British Reporter — “Twelve months ago, the world came together to support COVAX, a multilateral initiative aimed at guaranteeing global access to life-saving COVID-19 vaccines.”UNICEF notes. With the support of the international community, COVAX immediately began securing financing, entering into negotiations with vaccine
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We have all been touched one way or another by the devastating effects and tragic loss of life due to COVID-19. After a year and a half of this virus controlling and taking away lives, vaccines are the only way to stop
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British Reporter — New research from the University of Oxford and the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, published today in Frontiers in Public Health, uses mathematical modelling to determine the most equitable way to share vaccines between nations.
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British Reporter — Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) today announced plans to provide the U.S. government at a not-for-profit price 500 million doses of the companies’ COVID-19 vaccine, 200 million doses in 2021 and 300 million doses in
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British Reporter– The CDC says that fully vaccinated individuals can resume many day-to-day activities without a mask, leading many states and businesses to rescind year-long mask mandates. The news brought renewed attention to the idea of vaccine certificates, sometimes referred to as
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British Reporter — Ziad Mallat has a bold ambition: he wants to help create a world free from heart attacks and stroke – and to achieve this, he says, one day we could find ourselves being offered a vaccine to protect us
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British Reporter– A coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine is now available to children ages 12 through 15 in the U.S. Here’s what parents, caregivers and children need to know about the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine, the possible side effects, and
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British Reporter — Researchers running the University of Oxford-led Com-COV study – launched earlier this year to investigate alternating doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and the Pfizer vaccine – have today reported preliminary data revealing more frequent mild to moderate reactions in
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British Reporter — Anyone 16 and older is now approved to be vaccinated for COVID-19, but researchers hope to open up vaccinations for those under 16 soon. Clinical trials for the Pfizer vaccine with children ages 12–15 have shown promising results, Mayo
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British Reporter — Though the COVID-19 pandemic has now been active for a year, not much is known about what happens when people who have already had COVID-19 are infected for a second time, Oxford University notes.
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