AstraZeneca withdraws its COVID-19 vaccine from global market

AstraZeneca is withdrawing its COVID-19 vaccine from the market because of low demand, the drugmaker said Wednesday. The shot, which was never authorized in the U.S., was widely used across the ... Read More

Coronavirus: World Health Organisation says to avoid Covid-19 booster shot until everyone gets first dose

The world may never reach herd immunity to Covid-19 “We do not want ... recommendation for booster doses,” Kate O’Brien, the WHO’s vaccines chief, said at a news conference on Wednesday. Read More

AstraZeneca pulls its COVID-19 vaccine from the European market

The pharma giant AstraZeneca has requested that the European authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine be pulled. Read More

COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker

A guide to the coronavirus ... doses while so many in poorer parts of the world have yet to get a single shot. No. Lots of vaccines either require booster doses or, like the flu shot, are given ... Read More

China approves world’s first inhalable Covid-19 vaccine

Chinese drug regulators have approved the world’s first inhalable Covid-19 vaccine ... The needle-free vaccine – which can be stored and administered more easily than intramuscular jabs ... Read More

AstraZeneca withdraws Covid-19 vaccine worldwide, cites surplus of newer ones

The company previously pulled its European Union marketing authorization for the vaccine, known as Vaxzevria, in 2021.This authorization grants approval to market a drug in EU member states. Read More

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By Vivian Yee, Emma Bubola and Liam Stack A fighter fly-past returned to Russia’s World War II commemorations, where President Vladimir V. Putin permitted himself a single reference to his ... Read More

More than three billion Covid-19 vaccines given worldwide

More than three billion Covid-19 vaccines have been administered ... high-income countries (as defined by the World Bank) have administered an average of 79 doses per 100 inhabitants, with the ... Read More

Man receives world’s first melanoma vaccine — trial underway

A trial for the world’s first-ever mRNA cancer ... to recruit 1,100 people. The vaccine, called mRNA-4157 (V940) works similarly to the way the COVID-19 vaccine does. The vaccine matches ... Read More

Were COVID-19 Vaccines to Blame for Infertility? Heart Attacks? A New Report Weighs In

The Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines can cause myocarditis but evidence ... from extraordinary efforts by investigators around the world, our committee found that in many cases, if not most ... Read More

The Covid-19 Pandemic

With the acute phase of the Covid-19 ... the world. The shot is no longer being manufactured or supplied, and it is no longer authorized for use in Europe. By Rebecca Robbins All vaccines ... Read More

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Elon Musk criticizes Canada's Online Harms Bill for potential police overreach on hate speech. He raises concerns about the impact on online safety measures and emphasizes the need to protect ... Read More