LONDON, England – Scientists at the University of Oxford say their experimental coronavirus vaccine was shown in an initial trial to elicit a protective immune response in hundreds of people who received the vaccine. British researchers began testing the vaccine in April on about 1,000 people, half of whom received …
Read More »AstraZeneca slips even as company coronavirus vaccine test results show ‘promise’
Shares of AstraZeneca fell on Monday even after the publication of positive results from a trial of its experimental vaccine COVID-19 developed in association with the University of Oxford. The study, published in The Lancet on Monday, said healthy volunteers who received the experimental vaccine, called AZD1222, showed immune responses. …
Read More »Hopes for COVID-19 vaccine rise after strong trial results in England
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) – Oxford scientists said they believe they have created a coronavirus vaccine that would provide a “double defense” against the virus. SEE RELATED STORY: When there is a coronavirus vaccine, who will get it first? The Telegraph newspaper reported the results of the human trials carried out …
Read More »Hopes for COVID-19 vaccine rise after strong trial results in England
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) – Oxford scientists said they believe they have created a coronavirus vaccine that would provide a “double defense” against the virus. SEE RELATED STORY: When there is a coronavirus vaccine, who will get it first? The Telegraph newspaper reported the results of the human trials carried out …
Read More »Race for a Covid-19 vaccine could have political side effects
As the Covid-19 crisis intensifies in the United States, the fight for an effective vaccine is about to collide with the electoral calendar. Pfizer (ticker: PFE) says it will seek authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for its Covid-19 vaccine starting in October. Meanwhile, the federal government’s Covid-19 vaccine …
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