Vaccines

A Chinese state-owned vaccine developer secured regulatory approval to test its coronavirus shots in the United Arab Emirates, making it one of the first among a slew of global efforts to get the greenlight for the final stage of human trials. Beijing-based China National Biotec Group Co. was awarded approval on Tuesday to conduct Phase…

Keep this in mind when you check that vaccine tracker for the third time this week. It may be a while before you’ll be getting a COVID-19 vaccine from your health care provider. CDC/Unsplash A version of this article appeared on the website COVID-Explained. Recently, Moderna announced a significant milestone in their quest for a COVID-19 vaccine (more…

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service A vaccine is just exposing yourself to a little bit of the bad thing that can kill you. But when did we first get the idea to inject ourselves with something that can…

The World Health Organization on Thursday said that six novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines are currently seeing clinical trials. Oxford University was the latest entrant in a list of COVID-19 vaccine candidates published by the WHO, which already included Moderna Inc. (NASDAQ: MRNA), Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: INO), and China's Sinovac, CanSino Biological Inc., and Beijing…

A person being injected as part of the first human trials in the UK to test a potential coronavirus vaccine, at Oxford University, England, April 23, 2020. The first vaccine trial for COVID-19 Coronavirus began Thursday. (Oxford University Pool via AP) Pharmaceutical companies worldwide are working around the clock to develop a vaccine that could…