COVID-19 vaccine: American experts meet ahead of expected approval for Moderna's candidateThe meeting comes after the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine received an emergency use authorization and the first three million doses were distribu...
17 Dec, 2020, 12.18 PM IST
U.S. vaccine campaign launches with first shipments 'delivering hope' to millionsThe coronavirus vaccine, developed by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech, gained emergency-use approval from federal regulators late on...
14 Dec, 2020, 04.01 PM IST
First shipments of Pfizer vaccine leave Michigan manufacturing facilityThe first trucks carrying the vaccine for widespread use in the US pulled out of a Pfitzer manufacturing plant in Michigan on Sunday, en ro...
14 Dec, 2020, 12.08 PM IST
U.S. expects to have immunized 100 mn against COVID-19 by end of March: Dr. Moncef SlaouiHe said the United States hopes to have about 40 million doses of vaccine distributed by the end of December, which would include the just ...
13 Dec, 2020, 09.25 PM IST
American experts consider granting Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine emergency use approvalThe independent committee of experts convened by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will hold a non-binding vote at the end of the day,...
10 Dec, 2020, 09.23 PM IST
No, you shouldn't stop wearing a mask after getting a Covid vaccine. Here's whyPeople are expected to get some level of protection within a couple of weeks after the first shot.
10 Dec, 2020, 05.46 PM IST
With vaccine drawing closer, US tops 15 million coronavirus casesRecord cases in at least three states - Arizona, Alabama and Ohio - pushed the cumulative case load to over 15 million, according to a Reut...
09 Dec, 2020, 08.55 AM IST
US registers record-breaking 3,157 COVID-19 deaths in a single dayThe previous record of daily COVID-19 deaths was 2,603 set on April 15. The record comes as the US suffers climbing cases and hospitalisati...
03 Dec, 2020, 04.25 PM IST
Wall St Week Ahead: Covid-19 vaccine adoption rates are "wildcard" for US stock rally"To be certain that the world will be back to normal by mid-next year because a vaccine is available is an aggressive assumption," said Dav...
28 Nov, 2020, 02.10 PM IST
Questions over AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine data risk delaying approvalSeveral scientists have raised doubts about the robustness of results showing the shot was 90% effective in a sub-group of trial participan...
26 Nov, 2020, 09.48 PM IST
Oil prices extend gains on COVID vaccine hopesOil prices extended their gains on Monday as traders were optimistic about a recovery in crude demand thanks to successful coronavirus vacc...
23 Nov, 2020, 08.51 AM IST
US likely to start Covid vaccinations from December 11: Top health official"Our plan is to be able to ship vaccines to the immunization sites within 24 hours of approval" by the US Food and Drug Administration, Mon...
22 Nov, 2020, 10.00 PM IST
First US immunizations could arrive on Dec. 12"Our plan is to be able to ship vaccines to the immunization sites within 24 hours from the approval, so I expect maybe on day two after ap...
22 Nov, 2020, 09.09 PM IST
Trump's vaccine team will not brief Biden administration -U.S senators"Just off a conference call with Trump Administration vaccine distribution team," Senator Chris Murphy said on Twitter. "They confirmed tha...
20 Nov, 2020, 11.08 AM IST
Pfizer 'very close' to applying for US emergency approval, says CEOThe pharmaceutical giant announced last week preliminary results from a late-stage clinical trial showing the injections it had co-develope...
18 Nov, 2020, 09.08 AM IST
Moderna vaccine trial contractors fail to enroll enough minorities, prompting slowdown: SourcesTo make up for the shortfall, Moderna slowed enrollment of its late-stage trial and instructed research centers to focus on increasing part...
06 Oct, 2020, 04.45 PM IST
Donald Trump hopeful to have COVID-19 vaccine by end of this yearTrump formally announced "Operation Warp Speed" to develop the COVID-19 vaccine as his administration mounted an unprecedented effort that ...
16 May, 2020, 01.52 PM IST