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News Articles: operation warp speed

Then-Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar (left) and President Donald Trump listen as Moncef Slaoui of Operation Warp Speed speaks about the crash program to develop a COVID-19 vaccine in the White House Rose Garden in May 2020.

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The U.S. Paid Billions To Get Enough COVID Vaccines Last Fall. What Went Wrong?

Immediately after the Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer's vaccine, the company delivered fewer doses than its government contract projected. Federal officials say they didn't know why.

August 25, 2021
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  • Sydney Lupkin
Moncef Slaoui, seen last November in the White House Rose Garden, was a key figure in the Trump administration's crash program to develop COVID-19 vaccines.

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Operation Warp Speed's Slaoui Ousted From Medical Company Board Over Misconduct Claim

Moncef Slaoui, who helped lead Operation Warp Speed under the Trump administration, was removed from a medical device startup's board over allegations of sexual harassment.

March 24, 2021
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  • Sydney Lupkin
A COVID-19 vaccine hub taking appointments only stands in Brooklyn as New York City begins to run low on doses Friday.

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  • Health

Moderna And Pfizer Need To Nearly Double COVID-19 Vaccine Deliveries To Meet Goals

The two companies making COVID-19 vaccines each promised to deliver 100 million doses to the federal government by the end of March. So far, they appear to be running behind.

January 22, 2021
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  • Sydney Lupkin
People lined up to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination site in Disneyland's parking lot in Anaheim, Calif. on Jan. 13. The state says all residents 65 or older are now eligible to receive the vaccine.

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OPINION: Moral Tragedy Looms In Early Chaos Of U.S. COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

As states suddenly expand the categories of people eligible for the first scarce shipments of vaccine, who will be watching to make sure those hit hardest by the pandemic aren't left behind?

January 16, 2021
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By:
  • Hazar Khidir and
  • Melanie Molina
Dr. David Kessler (top right during a briefing before the election) has been a top coronavirus adviser to President-elect Joe Biden for months.

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Biden Administration Will Rename 'Operation Warp Speed,' Citing Trump 'Failures'

The Biden transition team also announced that Dr. David Kessler will be the White House's chief science officer for the COVID-19 response.

January 15, 2021
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  • Merrit Kennedy
The U.S. is unlikely to meet its goal of vaccinating 20 million Americans by the end of the year, health officials said this week.

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U.S. Likely Will Miss Goal Of Vaccinating 20 Million By The New Year

Leaders of the nation's federal vaccine effort, called Operation Warp Speed, said the U.S. has deployed around 14 million vaccine doses as of Wednesday with just 2.1 million Americans vaccinated.

December 31, 2020
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
President Trump boards Marine One for a trip from the White House to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for COVID-19 treatment in early October. Trump received Regeneron's antibody cocktail during his illness.

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Low Demand For Antibody Drugs Against COVID-19

Monoclonal antibodies to prevent severe COVID-19 aren't being used as widely as expected. Medical staff shortages and patient transportation problems are two of the reasons.

December 22, 2020
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  • Richard Harris
Two shipping containers holding the first doses of the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine arrived at the UPS Worldport in Louisville, Ky., on Sunday.

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UPS Executive: Vaccine Shipments Will Reach Distribution Centers Monday Morning

Wes Wheeler, president of UPS Healthcare, told NPR Sunday that the first shipment of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines is on its way to sites in all 50 states, complete with dry ice and Bluetooth technology.

December 13, 2020
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  • Rachel Treisman
A vial of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech that was used at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast, U.K., on Tuesday.

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U.S. Government May Find It Hard To Get More Doses Of Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine

A Pfizer board member says the government declined to buy more doses beyond the initial 100 million already agreed upon. Demand from other countries could complicate future purchases.

December 10, 2020
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  • Sydney Lupkin
Refrigerators store Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at a company facility in Kalamazoo, Mich.

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Pfizer's Coronavirus Vaccine Supply Contract Excludes Many Taxpayer Protections

The $1.95 billion Operation Warp Speed contract excludes government rights to inventions or production know-how developed in the manufacture of the COVID-19 vaccine.

November 25, 2020
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  • Sydney Lupkin
A flu vaccine is administered at a walk-up COVID-19 testing site, in San Fernando, Calif. Emergency use authorization is expected soon for vaccines for COVID-19.

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Initial Batch Of COVID-19 Vaccines Will Go To States Based On Population, Not Risk

Operation Warp Speed is allocating the first batch of 6.4 million COVID vaccines to states, based on population. This circumvents a CDC advisory committee, which proposed allocation based on risk.

November 25, 2020
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  • Pien Huang
Novavax released its federal contract to develop and supply a COVID-19 vaccine. The agreement reveals terms that weren't previously known.

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Novavax Posts Coronavirus Vaccine Contract That Government Didn't Disclose

The $1.6 billion Novavax contract is one of several Operation Warp Speed agreements issued through a third party, Advanced Technology International, and that hadn't been released.

November 11, 2020
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  • Sydney Lupkin
The Department of Health and Human Services on Saturday made public several contracts with companies working on COVID-19 vaccines as part of Operation Warp Speed.

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HHS Released More Coronavirus Vaccine Contracts As Election Results Unfolded

Newly released COVID-19 vaccine contracts include weakened protections against potential price gouging. Several key federal contracts still haven't been disclosed by the government.

November 08, 2020
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  • Sydney Lupkin
Moncef Slaoui, a former GlaxoSmithKline executive, speaks during the kickoff announcement for Operation Warp Speed in the White House Rose Garden on May 15.

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After Months Of Questions, A Key Operation Warp Speed Adviser's Contract Emerges

Drug industry veteran Moncef Slaoui is a key figure in Operation Warp Speed's push to develop COVID-19 coronavirus vaccines. His employment terms raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest.

October 31, 2020
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  • Sydney Lupkin
Tony Potts, a 69-year-old retiree living in Ormond Beach, Fla., receives his first injection earlier this year as a participant in a Phase 3 clinical trial of Moderna's COVID-19 candidate vaccine.

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Advisers To CDC Debate How COVID-19 Vaccine Should Be Rolled Out

In advance of a COVID-19 vaccine being available, a group of independent medical advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention weighed Friday who should get the vaccine first and how.

October 30, 2020
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  • Joe Neel and
  • Pien Huang
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