vaccine

UK gov’t launches task force to develop vaccine vs COVID-19 as soon as possible

  (Eagle News) -- The UK government has launched a “new Vaccine Taskforce” meant to “drive forward, expedite and co-ordinate…

Pharma giants Sanofi, GSK working on COVID vaccine for 2021

PARIS, France (AFP) -- Pharma giants Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline will join forces to work on a coronavirus vaccine they hope…

Ukraine president offers $1 millon for virus vaccine

KIEV, Ukraine (AFP) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has promised a $1 million reward to the country's scientists if they…

Russia ready to start testing coronavirus vaccines on humans in June

MOSCOW, United States (AFP) -- The head of a top Russian research center told President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday that…

‘Superheroes’: Coronavirus survivors donate plasma hoping to heal the sick

by Maggy DONALDSON Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — As she emerges from quarantine, recovered COVID-19 patient Diana Berrent…

Australia enlists particle accelerator in coronavirus fight

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australian scientists are using the largest particle accelerator in the southern hemisphere to help fast-track the…

Race for vaccine tests limits of drug innovation

by Kelly Macnamara with Issam Ahmed in Washington PARIS, France (AFP) -- From medical workers struggling to care for the…

Human testing for Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine this fall

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Johnson & Johnson said on Monday it had selected a lead candidate vaccine for the…

China embarks on clinical trial for virus vaccine

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China has started the first phase of a clinical trial for a novel coronavirus vaccine, records…

Scientists search for vaccine for new Coronavirus

Jerome Kim, the Director General of the International Vaccine Institute in Seoul, South Korea, sits with  Agence France-Presse (AFP) to…

Russia begins testing potential coronavirus vaccine

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russian scientists have begun to test vaccine prototypes for the new coronavirus, and plan to present…

US begins first human trial of coronavirus vaccine

by Issam AHMED WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The first human trial to evaluate a candidate vaccine against the new…

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