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Healthcare & PharmaceuticalsAnalysis: Countries seek more Moderna, Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 shots as concerns mount over rival vaccines
Wealthy governments are looking to COVID-19 shots from Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) and Moderna Inc (MRNA.O) to keep their vaccination programs on track, as safety concerns and production problems ...
China trials mixing of COVID-19 vaccines from CanSinoBIO and Zhifei Longcom -data
Chinese researchers are testing mixing two COVID-19 vaccines developed by CanSino Biologics (6185.HK) and a unit of Chongqing Zhifei Biological Products (300122.SZ) respectively, according ...
Guinea receives purchase of 300,000 Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines
Guinea received on Sunday a shipment of 300,000 Sinovac (SVA.O) COVID-19 vaccines purchased from China and is also set to receive a donation of 200,000 Sinopharm shots, Guinean Foreign ...
China's CanSinoBIO says no blood clots reported from its COVID-19 shot
China's CanSino Biologics Inc said on Wednesday that no serious blood clot cases had been reported so far in people who were injected with its COVID-19 vaccine Ad5-nCoV.
U.S. FDA to scrutinize vaccine design behind COVID-19 shots linked to blood clots
With two COVID-19 vaccines now under scrutiny for possible links to very rare cases of blood clots in the brain, U.S. government scientists are focusing on whether the specific technology ...
Sinovac supplied 260 mln COVID-19 vaccine doses globally
Sinovac Biotech (SVA.O) has supplied 260 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine globally, with over 60% supplied to countries outside China, the company's chief executive Yin Weidong said on ...
Blood type not a COVID-19 risk factor in U.S.; inhaled asthma drug may keep mild illness from worsening
The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.
Mainland China reports 12 new COVID-19 cases vs 9 a day earlier
China reported 12 new mainland COVID-19 cases on April 13, up from nine a day earlier, the country's national health authority said on Wednesday.