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A doctor in Boston with a shellfish allergy developed a severe allergic reaction after receiving the Moderna coronavirus vaccine on Thursday, the New York Times reported Friday, citing the doctor. Dr. Hossein Sadrzadeh, a geriatric oncology fellow at Boston Medical Center, said he had a severe reaction almost immediately after …

ZURICH / FRANKFURT: Drug makers, including BioNTech and Moderna, are scrambling to test their COVID-19 vaccines against the new, fast-spreading variant of the virus sweeping Britain, the latest challenge in the fast-paced race to curb the pandemic. . Ugur Sahin, chief executive of Germany’s BioNTech, which with its partner Pfizer …

Moderna Inc’s Covid-19 vaccine shipments began leaving warehouses early Sunday, heading to healthcare facilities in the United States in an effort to distribute the second approved coronavirus vaccine. A statement from distributor McKesson Corp just after 0600 EST (1100 GMT) said it had begun shipping Moderna’s Covid-19 injections and auxiliary …

LONDON: The University of Oxford vaccine against Covid-19 produced by AstraZeneca It is likely to get regulatory approval from the UK’s independent regulator later this year to begin rollout in early 2021, according to a UK media report. The Medicines and Health Regulatory Agency (MHRA), formally tasked by the UK …

The United States added a second Covid-19 vaccine to its arsenal on Friday, fueling efforts to combat an outbreak so dire that the nation regularly records more than 3,000 deaths per day. The much-needed doses are scheduled to arrive Monday after the Food and Drug Administration authorized an emergency launch …

A panel of outside advisers to US drug regulators has overwhelmingly endorsed the emergency use of Moderna Inc.’s Covid-19 vaccine, virtually guaranteeing a second choice to protect against the deadly virus in a country devastated by the pandemic. The committee voted 20-0 with one abstention that the benefits of the …

Covid-19 vaccines appear poised to protect millions of citizens of the world’s richest countries in the coming months. But inoculating the rest of the planet’s population may mean finding a way to overcome a stalemate on intellectual property. Representatives of the 164 member states of the World Trade Organization met …

The global search for a vaccine to treat the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has entered a crucial phase with at least three countries – the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada – beginning to administer vaccines for emergencies. These are shots of the Pfizer Inc-BioNTech SE candidate vaccine, which has …

BENGALURU: Overall global orders to secure vaccines fell by 19.2 million doses to 7.1 billion as of December 11, compared to 7.12 million as of November 30. India, which had deals for 1.6 billion doses at the end of last month, has 1.5 billion according to data from Duke University’s …

The first vaccines against Covid-19 are not just a milestone in the fight against the pandemic. They are also the springboard for unconventional technology that could one day defeat other ailments that have eluded doctors, from cancer to heart disease. Injections from Moderna Inc. and a partnership of Pfizer Inc. …