Government Medical Supplies

The FAA determined pilots under conditions of their FAA-issued airmen medical ceritfication and FAA Air Traffic Controllers, who are subject to FAA medical clearance, may receive the Pfizer, Inc. COVID-19 vaccine. This announcement came following the Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Admnistration for Pfizer, Inc's COVID-19 vaccine.  New York National Guard Army Maj. Stephen Carson prepares a New York COVID-19 vaccination area on Dec. 16, as part of a Defense Department vaccine pilot program in which 44,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine are being administered to frontline medical personnel around the world. The FAA will require aviation professionals who receive the vaccine to refrain from conducting safety-sensitive aviation activities, such as flying or controlling air traffic, for 48 hours after the vaccine is administered. Because the Pfizer vaccine requires two doses, 21 days apart for maximum effectiveness, this waiting period applies after each ...

Social media lit up last weekend with recommendations for where to shop this on Small Business Saturday. While most of ads promoted clothing shops and online stores, there's one sector of small business that don't get enough credit for the essential support they provided us this year. Local manufacturers and distributors all over the country have pitched in the effort to get military-grade PPE to hospitals and military services in need. AeroBase Group , a minority woman-owned small business in Florida, has greatly expanded it medical supply branch in response to the nationwide pandemic. "We could see a need in our community, not just in the headlines," said Chris Pham, AeroBase Group's director of e-commerce and business development. "So we got to work." The Melbourne-based company has many established connections with military bases world-wide from distributing aerospace and defense supplies. When customers reached out to AeroBase Group for hard-to-find...