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Moderna expects to make 20 mln doses of COVID-19 vaccine candidate by 2020 end 18 Sep 2020 - 06:20 pm
A sign marks the headquarters of Moderna Therapeutics, which is developing a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., May 18, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
AstraZeneca denies vaccine trial subject had nerve ailment 17 Sep 2020 - 11:42 pm
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WHO says safety comes first as over 170 nations join COVID-19 vaccine plan 17 Sep 2020 - 04:34 pm
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference organized by Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (ACANU) amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus, at the WHO headquar
Global coronavirus cases to soon surpass 30 million: Reuters tally 17 Sep 2020 - 11:00 am
A health worker collects a swab sample from a resident for a Covid-19 coronavirus test at a public health centre in Hyderabad on September 17, 2020. / AFP / NOAH SEELAM
Latest on the worldwide spread of coronavirus 16 Sep 2020 - 11:18 pm
STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT - SEPTEMBER 16: Drawings of children wearing masks adorn a hallway at Stark Elementary School on September 16, 2020 in Stamford, Connecticut. John Moore/AFP
AstraZeneca's trial illnesses may not be due to COVID-19 shot - Oxford Univ 16 Sep 2020 - 07:58 pm
Filling and packaging tests for the large-scale production and supply of the University of Oxford’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate, AZD1222, are being conducted on a high-performance aseptic vial filling line on September 11, 2020 at the Italian biologics’ ma
Lilly says antibody reduces need for hospitalization for moderate COVID-19 patients 16 Sep 2020 - 01:48 pm
The logo of Lilly is seen on a wall of the Lilly France company unit, part of the Eli Lilly and Co drugmaker group, in Fegersheim near Strasbourg, France, February 1, 2018. 2018. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler/File Photo
Pfizer Covid vaccine trial reports no major safety issues 16 Sep 2020 - 12:02 am
FILE PHOTO: The Pfizer logo is seen at their world headquarters in Manhattan, New York, U.S., August 1, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Some volunteers quit J&J COVID-19 trial in Spain after AstraZeneca scare - investigator 15 Sep 2020 - 07:25 pm
FILE PHOTO: A test tube labelled with the Vaccine is seen in front of Covid-19 and stock graph logo in this illustration taken, September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
COVID-19 has set global health progress back decades: Gates Foundation 15 Sep 2020 - 11:56 am
Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; attends a panel discussion on Building Human Capital during the IMF/World Bank spring meeting in Washington, U.S., April 21, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo
AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine trial in US on hold until at least midweek-sources 15 Sep 2020 - 12:29 am
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WHO calls for 'rethink' of elderly care after COVID-19 losses 14 Sep 2020 - 07:23 pm
FILE PHOTO:A pair of elderly couples view the ocean and waves along the beach in La Jolla, California March 8, 2012. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Regeneron's antibody drug added to UK Recovery trial of COVID treatments 14 Sep 2020 - 03:37 pm
A computer image created by Nexu Science Communication together with Trinity College in Dublin, shows a model structurally representative of a betacoronavirus which is the type of virus linked to COVID-19, better known as the coronavirus linked to the Wuh
Eli Lilly's rheumatoid arthritis drug helps recovery in COVID-19 patients 14 Sep 2020 - 02:08 pm
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Asia offers more flu shots to head off COVID-19 complications 14 Sep 2020 - 10:41 am
A nurse prepares an injection of the influenza vaccine at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts January 10, 2013. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
WHO reports record one-day increase in global coronavirus cases, up over 307,000 14 Sep 2020 - 12:10 am
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Two minutes of aerobic exercise daily will keep your mind sharp 13 Sep 2020 - 04:08 pm
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Antarctica is still free of COVID-19. Can it stay that way? 12 Sep 2020 - 06:21 pm
An official works at laboratory for antibody tests developed at Turklab firm on coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic process in Izmir, Turkey on September 12, 2020. (Mahmut Serdar Alaku? - Anadolu Agency)