European Medicines Agency Urges EU Member States To Postpone National Rollouts Of Russian Sputnik V Vaccine 08/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A senior official at the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has cautioned EU member states to wait until the agency has reviewed the safety and efficacy data of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine before granting the vaccine emergency use authorization at national level, and beginning mass rollouts. Last week, the EMA formally began a rolling review of […] Continue reading -> Global Group of Scientists Calls For Fresh Investigation Into Origins of SARS-CoV2 Virus 05/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The WHO-convened international investigation into the origin of the SARS-CoV2 virus is too politically limited by China and lacks the mandate to yield fully independent conclusions about how the novel coronavirus emerged and infected humans, according to a group of prominent international scientists – who have called for a new, independent and “unrestricted” probe into […] Continue reading -> Russian And Chinese Bilateral Vaccine Deals & Donations Outmaneuver Europe & United States 04/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Esther Nakkazi CAPE TOWN & KAMPALA – From Asia to the Americas, vaccines are fast becoming the new currency by which nations and geopolitical blocs wield influence and buy political favours – with more value than oil or bitcoin. But nowhere is this more apparent, perhaps, than in Africa, Latin America and south Asia, where both Russia […] Continue reading -> Fake COVID Vaccine Distribution Network In China Dismantled After Interpol Alert 04/03/2021 Editorial team LYON, France – Chinese police have successfully identified a network selling counterfeit COVID-19 vaccines as far away as Africa, raiding the manufacturing premises, arresting some 80 suspects, and seizing more than 3,000 fake vaccines on the scene, according to the global INTERPOL agency [International Criminal Police Organization]. The investigation was supported and facilitated by INTERPOL’s […] Continue reading -> Brazil’s Spike in COVID-19 Infections Raises WHO Concerns – Duke University Expert Calls Country ‘Breeding Ground’ for SARS CoV2 Virus 03/03/2021 Raisa Santos NEW YORK CITY – Although North America is experiencing an overall decline in new COVID-19 cases and deaths, Brazil and other localized hotspots in South America are experiencing a dramatic spike in infection and hospitalization rates, said WHO officials in the region’s Washington DC-based Americas office. In a Wednesday briefing, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) […] Continue reading -> Nigeria Receives COVAX’s Largest Shipment Yet Of COVID Vaccines – But Still Not Enough For Africa’s Most Populous Country 03/03/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – Nigeria has received the largest single shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from the WHO global COVAX initiative to date – with initial delivery of some 3.92 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines out of a total of 16 million doses that have been allocated to the country through the platform for the first phase […] Continue reading -> Israel Eyes Collaboration With Europe On Vaccine Production – As Moderna Gears Up For Major Manufacturing Expansion 02/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher JERUSALEM – A three-way collaboration between Israel, Austria and Denmark to expand COVID vaccine manufacturing capacity may be taking shape – just as Moderna gears up for a major global manufacturing expansion and the Israeli-based firm, Teva Pharmaceuticals, negotiates with vaccine manufacturers about ways to support more vaccine production and distribution. Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz […] Continue reading -> Johnson & Johnson’s One-Dose COVID Vaccine Approved By FDA, But Officials Warn That Initial Vaccine Rollout Could Be Uneven 01/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin & Kerry Cullinan The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorization on Saturday, clearing the way for it to become the third COVID vaccine to be administered in the US starting on Tuesday. Initial supplies to the US market, however, are likely to be limited for at least […] Continue reading -> European Union Moves Forward With Plans For Vaccine Passport By Summer; Experts Concerned About Practicality, Safety & Equity 28/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Leaders of the 27 European Union member states are moving closer to a consensus on an EU-wide system of vaccine certificates for travel between countries in the bloc. Within three months a system will be introduced, EU officials announced on Thursday, the first day of the two-day virtual summit of the European Council. Several EU […] Continue reading -> New Variant Detected in New York Could Pose Challenge For COVID Therapies and Vaccines 26/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A new COVID-19 virus variant recently detected in New York is “surging alarmingly,” according to the authors of two new pre-print studies by two teams of US researchers, from Columbia University and the California Institute of Technology. Even worse, the new variant, dubbed B.1.526, shares some key mutations in its “spike” protein structure with several […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Global Group of Scientists Calls For Fresh Investigation Into Origins of SARS-CoV2 Virus 05/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The WHO-convened international investigation into the origin of the SARS-CoV2 virus is too politically limited by China and lacks the mandate to yield fully independent conclusions about how the novel coronavirus emerged and infected humans, according to a group of prominent international scientists – who have called for a new, independent and “unrestricted” probe into […] Continue reading -> Russian And Chinese Bilateral Vaccine Deals & Donations Outmaneuver Europe & United States 04/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Esther Nakkazi CAPE TOWN & KAMPALA – From Asia to the Americas, vaccines are fast becoming the new currency by which nations and geopolitical blocs wield influence and buy political favours – with more value than oil or bitcoin. But nowhere is this more apparent, perhaps, than in Africa, Latin America and south Asia, where both Russia […] Continue reading -> Fake COVID Vaccine Distribution Network In China Dismantled After Interpol Alert 04/03/2021 Editorial team LYON, France – Chinese police have successfully identified a network selling counterfeit COVID-19 vaccines as far away as Africa, raiding the manufacturing premises, arresting some 80 suspects, and seizing more than 3,000 fake vaccines on the scene, according to the global INTERPOL agency [International Criminal Police Organization]. The investigation was supported and facilitated by INTERPOL’s […] Continue reading -> Brazil’s Spike in COVID-19 Infections Raises WHO Concerns – Duke University Expert Calls Country ‘Breeding Ground’ for SARS CoV2 Virus 03/03/2021 Raisa Santos NEW YORK CITY – Although North America is experiencing an overall decline in new COVID-19 cases and deaths, Brazil and other localized hotspots in South America are experiencing a dramatic spike in infection and hospitalization rates, said WHO officials in the region’s Washington DC-based Americas office. In a Wednesday briefing, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) […] Continue reading -> Nigeria Receives COVAX’s Largest Shipment Yet Of COVID Vaccines – But Still Not Enough For Africa’s Most Populous Country 03/03/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – Nigeria has received the largest single shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from the WHO global COVAX initiative to date – with initial delivery of some 3.92 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines out of a total of 16 million doses that have been allocated to the country through the platform for the first phase […] Continue reading -> Israel Eyes Collaboration With Europe On Vaccine Production – As Moderna Gears Up For Major Manufacturing Expansion 02/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher JERUSALEM – A three-way collaboration between Israel, Austria and Denmark to expand COVID vaccine manufacturing capacity may be taking shape – just as Moderna gears up for a major global manufacturing expansion and the Israeli-based firm, Teva Pharmaceuticals, negotiates with vaccine manufacturers about ways to support more vaccine production and distribution. Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz […] Continue reading -> Johnson & Johnson’s One-Dose COVID Vaccine Approved By FDA, But Officials Warn That Initial Vaccine Rollout Could Be Uneven 01/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin & Kerry Cullinan The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorization on Saturday, clearing the way for it to become the third COVID vaccine to be administered in the US starting on Tuesday. Initial supplies to the US market, however, are likely to be limited for at least […] Continue reading -> European Union Moves Forward With Plans For Vaccine Passport By Summer; Experts Concerned About Practicality, Safety & Equity 28/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Leaders of the 27 European Union member states are moving closer to a consensus on an EU-wide system of vaccine certificates for travel between countries in the bloc. Within three months a system will be introduced, EU officials announced on Thursday, the first day of the two-day virtual summit of the European Council. Several EU […] Continue reading -> New Variant Detected in New York Could Pose Challenge For COVID Therapies and Vaccines 26/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A new COVID-19 virus variant recently detected in New York is “surging alarmingly,” according to the authors of two new pre-print studies by two teams of US researchers, from Columbia University and the California Institute of Technology. Even worse, the new variant, dubbed B.1.526, shares some key mutations in its “spike” protein structure with several […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Russian And Chinese Bilateral Vaccine Deals & Donations Outmaneuver Europe & United States 04/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Esther Nakkazi CAPE TOWN & KAMPALA – From Asia to the Americas, vaccines are fast becoming the new currency by which nations and geopolitical blocs wield influence and buy political favours – with more value than oil or bitcoin. But nowhere is this more apparent, perhaps, than in Africa, Latin America and south Asia, where both Russia […] Continue reading -> Fake COVID Vaccine Distribution Network In China Dismantled After Interpol Alert 04/03/2021 Editorial team LYON, France – Chinese police have successfully identified a network selling counterfeit COVID-19 vaccines as far away as Africa, raiding the manufacturing premises, arresting some 80 suspects, and seizing more than 3,000 fake vaccines on the scene, according to the global INTERPOL agency [International Criminal Police Organization]. The investigation was supported and facilitated by INTERPOL’s […] Continue reading -> Brazil’s Spike in COVID-19 Infections Raises WHO Concerns – Duke University Expert Calls Country ‘Breeding Ground’ for SARS CoV2 Virus 03/03/2021 Raisa Santos NEW YORK CITY – Although North America is experiencing an overall decline in new COVID-19 cases and deaths, Brazil and other localized hotspots in South America are experiencing a dramatic spike in infection and hospitalization rates, said WHO officials in the region’s Washington DC-based Americas office. In a Wednesday briefing, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) […] Continue reading -> Nigeria Receives COVAX’s Largest Shipment Yet Of COVID Vaccines – But Still Not Enough For Africa’s Most Populous Country 03/03/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – Nigeria has received the largest single shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from the WHO global COVAX initiative to date – with initial delivery of some 3.92 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines out of a total of 16 million doses that have been allocated to the country through the platform for the first phase […] Continue reading -> Israel Eyes Collaboration With Europe On Vaccine Production – As Moderna Gears Up For Major Manufacturing Expansion 02/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher JERUSALEM – A three-way collaboration between Israel, Austria and Denmark to expand COVID vaccine manufacturing capacity may be taking shape – just as Moderna gears up for a major global manufacturing expansion and the Israeli-based firm, Teva Pharmaceuticals, negotiates with vaccine manufacturers about ways to support more vaccine production and distribution. Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz […] Continue reading -> Johnson & Johnson’s One-Dose COVID Vaccine Approved By FDA, But Officials Warn That Initial Vaccine Rollout Could Be Uneven 01/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin & Kerry Cullinan The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorization on Saturday, clearing the way for it to become the third COVID vaccine to be administered in the US starting on Tuesday. Initial supplies to the US market, however, are likely to be limited for at least […] Continue reading -> European Union Moves Forward With Plans For Vaccine Passport By Summer; Experts Concerned About Practicality, Safety & Equity 28/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Leaders of the 27 European Union member states are moving closer to a consensus on an EU-wide system of vaccine certificates for travel between countries in the bloc. Within three months a system will be introduced, EU officials announced on Thursday, the first day of the two-day virtual summit of the European Council. Several EU […] Continue reading -> New Variant Detected in New York Could Pose Challenge For COVID Therapies and Vaccines 26/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A new COVID-19 virus variant recently detected in New York is “surging alarmingly,” according to the authors of two new pre-print studies by two teams of US researchers, from Columbia University and the California Institute of Technology. Even worse, the new variant, dubbed B.1.526, shares some key mutations in its “spike” protein structure with several […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Fake COVID Vaccine Distribution Network In China Dismantled After Interpol Alert 04/03/2021 Editorial team LYON, France – Chinese police have successfully identified a network selling counterfeit COVID-19 vaccines as far away as Africa, raiding the manufacturing premises, arresting some 80 suspects, and seizing more than 3,000 fake vaccines on the scene, according to the global INTERPOL agency [International Criminal Police Organization]. The investigation was supported and facilitated by INTERPOL’s […] Continue reading -> Brazil’s Spike in COVID-19 Infections Raises WHO Concerns – Duke University Expert Calls Country ‘Breeding Ground’ for SARS CoV2 Virus 03/03/2021 Raisa Santos NEW YORK CITY – Although North America is experiencing an overall decline in new COVID-19 cases and deaths, Brazil and other localized hotspots in South America are experiencing a dramatic spike in infection and hospitalization rates, said WHO officials in the region’s Washington DC-based Americas office. In a Wednesday briefing, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) […] Continue reading -> Nigeria Receives COVAX’s Largest Shipment Yet Of COVID Vaccines – But Still Not Enough For Africa’s Most Populous Country 03/03/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – Nigeria has received the largest single shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from the WHO global COVAX initiative to date – with initial delivery of some 3.92 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines out of a total of 16 million doses that have been allocated to the country through the platform for the first phase […] Continue reading -> Israel Eyes Collaboration With Europe On Vaccine Production – As Moderna Gears Up For Major Manufacturing Expansion 02/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher JERUSALEM – A three-way collaboration between Israel, Austria and Denmark to expand COVID vaccine manufacturing capacity may be taking shape – just as Moderna gears up for a major global manufacturing expansion and the Israeli-based firm, Teva Pharmaceuticals, negotiates with vaccine manufacturers about ways to support more vaccine production and distribution. Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz […] Continue reading -> Johnson & Johnson’s One-Dose COVID Vaccine Approved By FDA, But Officials Warn That Initial Vaccine Rollout Could Be Uneven 01/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin & Kerry Cullinan The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorization on Saturday, clearing the way for it to become the third COVID vaccine to be administered in the US starting on Tuesday. Initial supplies to the US market, however, are likely to be limited for at least […] Continue reading -> European Union Moves Forward With Plans For Vaccine Passport By Summer; Experts Concerned About Practicality, Safety & Equity 28/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Leaders of the 27 European Union member states are moving closer to a consensus on an EU-wide system of vaccine certificates for travel between countries in the bloc. Within three months a system will be introduced, EU officials announced on Thursday, the first day of the two-day virtual summit of the European Council. Several EU […] Continue reading -> New Variant Detected in New York Could Pose Challenge For COVID Therapies and Vaccines 26/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A new COVID-19 virus variant recently detected in New York is “surging alarmingly,” according to the authors of two new pre-print studies by two teams of US researchers, from Columbia University and the California Institute of Technology. Even worse, the new variant, dubbed B.1.526, shares some key mutations in its “spike” protein structure with several […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Brazil’s Spike in COVID-19 Infections Raises WHO Concerns – Duke University Expert Calls Country ‘Breeding Ground’ for SARS CoV2 Virus 03/03/2021 Raisa Santos NEW YORK CITY – Although North America is experiencing an overall decline in new COVID-19 cases and deaths, Brazil and other localized hotspots in South America are experiencing a dramatic spike in infection and hospitalization rates, said WHO officials in the region’s Washington DC-based Americas office. In a Wednesday briefing, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) […] Continue reading -> Nigeria Receives COVAX’s Largest Shipment Yet Of COVID Vaccines – But Still Not Enough For Africa’s Most Populous Country 03/03/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – Nigeria has received the largest single shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from the WHO global COVAX initiative to date – with initial delivery of some 3.92 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines out of a total of 16 million doses that have been allocated to the country through the platform for the first phase […] Continue reading -> Israel Eyes Collaboration With Europe On Vaccine Production – As Moderna Gears Up For Major Manufacturing Expansion 02/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher JERUSALEM – A three-way collaboration between Israel, Austria and Denmark to expand COVID vaccine manufacturing capacity may be taking shape – just as Moderna gears up for a major global manufacturing expansion and the Israeli-based firm, Teva Pharmaceuticals, negotiates with vaccine manufacturers about ways to support more vaccine production and distribution. Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz […] Continue reading -> Johnson & Johnson’s One-Dose COVID Vaccine Approved By FDA, But Officials Warn That Initial Vaccine Rollout Could Be Uneven 01/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin & Kerry Cullinan The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorization on Saturday, clearing the way for it to become the third COVID vaccine to be administered in the US starting on Tuesday. Initial supplies to the US market, however, are likely to be limited for at least […] Continue reading -> European Union Moves Forward With Plans For Vaccine Passport By Summer; Experts Concerned About Practicality, Safety & Equity 28/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Leaders of the 27 European Union member states are moving closer to a consensus on an EU-wide system of vaccine certificates for travel between countries in the bloc. Within three months a system will be introduced, EU officials announced on Thursday, the first day of the two-day virtual summit of the European Council. Several EU […] Continue reading -> New Variant Detected in New York Could Pose Challenge For COVID Therapies and Vaccines 26/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A new COVID-19 virus variant recently detected in New York is “surging alarmingly,” according to the authors of two new pre-print studies by two teams of US researchers, from Columbia University and the California Institute of Technology. Even worse, the new variant, dubbed B.1.526, shares some key mutations in its “spike” protein structure with several […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Nigeria Receives COVAX’s Largest Shipment Yet Of COVID Vaccines – But Still Not Enough For Africa’s Most Populous Country 03/03/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – Nigeria has received the largest single shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from the WHO global COVAX initiative to date – with initial delivery of some 3.92 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines out of a total of 16 million doses that have been allocated to the country through the platform for the first phase […] Continue reading -> Israel Eyes Collaboration With Europe On Vaccine Production – As Moderna Gears Up For Major Manufacturing Expansion 02/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher JERUSALEM – A three-way collaboration between Israel, Austria and Denmark to expand COVID vaccine manufacturing capacity may be taking shape – just as Moderna gears up for a major global manufacturing expansion and the Israeli-based firm, Teva Pharmaceuticals, negotiates with vaccine manufacturers about ways to support more vaccine production and distribution. Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz […] Continue reading -> Johnson & Johnson’s One-Dose COVID Vaccine Approved By FDA, But Officials Warn That Initial Vaccine Rollout Could Be Uneven 01/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin & Kerry Cullinan The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorization on Saturday, clearing the way for it to become the third COVID vaccine to be administered in the US starting on Tuesday. Initial supplies to the US market, however, are likely to be limited for at least […] Continue reading -> European Union Moves Forward With Plans For Vaccine Passport By Summer; Experts Concerned About Practicality, Safety & Equity 28/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Leaders of the 27 European Union member states are moving closer to a consensus on an EU-wide system of vaccine certificates for travel between countries in the bloc. Within three months a system will be introduced, EU officials announced on Thursday, the first day of the two-day virtual summit of the European Council. Several EU […] Continue reading -> New Variant Detected in New York Could Pose Challenge For COVID Therapies and Vaccines 26/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A new COVID-19 virus variant recently detected in New York is “surging alarmingly,” according to the authors of two new pre-print studies by two teams of US researchers, from Columbia University and the California Institute of Technology. Even worse, the new variant, dubbed B.1.526, shares some key mutations in its “spike” protein structure with several […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Israel Eyes Collaboration With Europe On Vaccine Production – As Moderna Gears Up For Major Manufacturing Expansion 02/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher JERUSALEM – A three-way collaboration between Israel, Austria and Denmark to expand COVID vaccine manufacturing capacity may be taking shape – just as Moderna gears up for a major global manufacturing expansion and the Israeli-based firm, Teva Pharmaceuticals, negotiates with vaccine manufacturers about ways to support more vaccine production and distribution. Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz […] Continue reading -> Johnson & Johnson’s One-Dose COVID Vaccine Approved By FDA, But Officials Warn That Initial Vaccine Rollout Could Be Uneven 01/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin & Kerry Cullinan The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorization on Saturday, clearing the way for it to become the third COVID vaccine to be administered in the US starting on Tuesday. Initial supplies to the US market, however, are likely to be limited for at least […] Continue reading -> European Union Moves Forward With Plans For Vaccine Passport By Summer; Experts Concerned About Practicality, Safety & Equity 28/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Leaders of the 27 European Union member states are moving closer to a consensus on an EU-wide system of vaccine certificates for travel between countries in the bloc. Within three months a system will be introduced, EU officials announced on Thursday, the first day of the two-day virtual summit of the European Council. Several EU […] Continue reading -> New Variant Detected in New York Could Pose Challenge For COVID Therapies and Vaccines 26/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A new COVID-19 virus variant recently detected in New York is “surging alarmingly,” according to the authors of two new pre-print studies by two teams of US researchers, from Columbia University and the California Institute of Technology. Even worse, the new variant, dubbed B.1.526, shares some key mutations in its “spike” protein structure with several […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Johnson & Johnson’s One-Dose COVID Vaccine Approved By FDA, But Officials Warn That Initial Vaccine Rollout Could Be Uneven 01/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin & Kerry Cullinan The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorization on Saturday, clearing the way for it to become the third COVID vaccine to be administered in the US starting on Tuesday. Initial supplies to the US market, however, are likely to be limited for at least […] Continue reading -> European Union Moves Forward With Plans For Vaccine Passport By Summer; Experts Concerned About Practicality, Safety & Equity 28/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Leaders of the 27 European Union member states are moving closer to a consensus on an EU-wide system of vaccine certificates for travel between countries in the bloc. Within three months a system will be introduced, EU officials announced on Thursday, the first day of the two-day virtual summit of the European Council. Several EU […] Continue reading -> New Variant Detected in New York Could Pose Challenge For COVID Therapies and Vaccines 26/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A new COVID-19 virus variant recently detected in New York is “surging alarmingly,” according to the authors of two new pre-print studies by two teams of US researchers, from Columbia University and the California Institute of Technology. Even worse, the new variant, dubbed B.1.526, shares some key mutations in its “spike” protein structure with several […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
European Union Moves Forward With Plans For Vaccine Passport By Summer; Experts Concerned About Practicality, Safety & Equity 28/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Leaders of the 27 European Union member states are moving closer to a consensus on an EU-wide system of vaccine certificates for travel between countries in the bloc. Within three months a system will be introduced, EU officials announced on Thursday, the first day of the two-day virtual summit of the European Council. Several EU […] Continue reading -> New Variant Detected in New York Could Pose Challenge For COVID Therapies and Vaccines 26/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A new COVID-19 virus variant recently detected in New York is “surging alarmingly,” according to the authors of two new pre-print studies by two teams of US researchers, from Columbia University and the California Institute of Technology. Even worse, the new variant, dubbed B.1.526, shares some key mutations in its “spike” protein structure with several […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
New Variant Detected in New York Could Pose Challenge For COVID Therapies and Vaccines 26/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin A new COVID-19 virus variant recently detected in New York is “surging alarmingly,” according to the authors of two new pre-print studies by two teams of US researchers, from Columbia University and the California Institute of Technology. Even worse, the new variant, dubbed B.1.526, shares some key mutations in its “spike” protein structure with several […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts