Alex Azar

Coronavirus January 18, 2021

Pfizer to request COVID-19 vaccine full approval in ‘first half of 2021’

Pfizer and BioNTech plan to seek full regulatory approval for their coronavirus vaccine in the first half of the year.

Alex Azar January 15, 2021

HHS Secretary Azar rips CNN after report of resignation: ‘I am still here’

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar slammed CNN on Friday night after the network reported he had resigned and was citing the Jan. 6 Capitol riot as a reason for his departure.

Alex Azar January 14, 2021

China's silence on coronavirus pandemic left world 'flying blind,' Azar says

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar on Thursday heavily underscored mistrust in Chinese leadership, offering a nearly day-by-day account of federal steps taken to control coronavirus since the start of the pandemic as officials dealt with the noncooperative communist counterpart.

Coronavirus January 12, 2021

Trump administration wants to widen COVID-19 vaccine distribution, release 2nd doses

The Trump administration in a bid to speed up COVID-19 vaccination efforts is asking states to widen distribution to include people ages 65 and older, and others who are at high risk for severe illness by releasing second doses that were previously being reserved for those who had already had the first shot.

Coronavirus January 7, 2021

States can expand COVID-19 vaccinations to broader groups to use supply, Azar says

Amid criticism of a growing number of unused coronavirus vaccines sitting on shelves nationwide, a top federal official said Wednesday states should vaccinate older, vulnerable Americans.

Vaccines December 22, 2020

Azar, Fauci receive Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading infectious disease expert, received Moderna’s newly authorized COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday.

Coronavirus December 22, 2020

Vaccinated against COVID-19? Still wear a mask, social distance, Azar says

As the U.S. embarked on a historic mass immunization effort last week against the novel coronavirus with the recently-authorized Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, and now Moderna, a top White House official is urging recipients to continue mitigation measures.

Alex Azar December 16, 2020

Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shipments under close watch amid upcoming snowy weather, Azar says

Despite a fast-approaching nor'easter across the Northeast, Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar said FedEx and UPS are prepared and federal officials are keeping a close watch on shipments of doses.

Alex Azar December 14, 2020

Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine complexity lies in packaging, not storage requirements, Azar says

A federal official on Monday said the complexity associated with Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine is not the sub-freezing storage requirements, but instead the large volume of 975 doses per package.

Coronavirus December 14, 2020

Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine 'extraordinary medical achievement' in US, Azar says

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams joined faculty and administrators of George Washington University Hospital on Monday as the first doses of the facility’s initial coronavirus vaccine doses were administered.