Covid-19: Nearly 100,000 catching virus every day – study Source: BBC By James Gallagher; Health and science correspondent Nearly 100,000 people are catching coronavirus every day in England, a major […]
By James Gallagher; Health and science correspondent Source: BBC Levels of protective antibodies in people wane “quite rapidly” after coronavirus infection, say researchers. Antibodies are a key part of our […]
By Mick Krever and Phil Black, CNN London (CNN) The UK government has signed a contract for the first human challenge studies for the novel coronavirus, in which healthy volunteers are […]
Source: WSJ Production ramp-up is a challenge, chief executive says: ‘If one ingredient is missing, we cannot make a vaccine’ Moderna Inc. MRNA -4.03% Chief Executive Stéphane Bancel said the federal government could authorize […]
Source: WSJ Application with FDA would come if trial data, due this month, is positive Pfizer Inc. PFE -0.84% said it could be ready to apply for emergency-use authorization of its Covid-19 vaccine by […]
Lonza is building three vaccine production lines in Visp, canton Valais, at a cost of $210 million (CHF191 million) to supply 300 million doses annually. Keystone / Olivier Maire Source: Swiss […]
Source: BBC By James Gallagher; Health and science correspondent A man in the United States has caught Covid twice, with the second infection becoming far more dangerous than the first, […]
By Mick Krever, Phil Black and Cristiana Moisescu London (CNN) As most of us obsess with avoiding Covid-19 at all costs, a rapidly growing group of people around the world say they are […]
BCG: Can a vaccine from 1921 save lives from Covid-19? Source: BBC Scientists in the UK have begun testing the BCG vaccine, developed in 1921, to see if it can save […]
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – A vaccine against COVID-19 may be ready by year-end, the head of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus […]
Source: Market Watch By Ciara Linnane Pfizer Inc. PFE, +1.01% and BioNTech SE BNTX, +9.49% said the European Medicines Agency has decided to review data from their COVID-19 vaccine candidate on a rolling basis and has […]
By Andrea Kane, CNN (CNN) A new nationwide study of the blood of more than 28,000 dialysis patients may help answer one of the big questions surrounding the pandemic: how […]
Covid-19 Vaccine From Novavax Begins Phase 3 Trial in U.K. Surge in British cases offers opportunity to determine if shots works safely ahead of planned U.S. Phase 3 Source: WSJ […]
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and saving one is like the saving of the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: NBC news By Erika Edwards The drugmaker’s […]
The companies hope to earn the trust of the public and of scientists who have clamored for details of the studies. By Denise Grady and Katie Thomas Two drug companies that are leading […]
Source: CNBC KEY POINTS The vaccine, developed by China’s Sinopham, will be given to the UAE’s frontline workers. According to NCEMA, 31,000 volunteers in the UAE have already participated in […]
Source: CNN (Kaiser Health News) The Food and Drug Administration is weighing whether to follow British regulators in resuming a coronavirus vaccine trial that was halted when a participant suffered […]
Source: CNBC KEY POINTS Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said the drugmaker should have key data from its late-stage trial for the Food and Drug Administration by the end of October. […]
Source: WSJ AstraZeneca AZN 1.24% PLC said Saturday clinical trials for its experimental coronavirus vaccine have resumed in the U.K. after regulators concluded it was safe to do so, following a pause in studies […]
Source: NPR By Allison Auberry As we get closer to a COVID-19 vaccine, it’s exciting to imagine a day when the virus is gone. But a vaccine will not be […]
