National / Science & Health May 28, 2020
Some parents may be shying away from taking their children to medical institutions for vaccinations due to concerns over the COVID-19 epidemic.
Olympics / Summer Olympics May 22, 2020
IOC exec John Coates says Tokyo Games may not go ahead, even with vaccine
October will be a crucial assesment time for host Tokyo because multiple countries are still wrestling with the coronavirus pandemic.
Business May 8, 2020
Drugmaker Shionogi rushing to launch coronavirus vaccine in 2021
It is rare to study production before getting the results of clinical trials, but the Japanese drugmaker wants a vaccine on the market as fast as possible.
World / Science & Health May 7, 2020
Infecting healthy volunteers may speed COVID-19 vaccine studies, WHO says
Deliberately infecting healthy volunteers with the virus that causes COVID-19 may speed studies of vaccines against the deadly pathogen, the World Health Organization said. Such studies, which pose significant potential dangers to subjects, may be considered in dire situations and with certain disclosures and protections, ...
Asia Pacific / Science & Health Apr 29, 2020
Children in South Asia at risk as coronavirus disrupts immunization drive
Disruptions to immunization programs across South Asia due to the coronavirus pandemic are upending attempts to vaccinate millions of children against deadly diseases, UNICEF has warned. The pandemic has interrupted vaccine supply chains and left families fearful of attending clinics, UNICEF said, creating another looming ...
Business Apr 27, 2020
Shionogi to develop coronavirus vaccine, with trials eyed for this year
Shionogi & Co. said Monday it will develop a vaccine for the novel coronavirus with the aim of starting clinical trials this year. The Osaka-based company has decided to develop a recombinant protein vaccine through its subsidiary UMN Pharma Inc. while also seeking to discover ...
World / Science & Health Apr 26, 2020
Countries and companies risk billions in race for coronavirus vaccine
Governments, charities and Big Pharma firms are making huge bets with extraordinarily low odds of success.
World / Science & Health Apr 9, 2020
Fewer coronavirus deaths seen in countries that mandate tuberculosis vaccine
Countries with mandatory policies to vaccinate against tuberculosis register fewer coronavirus deaths than countries that don’t have those policies, a new study has found. The preliminary study posted on medRxiv, a site for unpublished medical research, finds a correlation between countries that require citizens to ...
World / Science & Health | FOCUS Apr 6, 2020
Fast-moving virus pits treating patients against finding a cure
Pharmaceutical research experts are raising concerns that attempts to offer desperate coronavirus patients some form of treatment may hobble crucial studies of which drugs actually work and which ones don't. More than 100 off-the-shelf and experimental therapies are being tested either formally or informally for ...
World / Science & Health Apr 1, 2020
From medical workers struggling to care for the rising tide of COVID-19 patients to the billions of people told to stay home to slow the pandemic, everyone is waiting for one thing: a vaccine. There is no known treatment for the new coronavirus that emerged ...
Business / Corporate Mar 31, 2020
Firms sign deals with U.S. to prep for mass-producing virus vaccines
The U.S. government has cut deals with Johnson & Johnson and Moderna Inc. and said it is in talks with at least two other companies to prepare them to produce massive quantities of coronavirus vaccines even before safe and effective ones become available. There are ...
World / Science & Health Mar 31, 2020
Developing a vaccine or a treatment for a newly discovered virus is a painstakingly slow and detailed endeavor. Finding a compound that works, testing it in animals, and then rolling it out to clinical trials in humans can take years. And even the top ...