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An update on COVID-19 vaccine trials| Jonathan Wosen

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That urgent desire for a sense of safety and a return to normalcy has fueled an unprecedented search for a vaccine against the worst pandemic humanity has faced in a century.CEOs of Pfizer and Moderna, two of the vaccine developers furthest along in that search, have said they could request emergency-use authorization for their COVID-19 vaccines by late November and December, respectively, depending on results from trials that have enrolled tens of thousands of volunteers (including San Diegans).On Wednesday, Health and Human Services secretary Alex Azar said there could be enough doses of a COVID-19 vaccine for those most vulnerable to the disease by the end of 2020, with enough vaccine for all Americans by early April.Read more: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/health/story/2020-10-25/were-getting-closer-to-having-a-covid-19-vaccine-hold-onto-that-maskAlso: https://go.sandiegouniontribune.com/trials-of-the-century/p/1

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