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Steven Brandenburg, the pharmacist accused of tampering with hundreds of doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, is facing a misdemeanor charge of attempted criminal damage to property.

Pharmacist Accused Of Tampering With COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Charged With Misdemeanor

Jan 19, 2021
Steven Brandenburg, the Wisconsin pharmacist who admitted to removing some 570 doses of the Moderna vaccine from cold storage last month, has been charged with attempted criminal damage to property.
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Staff and residents of the Ararat Nursing Facility in the Mission Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles got COVID-19 shots on Jan. 7. Coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths have been surging throughout Los Angeles County.

Why You Should Still Wear A Mask And Avoid Crowds After Getting The COVID-19 Vaccine

Jan 12, 2021
It takes time after vaccination for immunity to the virus to build up, and no vaccine is 100% effective. Plus, scientists don't yet know if the vaccine stops viral spread. Here's what's known so far.
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Coronavirus Updates
A bottle of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine is shown before being used last month in Topeka, Kan. The European Medicines Agency has recommended authorizing the drug on a conditional basis.

EU Medical Panel Recommends Authorizing Moderna Vaccine

Jan 06, 2021
"Now we are working at full speed to approve it & make it available in the EU," said EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. It would be the second vaccine to get EU authorization.
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Coronavirus Updates
By the end of the day, more people received an injection on Monday than have been vaccinated since the start of the vaccine program on Dec. 18, Judson Howe, president of Adventist Health said.

Hospital Scrambles To Find Patients Before Freezer Failure Ruins 830 Vaccines

Jan 05, 2021
The crisis starts around 2 a.m. at a hospital in Mendocino County, Calif. A compressor gives out, giving the staff two hours to use the coronavirus vaccines before they are declared unusable.
NPR
The Coronavirus Crisis
Steven Brandenburg, who worked as a pharmacist with the Advocate Aurora Health hospital system, has admitted he deliberately removed 57 vials of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine from refrigeration and left them out overnight on Dec. 24 and again on Dec. 2

Pharmacist Who Spoiled More Than 500 Vaccine Doses Said He Thought They Were 'Unsafe'

Jan 04, 2021
"He'd formed this belief they were unsafe," prosecutors said Monday. They also disclosed that colleagues of the now-fired pharmacist, Steven Brandenburg, reported he had twice taken a gun to work.
NPR
The Coronavirus Crisis
Grafton, Wis., police officials said the now-fired pharmacist admitted he removed the vials of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from refrigeration to render them useless.

Pharmacist Arrested, Accused Of Destroying More Than 500 Moderna Vaccine Doses

Dec 31, 2020
The now-fired hospital employee later said he knew "that people who received the vaccinations would think they had been vaccinated against the virus when in fact they were not," investigators said.
NPR
The Coronavirus Crisis
Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine must be kept between 36° to 46°F. The vials can remain at room temperature for up to 12 hours.

Some 500 Coronavirus Vaccine Doses Intentionally Destroyed, Hospital Says

Dec 30, 2020
Officials at the Wisconsin medical center first suspected a now-former employee inadvertently left the Moderna drugs out of cold storage. But an investigation concludes they were deliberately removed.
NPR
Coronavirus Updates
Washington, D.C., Fire and EMS Lt. Keishea Jackson gets a Pfizer coronavirus vaccine shot on Thursday.

Maryland, Virginia To Send Extra COVID-19 Vaccine To D.C., Tripling Its Allotment

Dec 18, 2020
D.C.'s mayor urged the federal government to send more medicine to no avail. Now the states are sharing their supply to vaccinate health care workers who work in the capital but live elsewhere.

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