FILE PHOTO: An almost empty street is seen outside Cambridge University, as the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) disease continues, Cambridge, UK, 1 April 2020. REUTERS / Andrew Couldridge LONDON (Reuters) – The University of Cambridge is set to begin clinical trials in the autumn of its possible coronavirus vaccine after …
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The COVID-19 vaccine candidates developed by Moderna Inc. and BioNTech and Pfizer Inc. will require strict standards for cooling, and that may hinder how they are distributed to the hundreds of millions of Americans who expect to receive them. Shares of Modern MRNA, -3.54% were 3.6% lower in trading on …
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A platoon of the British Army on the attack at West Tofts Camp in Norfolk, England, while participating in Exercise Dynamic Victory. Joe Giddens / Zuma Press A mosquito repellent containing Citriodiol, which was sprayed on soldiers in April, has been shown to provide protection against COVID-19, according to a …
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Text size Dreamstime Older adults who participated in Moderna‘s Phase 1 trial of its Covid-19 vaccine responded just as well as younger adults, according to data, the biotech company presented Wednesday morning to a key Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory panel. This is important because Covid-19 is not …
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Medications for high blood pressure could improve survival rates for people suffering from COVID-19 and reduce the severity of infection, according to new research from a team of scientists at the University of East Anglia in the UK and published Monday in the Journal Current Atherosclerosis Reports, a bilingual peer-reviewed …
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