Biden vows enough vaccine for all US adults by end of May
President Joe Biden said Tuesday the U.S. expects to take delivery of enough coronavirus vaccine for all adults by the end of May — two months earlier than anticipated — Continue Reading
Covid-19 Vaccines Yield Breakthroughs in Long-Term Fight Against Infectious Disease
The pandemic has opened a new era for vaccines developed with gene-based technologies, techniques that have long stumped scientists and pharmaceutical companies, suggesting the possibility of future protection against a range of Continue Reading
Some local Beijing communities start giving elderly COVID-19 shots
Some local communities in Beijing have started giving COVID-19 vaccine doses to people older than 60, even as the city’s disease-control authorities publicly advises this age group against inoculation. In Continue Reading
Coronavirus live updates: New virus cases no longer declining in the U.S. in worrisome development
A steady decline in new coronavirus cases in the United States appears to have stalled in recent days, public health officials said, warning that new, more transmissible variants could be Continue Reading
Germany limits travel from French region over virus variant
Germany announced Sunday that travelers from France’s northeastern Moselle region will face additional restrictions because of the high rate of variant coronavirus cases there. Germany’s disease control agency, the Robert Continue Reading
Why the three biggest vaccine makers failed on Covid-19
As pharmaceutical companies raced to develop Covid-19 vaccines, crossing the finishing line in record time, the world’s three biggest vaccine makers were also-rans. GlaxoSmithKline, Merck and Sanofi are now left Continue Reading
U.S. near authorization of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine
U.S. regulators on Friday said they would work quickly to authorize Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use after a panel of outside advisers backed the one-shot immunization. The Continue Reading
AstraZeneca, Sputnik vaccines face hurdles if COVID shots become annual affair
Vaccines from AstraZeneca, Russia’s Gamaleya Institute and Johnson & Johnson fight the coronavirus with another virus, leaving scientists concerned the shots may lose potency if annual inoculations become necessary to Continue Reading
Pfizer and BioNTech Studying Third Covid-19 Vaccine Dose to Fight New Strains
Pfizer Inc. PFE 0.21% and BioNTech SE BNTX -1.61% have begun a study testing in people whether the companies’ Covid-19 shot can provide protection against emerging strains of the coronavirus. The companies said Thursday they have started the small Continue Reading
EU leaders vent fears over delays to vaccination drive
EU leaders vented frustration over sluggish deliveries of coronavirus vaccines and manufacturing delays as anxiety rises over the rapid spread of new variants. The bloc’s presidents and premiers expressed their fears Continue Reading
Wealthy nations must act to prevent a global ‘vaccine apartheid’
The world faces two possible futures: one in which all nations band together to bring covid-19 under control, and another in which the wealthiest countries emerge from the pandemic but Continue Reading
Q&A: Dr. Reyadh Abdul Amir, head of Iraq’s coronavirus vaccine program
Iraq is willing to spend the money needed to buy coronavirus vaccines, but global supply availability is hampering its efforts to begin inoculating citizens against covid-19. More than 1.5 million Continue Reading
India warns of worsening COVID-19 situation, vaccinations to expand
India announced an expansion of its COVID-19 vaccination program on Wednesday but warned that breaches of coronavirus protocols could worsen an infection surge in many states. Nearly a month after Continue Reading
Merkel says COVID variants risk third virus wave, must proceed carefully
New variants of COVID-19 risk a third wave of infections in Germany and the country must proceed with great care so that a new nationwide shutdown does not become necessary, Continue Reading
Iraq’s vaccine program races against worsening pandemic
First shipments of three different vaccines are expected imminently, but limited supply and rising infection rates mean other new pandemic counter-measures are also needed. Nationwide oil production held at just Continue Reading
First Free Covid Vaccines From WHO-Backed Covax Arrive in Ghana
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Novavax Nears Covid-19 Vaccine Game Changer—After Years of Failure
In January of last year, employees of Novavax Inc. met at a local Maryland bar to discuss how they might salvage their careers. For decades, the small biotech had tried to develop an Continue Reading
Pfizer and FDA discuss clinical trial for boosters for Covid-19 variants
Pfizer says it is discussing a clinical trial for a booster for new Covid-19 variants with the Food and Drug Administration, after the US regulator urged vaccine makers to prepare Continue Reading
Covid-19: U.S. Vaccine Production and Supply Increase After Snowstorms Caused Delays
The White House said on Tuesday that weekly shipments of coronavirus vaccines to the states would rise by one million doses to 14.5 million, as vaccine manufacturers continue to ramp up Continue Reading
Vaccines Adapted for Variants Will Not Need Lengthy Testing, F.D.A.
The Food and Drug Administration said on Monday that vaccine developers would not need to conduct lengthy randomized controlled trials for vaccines that have been adapted to protect against concerning coronavirus Continue Reading
Covid test being considered as alternative to vaccine passport
The UK government reassured people on Tuesday they will not face major restrictions if they refuse to have a coronavirus jab with officials considering a recent Covid-19 test result as Continue Reading
China Deploys Covid-19 Vaccine to Build Influence, With U.S. on Sidelines
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia—A cavernous new airport cargo terminal in Ethiopia’s capital is the center of a vast supply network China is assembling to speed delivery of its coronavirus vaccines—and deepen its Continue Reading
Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Is Highly Effective After One Dose and Can Be Stored in Normal Freezers, Data Shows
Efforts to vaccinate the world’s population against Covid-19 got a boost Friday after research showed that some vaccines provide strong, one-dose protection, and that one of the vaccines can now Continue Reading
Texas Blackouts Lead to a Record Vaccination Drop for the U.S.
Winter weather and power outages had a chilling effect on Texas’s vaccination effort, one large enough to drag down inoculation trends nationwide. On Thursday alone, the state administered 118,417 fewer doses Continue Reading
Covid-19 Was Spreading in China Before First Confirmed Cases, Fresh Evidence Suggests
New evidence from China is affirming what epidemiologists have long suspected: The coronavirus likely began spreading unnoticed around the Wuhan area in November 2019, before it exploded in multiple different Continue Reading
COVID-19 shots might be tweaked if variants get worse
The makers of COVID-19 vaccines are figuring out how to tweak their recipes against worrisome virus mutations — and regulators are looking to flu as a blueprint if and when Continue Reading
More Than 50% of South Africans May Have Had Covid, Insurer Discovery Says – Bloomberg
More than half of South Africans are likely to have been infected with Covid-19, the chief executive officer of the country’s biggest health insurer said. While about 48,000 deaths have been Continue Reading
U.S. Covid-19 Deaths Seen Falling to Lowest Level Since November
The pace of Covid-19 deaths will drop sharply in the next four weeks, according to a new forecast that shows a brutal wave of cases ebbing and the U.S. plodding Continue Reading
U.S. Covid-19 Deaths Seen Falling to Lowest Level Since November
The pace of Covid-19 deaths will drop sharply in the next four weeks, according to a new forecast that shows a brutal wave of cases ebbing and the U.S. plodding Continue Reading
EU prepares research funding boost as it confronts virus variants
Brussels is set to announce plans to plough millions of euros into research on new coronavirus variants as it seeks to step up its response to the rapidly evolving pandemic. Ursula Continue Reading
Incoming WTO head warns ‘vaccine nationalism’ could slow pandemic recovery
The World Trade Organization’s incoming chief on Monday warned against “vaccine nationalism’ that would slow progress in ending the COVID-19 pandemic and could erode economic growth for all countries – Continue Reading
COVID-19 shots might be tweaked if variants get worse
The makers of COVID-19 vaccines are figuring out how to tweak their recipes against worrisome virus mutations — and regulators are looking to flu as a blueprint if and when Continue Reading
Takeaways: AP investigation of China COVID-19 disinformation
As the coronavirus spread last year, former President Donald Trump and leading U.S. conservatives floated the idea that the virus may have escaped from a Chinese lab or was created Continue Reading
Coronavirus live updates: Seven-day average of cases drops below 90,000 – The Washington Post
Newly reported coronavirus infections in the United States continued their steep drop, with about 56,000 new cases reported Monday, although that number is probably artificially low due to the holiday. However, Continue Reading
UK opens quarantine hotels, pushes on with vaccine drive
Britain’s newly established quarantine hotels received their first guests on Monday as the government tries to prevent new coronavirus variants from derailing a fast-moving vaccination drive that has delivered more Continue Reading
US raises ‘deep concerns’ over WHO report on Covid’s Wuhan origins
The White House has called on China to hand over data from the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic and expressed “deep concerns” about a World Health Organization fact-finding mission Continue Reading
Covid-19: U.K.-Based Variant Is Probably More Lethal, Scientists Say
British government scientists are increasingly finding the coronavirus variant first detected in Britain to be linked to a higher risk of death than other versions of the virus, a devastating Continue Reading
U.S. Infection Rate Eases to Lowest Since October:
The pace of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. continued to ease as the country’s week-to-week average fell to its lowest in almost four months. A top Biden administration health Continue Reading
Why are coronavirus cases dropping in the U.S.? Experts point to four reasons. – The Washington Post
In recent weeks, U.S. coronavirus case data — long a closely-watched barometer of the pandemic’s severity — has sent some encouraging signals: The rate of newly recorded infections is plummeting Continue Reading
First known patient reinfected with South Africa coronavirus variant is in critical condition
A man in France is critically ill with the coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa four months after he was previously infected with the virus — the first recorded reinfection Continue Reading
Can Covax deliver the vaccines much of the world needs?
Scores of poorer countries around the world are waiting nervously to see if the multilateral Covax program will deliver the coronavirus vaccines they need to stem the pandemic — even Continue Reading
Biden Announces a Big Vaccine Deal, but Warns of Hurdles
President Biden touring a lab at the National Institutes of Health on Thursday.Credit…Pete Marovich for The New York Times The Biden administration says it has now secured enough vaccine to Continue Reading
Gasoline Demand Faces Weakness Despite Vaccine Rollout
In the latest sign yet that the global vaccination effort was falling way short of expectations, institutional traders are shunning gasoline futures in favor of other contracts. Forecasts that gasoline Continue Reading
Vaccine vs variant: Promising data in Israel’s race to defeat pandemic
Israel’s swift vaccination rollout has made it the largest real-world study of Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine. Results are trickling in, and they are promising. Medical workers, some seen through a Continue Reading
South Africa scraps AstraZeneca vaccine, will give J&J jabs
South Africa will give the unapproved Johnson & Johnson vaccine to its front-line health workers beginning next week as a study to see what protection it provides from COVID-19, particularly Continue Reading
Merkel, state governors to decide on lockdown extension
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the country’s 16 state governors are to decide Wednesday whether to extend a lockdown beyond mid-February, as overall infection numbers are declining but concern is Continue Reading
How a Dangerous New Coronavirus Variant Thwarted Some Countries’ Vaccine Hopes
The infectious disease doctor in Johannesburg thought that he and his country would only have to hold on a little longer. A million doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine had arrived Continue Reading
The virus variants only increase the urgency of the vaccine rollout
ALL EYES are on Denmark, which subjects a large share of its coronavirus cases to genomic surveillance. That window into the pandemic shows the virus variant B.1.1.7, which is far more Continue Reading
U.S. COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations log biggest weekly drops since pandemic started
The United States reported a 25% drop in new cases of COVID-19 to about 825,000 last week, the biggest fall since the pandemic started, although health officials said they were Continue Reading
What Are Vaccine Passports and How Would They Work?:
With millions being vaccinated against Covid-19 every day, some political and business leaders are suggesting nations can help get life back to normal by rolling out a so-called vaccine passport: an easily Continue Reading