Commentary / World Oct 3, 2020
The rights and wrongs of targeted lockdowns
by Andreas Kluth
With some groups more likely than others to be killed by COVID-19, the idea of keeping certain groups indoors has surfaced.
Asia Pacific / Science & Health | FOCUS Sep 16, 2020
In coronavirus vaccine race, China inoculates thousands before trials are completed
by David Stanway and Miyoung Kim
Beijing has engaged a public, top-down approach to endorse the experimental vaccines and foster community support.
World / Science & Health Sep 5, 2020
Early tests of a Russian coronavirus vaccine showed encouraging results when details were published Friday, but experts said the trials were too small to prove safety and effectiveness. Russia announced last month that its vaccine, named "Sputnik V" after the Soviet-era satellite that was the ...
National / Science & Health Jul 13, 2020
Japan vaccine policy expected to prioritize medical workers and older adults
The government is expected to prioritize medical workers and older adults for vaccination against COVID-19, as work to develop vaccines for the disease caused by the novel coronavirus shifts into full gear. The government will begin as early as this week to draw up a ...
National / Science & Health Jul 7, 2020
Third of parents in Japan delayed vaccinating kids amid coronavirus fears
A survey showed 33 percent of parents said they had delayed having their children vaccinated, with some citing fears of COVID-19 infections.
Commentary / World Jun 7, 2020
COVID-19 vaccine trials are unnecessary, uninformative and unethical
by William A. Haseltine
Deliberately infecting human volunteers with the coronavirus could be far more costly than the pandemic.
Commentary / World Jun 6, 2020
The more COVID-19 vaccines, the merrier
by Faye Flam
With companies and universities around the world working flat out, it's likely we'll end up with a few coronavirus vaccines, not just one.
Commentary / World Jun 3, 2020
Don’t only bet on fast vaccines, root for COVID-19 treatments
by Max Nisen
Everything would have to go right to get a vaccine this year, but several types of treatments may be able to help patients in a matter of months.
Asia Pacific / Science & Health May 16, 2020
Health official says there have been no "major adverse reactions" reported among the 2,575 volunteers participating in the phase-two tests.
World May 15, 2020
Global coronavirus vaccine race heats up, but not without controversy
Global tensions simmered over the race for a coronavirus vaccine Thursday, as the United States and China traded jabs, and France slammed pharmaceuticals giant Sanofi for suggesting the U.S. would get any eventual vaccine first. Scientists are working at breakneck speed to develop a vaccine ...
National / Science & Health Jan 30, 2020
Japan hopefully has time to build virus defenses before Olympics, professor says
Vaccines against a coronavirus that has killed 170 people in China probably won't be ready by the start of the Tokyo Summer Olympics, a professor who looked at health risks ahead of the games said, adding that he hoped that there was enough time ...
World / Science & Health Aug 13, 2019
Scientists hail promise of first effective Ebola treatments in Congo trial
Scientists are a step closer to finding the first effective treatments for the deadly Ebola hemorrhagic fever after two potential drugs showed encouraging survival results in a clinical trial in Congo. Two experimental drugs — Regeneron's REGN-EB3 and a monoclonal antibody called mAb114 — were ...