A sign directing people to a Covid-19 vaccination clinic that took place at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles last January.Photo: Damian Dovarganes (AP) As the United States moves closer and closer to …
Read More »UK to launch Moderna vaccine
The UK will start rolling out the Coronavirus vaccine produced by Moderna on Wednesday, making it the third vaccine in circulation in the country. The Welsh government said the vaccine will be …
Read More »CDC Relaxes Covid-19 Travel Guide for Fully Vaccinated People
People who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus can travel without exposing themselves to serious risk as long as they wear masks and take other precautions, the Centers for Disease Control and …
Read More »Why Some Of The ‘Side Effects’ Of Your Vaccines Could Just Be Placebo
A healthcare worker who received the Pfizer-BioNtech covid-19 vaccine at Jackson Memorial Hospital on December 15, 2020, in Miami, Florida.Photo: Joe raedle (fake images) Millions of Americans get vaccinated against COVID-19 on …
Read More »BioNTech founder says cancer is the next problem to be tackled with mRNA technology
The co-founder of the German company BioNTech, which successfully delivered the first widely distributed coronavirus vaccine, said the mRNA technology he used will soon be put to work to fight cancer. Özlem …
Read More »BioNTech Vaccine Inventors Awarded the Knight Commander Cross of Germany | Business | Economy and Finance News from a German Perspective | DW
Just a year ago, Özlem Türeci and Ugur Sahin were still largely unknown names in the world of Big Pharma. Having founded their small biotech company under the name BioNTech alone in …
Read More »Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine Faced EMA Manufacturing Concerns Ahead of Emergency Approval: Report
About a month before Pfizer and BioNTech obtained an emergency go-ahead for their COVID-19 vaccine in Europe, regulators raised flags about lower-than-expected levels of intact mRNA in commercial batches, reports BMJ. The …
Read More »Covid-19 survivors may only need one dose of mRNA vaccine
Thawed frozen Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine vials for use in a hospital in Belgium Photo: Francisco Seco (AP) For people who have survived a past encounter with COVID-19, only one dose of …
Read More »Covid-19 vaccines targeting multiple variants are in the works at Moderna, Novavax
Drug makers are making Covid-19 vaccines that would target more than one strain of the virus, hoping to strengthen the immunization campaign against the pathogen as it evolves. Moderna researchers Inc., MRNA …
Read More »The United States accelerates the rate of vaccination, averaging 2 million doses per day
The United States is administering an average of 2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines per day, according to an analysis by The New York Times. The average is higher than a month …
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