Covid: EU should not ‘build walls’ around vaccines – Wallace
The EU should seek to meet its contractual “obligations”, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace says. Source link
The EU should seek to meet its contractual “obligations”, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace says. Source link
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, March 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Fewer than 1 in 10 people in Wuhan carried COVID-19 antibodies in their bloodstream four months after the coronavirus outbreak in the Chinese city that served as a harbinger of a global pandemic, a new study shows. Further, only about 40% of … Read more
England’s deputy chief medical officer Prof Jonathan Van-Tam has said the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is safe and saves lives, after concerns in Europe about it increasing the risk of blood clots. He urged people to take up their vaccine offer, saying “vaccines don’t save lives if they’re in fridges… they only save lives if they’re in … Read more
Local health organisations have been told to expect a reduction in vaccine supply at the end of March. Source link
By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez, Kaiser Health News Wednesday, March 17, 2021 (Kaiser News) — It’s been a long, dark winter of covid concerns, stoked by high post-holiday case counts and the American death tally exceeding 530,000 lives lost. But with three vaccines — Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson — now authorized for emergency use … Read more
March 17, 2021 — Aaron Goyang thinks his long bout with COVID-19 has finally come to an end, several weeks after getting his second dose of a vaccine. Goyang, who is 33 and is a radiology technician in Austin, Texas, thinks he got COVID-19 from some of the coughing, gasping patients he treated last … Read more
As coronavirus vaccines slowly roll out across the world, leaders are working hard to build confidence in them. Religious leaders in particular can play a crucial role in convincing people to vaccinate. Many are working hard to spread the news that vaccines are safe and effective, but as the BBC’s population reporter Stephanie Hegarty has … Read more
People with underlying health conditions who have yet to get their jab are being encouraged to do so. Source link
From how it spread, to how to stop it, America’s scientific and political communities had to learn — and lead — as the pandemic raged. Not all the decisions or messages were on target. Source link
By Sarah Jane Tribble, Kaiser Health News Wednesday, March 10, 2021 (Kaiser News) — Pfizer’s management knew last year there was “a mold issue” at the Kansas facility now slated to produce the drugmaker’s urgently needed covid-19 vaccine, according to a Food and Drug Administration inspection report. This story also ran on The Daily Beast. … Read more