Enlarge / A sign at the Johnson & Johnson campus on August 26, 2019 in Irvine, California. (credit: Getty | Mario Tama) About 15 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot COVID-19 vaccine were ruined, and future vaccine shipments will be delayed. This all follows a mix-up at a manufacturing facility in Baltimore, according to […]
Enlarge / A vial of the current Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. (credit: Getty | Ivan Romano) Researchers have given out the first jabs of a tweaked version of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, one aimed at fighting one of the most concerning coronavirus variants—the B.1.351 variant, first identified in South Africa. The jabs are part of an early […]
Enlarge / Jonathan, a 16-year-old teenager, receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine at Clalit Health Services, in Israel’s Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv on January 23, 2021. (credit: Getty | Jack Guez) Adolescents aged 12 to 15 were completely protected from symptomatic COVID-19 after being vaccinated with the Pfizer/BioNtech mRNA vaccine […]
Enlarge / A vial of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine is pictured at a coronavirus vaccination centre at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid on March 24, 2021. (credit: Getty | Gabriel Bouys) Brushing aside a dramatic rebuke from government researchers and independent experts, AstraZeneca on Wednesday night announced that a new analysis found its COVID-19 vaccine […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty| NurPhoto) A board of independent experts tasked with monitoring the data and safety of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine trial has raised a red flag about the company’s press release yesterday, which trumpeted that the vaccine was 79 percent effective at preventing symptomatic COVID-19. In the wee hours of Tuesday, the National Institute of […]
Enlarge / Vials of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine are seen during the opening of a vaccination centre in Cyprus, on March 22, 2021. (credit: Getty | Etienne Torbey) Exceeding expectations, AstraZeneca’s two-dose COVID-19 vaccine appeared highly effective against symptomatic and severe disease in a new late-stage trial conducted partly in the US. The company said […]
Enlarge / Vials in front of the AstraZeneca British biopharmaceutical company logo are seen in this creative photo taken on 18 November 2020. (credit: Getty| NurPhoto) The World Health Organization is urging countries to continue using AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine as unfounded fears linking the shots to blood clots continue to spread wildly. More than a […]
Enlarge / US President Joe Biden speaks on the anniversary of the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on March 11, 2021. (credit: Getty | Mandel Ngan) On the first anniversary of the global COVID-19 pandemic, US President Joe Biden announced that he will direct […]
Enlarge / Dr. Rochelle Walensky, President Joe Biden’s pick to head the Centers for Disease Control. (credit: Getty | Chip Somodevilla) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to release guidance this week—possibly as early as Thursday—on activities that are considered safe for people who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. But, while […]
Enlarge / US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the government’s pandemic response, including the recently announced partnership between Johnson & Johnson and Merck to produce more Johnson & Johnson vaccine, as US Vice President Kamala Harris (L) looks on at the White House in Washington, DC on March 2, 2021. (credit: Getty | Jim […]