The first digital “vaccine passports” for post-pandemic travel have been designed as easy-to-use applications that will one day merge with other travel platforms, such as airline applications, say their developers. Although popularly …
Read More »Germany becomes latest European country to suspend use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine
A doctor in Germany administered the AstraZeneca vaccine on March 3, just days before the country stopped using the vaccine. Photo: Action Press / Zuma Press Updated March 15, 2021 at 11:37 …
Read More »US Leverages India’s Covid-19 Vaccine Production Skills to Inoculate Indo-Pacific
PUNE, India – As much of the world struggled to secure supplies of the Covid-19 vaccine last month, more than 50 million doses were cooling in a warehouse in western India, stacked …
Read More »Ireland pauses AstraZeneca jab over blood clot concerns
Ireland suspended use of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine on Sunday as a precaution for blood clot problems. “The decision to temporarily suspend the use of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine was based on new …
Read More »BioNTech recruits rivals to boost Covid-19 vaccine production
The maker of the West’s first Covid-19 vaccine is building a new manufacturing alliance that could put Europe and the rest of the world on a lifeline amid a painful injection shortage …
Read More »J & J’s Single Dose Covid-19 Vaccine Approved By EU Medicines Regulator
BRUSSELS – Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot Covid-19 vaccine was cleared for use by European Union authorities on Thursday, but approval seems unlikely to immediately speed up the delay in launching the vaccine …
Read More »Eligibility for the Covid-19 vaccine depends in part on where you are
States are making new groups eligible for Covid-19 vaccines at a faster but uneven pace, creating discrepancies that are stoking confusion and encouraging some people to travel to places with more lenient …
Read More »Moderna’s Covid-19 Vaccine Variant Begins Human Trial
Modern Inc. MRNA -0.86% said Wednesday that volunteers in the first study received modified Covid-19 vaccines designed to better target a more contagious variant of the coronavirus, marking a milestone in the …
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 »Biden’s stimulus will give a big boost to global recovery, says OECD
The global economy is on track to return to its pre-pandemic level by mid-year thanks to the $ 1.9 trillion fiscal stimulus package that will add 3 percentage points to the United …
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