EU ambassadors have unanimously approved the provisional application of the post-Brexit trade deal agreed with the UK. The move, announced by a spokesman for the German EU Council presidency, represents a significant step forward as Britain and Brussels prepare for an orderly divorce on December 31. The ambassadors have given the deal, which covers £660billion … Read more
Pressure is mounting for Britain to approve Oxford University’s coronavirus vaccine to stop the spiralling outbreak that has wrecked Christmas for millions. Oxford and AstraZeneca‘s jab may now be the UK’s last hope for lifting lockdown rules before spring 2021 because the country can’t get enough doses of Pfizer‘s or Moderna’s – which won’t come … Read more
Pressure is mounting for Britain to approve Oxford University’s coronavirus vaccine to stop the spiralling outbreak that has wrecked Christmas for millions. Oxford and AstraZeneca‘s jab may now be the UK’s last hope for lifting lockdown rules before spring 2021 because the country can’t get enough doses of Pfizer‘s or Moderna’s – which won’t come … Read more
How does the Moderna vaccine work? It works in a similar way to the jab from Pfizer/BioNTech. Coronavirus is studded with “spike proteins” that it uses to enter human cells. Covid-19 vaccines target this spike protein. The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines use synthetic messenger RNA (mRNA), a genetic material that contains information about the spike … Read more
It’s been over 25 years since Mariah Carey released her holiday mega-hit, All I Want for Christmas is You, but her status as festive season’s icon has only grown over time. And, on Thursday, one of the star’s loyal fans gushed about receiving an ornament, made to resemble her 1994 holiday album Merry Christmas, from his spouse. … Read more
The FDA will approve Pfizer’s COVID vaccine tonight, hours after being slammed by Trump for taking so long to get it off the ground. According to anonymous sources cited by The New York Times, staffers are now rushing to get the paperwork complete and it’ll be done by the end of the day. Earlier, Trump … Read more
‘Get the damn vaccines out now!’ Trump rages at ‘slow turtle’ FDA for taking so long to approve Pfizer vaccine and tells them ‘stop playing games and start saving lives’ – as Azar says approval may still take ‘a couple of days’ Trump tweeted on Friday that the FDA was a ‘slow turtle’ taking too … Read more
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) vaccine advisory panel has voted to give Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine emergency approval. Now, the FDA itself will have to accept the committee’s recommendation and Commissioner Stephen Hahn will have to sign off on the emergency approval. Officials typically take the recommendations of these expert panels, and the FDA … Read more
Canada has become just the second country in the world to approve Pfizer Inc’s coronavirus vaccine, and may start immunizing residents as early as next week. On Wednesday, the country’s health regulator, Health Canada, posted on its website that it had authorized the jab after a two-month independent review on safety and efficacy. ‘Canadians can … Read more
BREAKING: Canada becomes second country to approve Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine a week after the UK gave the shot the greenlight – but the US FDA won’t authorize it for at least another day On Wednesday, Health Canada approved the coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech SE The government is set … Read more