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[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The government is not exercising any favoritism in purchasing vaccines for the 2019 coronavirus disease, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said Thursday. In an interview on the ABS-CBN news channel, Duque said that the procurement of the vaccines and even the conduct of clinical trials in …

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – As nations scrambled to get doses of the coronavirus vaccine from drug makers, the Philippine Health chief had been accused of “dropping the ball” by acquiring the vaccine deal with a drugmaker. based in the United States. The serious accusations made by Senator Panfilo Lacson against …

[ad_1] A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a “COVID-19 Coronavirus Vaccine” sticker and a medical syringe in front of the Pfizer logo shown in this illustration taken on October 30, 2020. REUTERS / Dado Ruvic / Photo archive MANILA, Philippines – The US pharmaceutical company never promised to …

[ad_1] Hungarian-born scientist Katalin Kariko’s obsession with researching a substance called mRNA to fight disease once cost her a position on the faculty of a prestigious American university, which dismissed the idea as a dead end. Katalin Kariko spent much of the 1990s writing grant applications to fund her research …

[ad_1] All New Zealanders will be able to receive a Covid-19 vaccine with 15 million doses now secured with the launch planned to begin in the second half of next year. The government is also working “very closely” with Australia to secure deployment in the Pacific, Ardern said. The Government …

[ad_1] Only one document that Health Secretary Francisco Duque III failed to present caused the Philippines to miss the opportunity to acquire 10 million doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in early January, an opportunity that eventually went to Singapore. Senator Panfilo Lacson made the disclosure Wednesday night when he pointed …

[ad_1] LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – DECEMBER 16: Dr. David Obert raises his thumb after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada on December 16, 2020, in Las Vegas, Nevada. UMCSN received its first vaccine assignment on Monday and began vaccinating its front-line workers treating …

[ad_1] Twitter Inc said on Wednesday that users will be required to delete new tweets that make misleading or harmful claims about COVID-19 vaccines, in an expansion of its rules on misinformation about the coronavirus. The social media company said in a blog post that users could be asked to …

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: A woman holds vials labeled “COVID-19 Coronavirus Vaccine” on dry ice in this illustration taken on December 5, 2020. REUTERS / Dado Ruvic / Illustration BRUSSELS— The global scheme to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to the poorest countries faces a “very high” risk of failure, which could leave …

[ad_1] The Department of Health (DoH) is closely monitoring Metro Manila after 12 cities in the capital region recorded an alarming increase in cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Undersecretary of Health María Rosario Vergiere said in a media forum Wednesday that initially eight cities posted a reproduction number, or …