The Indian maker of Covaxin says interim results from clinical trials suggest it is safe and effective, potentially removing one hurdle to New Delhi’s ambitious inoculation campaign.
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Plan to Ditch the Mask After Vaccination? Not So Fast.
It’s not clear how easily vaccinated people may spread the virus, but the answer to that question is coming soon. Until then, scientists urge caution.
At three mass vaccination sites, New York will start administering doses overnight.
Three mass vaccination sites across New York State will begin administering doses overnight, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said this week, as officials seek to use an influx of new vaccines manufactured by Johnson & Johnson to significantly expand the vaccinati…
Johnson & Johnson Will Test its Vaccine in Infants
The company’s coming trials will also involve pregnant women and people whose immune systems are compromised.
Where a Vaccination Campaign Faces Skepticism, War and Corruption
A half-million doses arrived this month in Afghanistan, where many insist the virus isn’t real and vaccines aren’t needed. Those who want the vaccine fear that only the well-connected will receive it.
U.K. Approves Study That Will Infect Volunteers With Covid
Researchers hope to learn things about how the immune system responds to the coronavirus that would be impossible outside a lab.
U.K. Approves Study That Will Deliberately Infect Volunteers With Coronavirus
Researchers are hoping to learn things about how the immune system responds to the coronavirus that would be impossible outside a lab.
Coronavirus Vaccine Nears Final Tests in Cuba. Tourists May Be Inoculated.
Amid bread shortages, Cuba gets one step closer to a scientific milestone: the mass production of a coronavirus vaccine invented on the island.
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AstraZeneca’s Vaccine Does Not Work Well Against Virus Variant in South Africa
The bad news, coming nearly a week after a million doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine arrived in South Africa, was a big setback for the country.