Covid vaccine being tested in patients with low immunity
[unable to retrieve full-text content]The race is on to find out if those with cancer and other conditions can be protected as the UK unlocks. BBC News – Health
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Johnson & Johnson’s COVID vaccine scores FDA panel backing, setting up likely authorization
A month after Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine posted positive data in a phase 3 study, the shot is almost ready for prime time. Late Friday, a key panel unanimously endorsed the vaccine for emergency use and sent it to the agency for an official decision. An FDA authorization for the one-dose vaccine would provide a quick lift… Read More »
Covid-19 news: 1.4m doses of AstraZeneca vaccine unused in Germany
By Michael Le Page , Clare Wilson , Jessica Hamzelou , Sam Wong , Graham Lawton , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool Soldiers of German Bundeswehr armed forces prepare vaccinations with AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine at Berlin’s former Tegel TXL airport. Kay Nietfeld/Pool via REUTERS Latest coronavirus news as of 4.30pm on 25… Read More »
After Pfizer deal, Sanofi offers a hand to Johnson & Johnson for COVID-19 vaccine production
Sanofi hasn’t abandoned its COVID-19 vaccine hopes despite a setback in the high-stakes race, but as it moves two different shots forward, it’s also pitching in to make doses for its usual rivals. The drugmaker on Monday inked a manufacturing tie-up with Johnson & Johnson to help produce that company’s vaccine in Europe. The deal follows a separate agreement for Sanofi… Read More »
Australia won’t cut corners for vaccine
Reports a vaccine can combat a highly infectious new strain of COVID-19 should provide “great hope to Australians”, but the government will not rush its rollout, the Health Minister says. Astrazeneca CEO Pascal Soriot claimed the company had found a “winning formula” that made the drugmaker’s vaccine as effective as rival doses that had been… Read More »
I’m living with HIV and have had the COVID vaccine
I’m fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Isn’t that an extraordinary statement? Twelve months ago nobody had heard of COVID-19. Yet here I am with vaccine-induced antibodies that provide a significant level of protection against a virus that has caused so much illness, death, grief, hardship and loneliness, and made 2020 miserable. I still can’t quite believe… Read More »