across the Providence network, which includes Holy Cross Hospital in Mission Hills and ...

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH) provided an overview of the plan for the distribution of the first 82,875 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine allocated to the county, in a brief on Thursday afternoon. The FDA recently issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) of the Pfizer vaccine after it completed Phase Three clinical trials, and there ...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and public health officials discussed the plan on Tuesday to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine when approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer said the vaccine distribution in Los Angeles County could begin before the end of 2020. Pfizer, a biopharmaceutical ...

With several COVID-19 vaccine candidates in clinical trials, a review board of California physician-scientists is set to review the vaccine process for safety before the vaccine is distributed in California, Governor Gavin Newsom announced Monday. On Monday, Newsom named a group of nationally-acclaimed California physician-scientists with expertise in immunization and public health to the state’s COVID-19 Scientific Safety Review Workgroup ...