Dr. Supriya Sharma, chief medical adviser at Health Canada, says the department is poised to make a decision on whether to authorize a promising COVID-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca in the coming days.An employee in personal protective equipment (PPE) removes vials of AstraZeneca’s COVISHIELD coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from a visual inspection machine inside a lab…
Another 32 vaccine sites are set to open across England this week. The new vaccination centres will be focusing on offering jabs to health and social care staff on Monday, before opening their doors to other priority patients on Tuesday. NHS England said hundreds of thousands of letters have already been sent out to people…
The Biden administration is ramping up efforts to distribute and administer coronavirus vaccinations. Meanwhile, the FDA considers whether to give Johnson &…
Washington — As state and local officials work to speed up the administration of coronavirus vaccines to the first segments of the…
Pregnant people’s exclusion from clinical trials means we’re missing important information on the safety and efficacy of the vaccine in that…
Those of us pinning our hopes for a return to “normal” on a COVID-19 vaccine may have to wait until late next year, Robert Redfield, M.D., director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) told lawmakers in his Congressional testimony today.Although a COVID-19 vaccine could be available by the end of the year…
In the past seven months, more than 100 COVID-19 vaccines, therapies, and drugs have been pushed into development. But for any of…
On Aug 11, 2020, Russia became the first country in the world to approve a vaccine against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus…
According to a shark advocacy group, the production of a COVID-19 vaccine could result in the deaths of nearly 500,000 sharks worldwide.…
LONDON — British scientists are beginning a small study comparing how two experimental coronavirus vaccines might work when they are inhaled by…