Today’s quarterly results from AstraZeneca are a very timely reminder that, for all the debate about the drug-maker’s involvement in the Oxford COVID vaccine, it is of very little importance […]
AstraZeneca vaccine: Reports of blood clots double in weeks –but ‘benefits outweigh risks’
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Volunteers are key at vaccine sites. It pays off with a shot
SEATTLE — When Seattle’s largest health care system got a mandate from Washington state to create a mass COVID-19 vaccination site, organizers knew that gathering enough volunteers would be almost […]
COVID-19: UK vaccine rollout should turn to children ‘as fast as we can’, says SAGE expert
There is a “value” in giving COVID jabs to children, the health secretary has told Sky News – as a leading scientist said the UK’s vaccine rollout should turn to […]
‘Unacceptable’ vaccine delays cause frustration across European Union
European countries are growing increasingly frustrated with delays in the delivery of COVID-19 vaccinations. Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca told European Union officials that production problems will result in a 60% cut […]
COVID vaccine priority – young before old?
The UK is immunising the elderly and most vulnerable groups first in the fight against coronavirus – with healthcare workers and carers also a priority. In Indonesia, they are doing […]
Covid 19 coronavirus: NZ vaccine maker CVC crowdfunds, bemoans lack of Govt support
A local Covid-19 startup has had immediate success with a crowdfunded equity campaign – but is also frustrated at a lack of Government support so far. The Covid-19 Vaccine Corporation […]
The ugly face of vaccine nationalism
LONDON • “In the coming months, we all hope to have good news about a vaccine for Covid-19,” Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organisation, remarked recently. […]
World vaccine delivery ‘will need 8,000 jumbo jets’
Shipping a coronavirus vaccine around the world will be the “largest transport challenge ever” according to the airline industry. The equivalent of 8,000 Boeing 747s will be needed, the International […]
Wave of coronavirus study results raise hope for vaccines
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Early data from trials of three potential coronavirus vaccines released on Monday, including a closely-watched candidate from Oxford University, increased confidence that a vaccine can train the […]