Health

WTO mulling intellectual property waivers for vaccines .GENEVA (AP) — Ambassadors from World Trade Organization countries on Wednesday resumed discussions on trade rules protecting the technolo...

BioNTech nearing request for approval of longer-lasting version of COVID vaccine .LONDON (Reuters) - BioNTech is working on getting approval for a version of its COVID-19 vaccine which can be stored ...

EU drug regulator evaluating Pfizer vaccine for youngsters .AMSTERDAM (AP) — The European Union’s drug regulator said Monday it has begun evaluating a request by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech ...

Vaccine protects COVID-19 survivors against variants; virus' spike protein damages blood vessels .(Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavi...

WHO gives emergency use listing to Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine .(Reuters) - The World Health Organization has listed Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, the agency said on Friday, the ...

BioNTech expects vaccine trial results for babies by September .BERLIN (Reuters) - BioNTech expects results by September from trials testing the COVID-19 vaccine that it and Pfizer have developed in ...

Is it safe to go to big sporting events during the pandemic? .(AP) - Is it safe to go to big sporting events during the pandemic? Not yet, but there are ways to make it safer if you go. “Yell...

British regulator cites 41 more blood clot reports following AstraZeneca shots .(Reuters) - Britain’s medicine regulator on Thursday said there had been a further 41 reports of rare blood clots...

U.S. probing two new blood clot cases after J&J's COVID-19 vaccine .(Reuters) - Two new cases of blood clots after administration of Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine are bei...

EU sues AstraZeneca over vaccine delivery shortfall.BRUSSELS (AFP) - The European Union said Monday it has launched legal action against pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca over coronavirus vaccine deliv...

How long does protection from COVID-19 vaccines last? .NEW YORK (AP) — How long does protection from COVID-19 vaccines last? Experts don’t know yet because they’re still studying v...

WHO eyes malaria eradication in 25 countries by 2025 .GENEVA (AFP) - A growing number of countries are stamping out malaria, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, as it launched an initiative...

EU agency links J&J shot to rare clots, says odds favor use .LONDON (AP) — The European Union’s drug regulatory agency said Tuesday that it found a “possible link” between Joh...

Billions spent on coronavirus fight, but what happens next?.(AP) – The US Congress has poured tens of billions of dollars into state and local public health departments in response to the corona...

CureVac's COVID-19 vaccine attracts rising interest .FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German biotech firm CureVac said it has seen the number of requests for its experimental COVID-19 vaccine increase over the ...

Moderna vaccines promising vs variants in mouse study.(Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccin...

Empty middle airplane seat could cut coronavirus exposure by up to 57%: CDC .(Reuters) - A vacant middle airplane seat could cut the risk of exposure to coronavirus by 23% to 57% compared with a full...

U.S. calls for pause to J&J COVID-19 vaccine over rare blood clots .(Reuters) - U.S. federal health agencies on Tuesday recommended pausing the use of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine a...