vaccine

UK issues allergy warning over Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

  LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- British health officials on Wednesday warned that anyone with a history of significant allergic…

Israel gets first delivery of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine

TEL AVIV, Israel (AFP) -- Israel received its first batch of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Benjamin…

J&J readies 500 mn vaccine doses for poor countries

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- US pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday it plans to provide 500 million doses of…

Pfizer chief insists no corners cut on vaccine testing

by Nina LARSON GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Pfizer chief executive Albert Bourla said Tuesday he understands concerns around the speed…

Oxford/Astra first to publish final-stage vaccine trial results

by Kelly MACNAMARA PARIS, France (AFP) -- Oxford University and AstraZeneca on Tuesday became the first Covid-19 vaccine makers to…

WHO against mandatory Covid-19 vaccines

by Robin MILLARD GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The World Health Organization said Monday that persuading people on the merits of…

Pfizer to deliver first vaccine doses to Canada in December: PM

OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) -- Pfizer and BioNTech will deliver the first doses of their Covid-19 vaccine to Canada this month,…

Millions of Californians locked down, UK to start vaccinating

  by Agence France Presse bureaus An overwhelming majority of California's residents went into lockdown Monday, putting 33 million people…

Sao Paulo to launch vaccination campaign in January: governor

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) -- Sao Paulo state, Latin America's coronavirus epicenter, will launch a Covid-19 vaccination campaign in January,…

Indonesia receives over a million Chinese Covid-19 vaccine doses

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Indonesia has received 1.2 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine made by China's Sinovac, officials said,…

Chinese Covid-19 vaccine maker gets $500 million funding boost

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech has secured half a billion dollars in extra funding to produce…

Pandemic sends hunger rising in America, and children bear the brunt

by Chris Stein Agence France Presse Before the pandemic closed her middle school and US immigration agents deported her father…

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