(Photo by Joe Raedle / Getty Images) Getty Images Text size Here’s what you need to know about the impact of Covid-19 to navigate the markets today. • President Donald Trump said Friday that McKesson would work with the U.S. government to spread a coronavirus vaccine if one is approved. …
Read More »Britain regulates more potential COVID-19 vaccine products with J&J, Novavax deals
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will buy potential COVID-19 vaccines from US drugmakers Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) and Novavax Inc (NVAX.O), the companies said on Friday, improving the number of deals it has with drugmakers as the global fax race draws to a close. FILE PHOTO: The company logo for Johnson …
Read More »Report: US investigates possibility of controversial ‘challenge test’ for COVID-19 vaccine
Federal health officials have begun preliminary work to establish protocols for a “challenge” trial of a COVID-19 vaccine, including creating a strain of the virus that could be used. Reuters reported it on Friday. A ‘challenge test’ is a controversial idea to deliberately infect a few hundred young, healthy volunteers …
Read More »One in three Americans says they will not receive a vaccine for coronavirus: interview
More than one in three Americans nationwide say they will not receive a coronavirus vaccine once it is available, a NPR / PBS NewsHour / Marist interview Friday released found. Thirty-five percent of respondents said they would not take the vaccine, 60 percent said they would and 5 percent said …
Read More »Feds want to remove coronavirus vaccines
Americans probably won’t have to pay for a coronavirus vaccine once researchers have one ready, according to reports. The US government intends to take the plunge for the hundreds of millions of faxed dosages that pharmaceutical companies race to produce, The Wall Street Journal reported. The interviewees also spoke reportedly …
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