The Latest on COVID-19

• Pfizer is expected to study how COVID-19 vaccines work for pregnant women. The study will involve approximately 4,000 participants. While earlier studies haven’t specifically examined pregnant women, over 15,000 have been vaccinated in the U.S.
• Health officials say life expectancy in the United States dropped by 1 year during the first half of 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic caused its first wave of deaths.
• Two COVID-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer and Moderna appear to be highly effective against the more transmissible variant of the novel coronavirus first detected in Britain, according to newly published studies.