Pfizer will only ship HALF its planned 100m covid vaccine doses by year-end

BREAKING NEWS: Pfizer will only ship 50 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine worldwide – HALF as many as promised – by the end of 2020 after running into supply chain problems Pfizer now says it will ship 50 million doses of coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year   The firm had planned to … Read more

No10’s ‘Union Unit asked for UK flag to be printed on vaccine doses’

Downing Street’s ‘Union Unit asked for the UK flag to be printed on doses of the Oxford University coronavirus vaccine’ as part of a plan to counter calls for Scottish independence Number 10’s Union Unit was set up to counter calls for Scottish independence It is said to have asked for the Union flag to … Read more

Draya Michele dazzles in wintry off-white ensemble as she films her docuseries Doses of Draya in LA

Draya Michele dazzles in wintry off-white ensemble as she films her docuseries Doses of Draya in LA By Adam S. Levy For Dailymail.com Published: 02:59 GMT, 19 November 2020 | Updated: 02:59 GMT, 19 November 2020 Draya Michele on Wednesday dazzled in a wintry white ensemble as she filmed her docuseries Doses of Draya in … Read more

Trump administration will pay Eli Lilly $375 million for 300,000 doses of its antibody drug

The US government will play Eli Lilly & Co more than $1 billion in exchange for about one million doses of its experimental coronavirus antibody treatment. It’s the latest move by the Trump administration as it stocks up on vaccine and drugs in an attempt to tame the pandemic that has killed more than 225,00 Americans.    … Read more

Regeneron aims to make 300K doses of covid antibody drug this fall

The US could have up to 300,000 doses of Regeneron’s antibody treatment for coronavirus this fall, White House officials and the company said Thursday.  ‘We’ve applied the same methods to supporting therapeutics [as the government has to vaccine development] too,’ Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary Alex Azar said during a Thursday Goldman … Read more

Starlings treated with low doses of FENTANYL produce songs like ‘free-form jazz’

Birds given doses of the opioid-based fentanyl produce songs purely for pleasure that ‘sound like free-form jazz’ compared to birds not given the drug. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, found that when birds sing in flocks rather than for mating purposes it is ‘gregarious’ and gives them pleasure. Birds don’t just sing to … Read more

Two doses of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine protected mice from infection for 13 WEEKS

Two doses of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine protected mice from infection for 13 WEEKS – and a single shot blocked the virus for 7 week Moderna’s vaccine tricks the body into producing some of the viral proteins, which the immune system recognizes and builds a response against mice  Researchers gave mice two intramuscular doses, one-microgram each, three … Read more

UK Government signs deal with drugs giant GSK for 60 million doses of potential coronavirus vaccine

University of Oxford Oxford University academics began developing the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine in January. It is now named AZD1222, after the researchers signed a manufacturing partnership with pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca. Human trials started on April 23 and they are now in the final phase, with trials being carried out in the UK, Brazil and South … Read more

Bill Gates warns that multiple doses of any vaccine against coronavirus may be necessary

Bill Gates has warned that any vaccine against coronavirus could take several doses to be effective, as he described ‘serious mistakes’ made by the Trump administration and said some schools may not be back to normal until the fall of 2021. The Microsoft founder, who now directs much of his time and energy to his … Read more

Two doses of Oxford University Covid-19 vaccine produces stronger immune response than one

Hopes of a coronavirus vaccine were raised today after scientists found giving two doses of one of the most promising candidates offers more protection against the disease than just one. Researchers gave pigs Oxford University’s experimental jab, which is currently being trialed on humans to determine whether it is safe and effective. Results showed pigs … Read more