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UK coronavirus vaccine elicits immune response in early test

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 …

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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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