Footsie eyes best month in 30 years on vaccine hopes: Respite for investors as blue-chip index gains 13.9% since the start of November By Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 20 November 2020 | Updated: 22:06 GMT, 20 November 2020 The FTSE 100 is on course for its best month for more … Read more
The MMR vaccine may protect some people against severe Covid-19, a study has claimed. Scientists from the University of Georgia say the jab, which protects against measles, mumps and rubella, may also prevent people from catching the coronavirus. They found a 29 per cent lower chance of severe Covid-19 among those who had the MMR jab … Read more
The first application for emergency Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for a coronavirus vaccine in the U. S. will be filed Friday by Pfizer’s partner BioNTech, announced Health and Human Service Secretary Alex Azar during a rare White House coronavirus task force briefing on Thursday. Final data, released Wednesday, showed the vaccine was 95 … Read more
Oxford University’s coronavirus vaccine triggers a ‘robust’ response from the immune system and appears to work in older people, a study revealed today. Scientists behind the project this morning published the results of an early trial of the jab, which found it created strong signs of immunity in 99 per cent of people. The second-phase … Read more
Oxford University’s coronavirus vaccine triggers a ‘robust’ response from the immune system and appears to work in older people, a study revealed today. Scientists behind the project this morning published the results of an early trial of the jab, which found it created strong signs of immunity in 99 per cent of people. The second-phase … Read more
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reportedly planning a meeting of its vaccine advisory committee in early December to discuss coronavirus jabs. Members are likely to discuss candidates, including those from Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc – both of which are set to apply for FDA authorization within the next several days after … Read more
‘It’s been good to me and my family through the years’: Dolly Parton praises ‘exciting’ news that her $1m hospital donation helped to fund Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine By Georgia Simcox For Mailonline Published: 11:32 GMT, 18 November 2020 | Updated: 11:32 GMT, 18 November 2020 Dolly Parton has praised the ‘exciting’ news that her $1million hospital … Read more
Pfizer CEO says company ‘didn’t conspire with anyone’ after Trump accused the ‘medical deep state’ of delaying releasing vaccine trial results until after the election Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla spoke out in a New York Times conference on Tuesday Said company ‘didn’t conspire with anyone’ to delay releasing efficacy results Pfizer’s trial results were released two days … Read more
Pfizer Inc says it will ship its experimental coronavirus vaccine to most places in the US overnight once it is approved. Recently, the New York-based company and its German partner BioNTech SE announced their immunizations was more than 90 percent effective at protecting against COVID-19 infection. However, Pfizer says its vials, which use messenger RNA … Read more
Who will get the vaccine first and when will it be rolled out? HHS secretary Alex Azar has offered up a timeline regarding who would be the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccination if they can start rolling out the jabs next month as planned. The elderly in nursing homes and assisted living facilities will … Read more