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Kellogg's Diner owner Irene Siderakis slammed coronavirus restrictions and is taking action against "the people who took our right to earn a living."

FedEx began shipping the second coronavirus vaccine candidate to earn emergency authorization in the U.S. after Moderna, a Massachusetts-based biotech company, received the authorization for its vaccine candidate from an FDA advisory panel on Thursday.

The AP tallied more than $7 billion in purchases by states this spring for personal protective equipment and high-demand medical devices such as ventilators and infrared thermometers.

Moderna, Pfizer, BioNTech and others have enlisted third parties to catapult their vaccine technology from the laboratory to industrial production at unprecedented speed.

Walgreens on Friday began to administer Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine, which became the first such shot last week to receive emergency use approval from the Food and Drug Administration.

"Our unparalleled Express network was built for time-definite shipments such as these vaccines," FedEx president and chief operating officer Raj Subramaniam told analysts Thursday. "Simply put, a global health of this scale requires a network of our scale to address. This is who we are and what we do."

Pfizer defended the rollout of its COVID-19 vaccine Thursday, saying that it currently has millions of doses sitting in a warehouse awaiting shipping instructions after Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said there have been some hiccups. 

The panel's recommendation was the final step before senior FDA officials decide whether to approve the vaccine for mass use.

"We hope our technology can help make the largest-ever global immunization campaign a success and deliver the benefits of the vaccine quickly, effectively and equitably," Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said in a statement.

After news of the FDA's first COVID-19 vaccine approval, the number of hotel bookings at properties across websites such as Hyatt, Marriott, Best Western and booking platforms like Kayak, Hotwire and Priceline saw the largest jump in daily bookings since March when the pandemic became widespread in the U.S., according to new data shared with FOX Business from travel technology company RateGain.

While the data show that some Moderna and Pfizer trial volunteers experienced side effects, even those who had harsh reactions recommend the shots.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 10-1 in favor of the resolution.

Restaurant owners are fighting to protect their lives, “Bar Rescue” host Jon Taffer told FOX Business on Tuesday.

Eli Lilly CEO David Ricks said on Tuesday that the pharmaceutical company’s coronavirus antibody treatment, which is “now available coast to coast,” could help "offload the stress" on the hospital system right now.

The Food and Drug Administration released documents detailing Moderna's coronavirus vaccine candidate's "favorable safety profile" on Tuesday ahead of a key committee meeting scheduled for Thursday.

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Walgreens announced that it has teamed up with 35,000 nursing and assisted living facilities nationwide to deliver COVID-19 vaccines, marking a "historic milestone and important step toward ending the pandemic."

Many Americans may avoid going back to work, despite vaccine arrival

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar celebrated the first coronavirus vaccination of a New York health care worker.

The FDA, considered the world’s most strict medical regulator, said the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine appears safe and strongly protective -- and laid out the data behind it in a daylong public meeting last week for scientists and consumers alike to see.