Cuomo slams ‘bully’ Trump for threatening to withhold vaccine from New York

The governor of New York has hit back at Donald Trump’s threat to withhold a vaccine for residents of his state, as part of a long-running feud between the two Queens-born men which escalated when Andrew Cuomo said he wanted Trump’s vaccine independently vetted.  Trump said on Friday afternoon in the Rose Garden that a … Read more

Cuomo slams ‘bully’ Trump for threatening to withhold vaccine from New York

The governor of New York has hit back at Donald Trump’s threat to withhold a vaccine for residents of his state, as part of a long-running feud between the two Queens-born men which escalated when Andrew Cuomo said he wanted Trump’s vaccine independently vetted.  Trump said on Friday afternoon in the Rose Garden that a … Read more

Covid-19 research: Inhaled multiple sclerosis drug ‘speeds recovery’

Scientists believe they have found an inhaler (pictured) that blocks coronavirus from progressing in the lungs A drug that coronavirus patients inhale slashes their risk of falling seriously ill and speeds up recovery, a major study has revealed in the second Covid breakthrough this week. Just 13 per cent of hospitalised Covid-19 patients given SNG001 fell … Read more

Pfizer coronavirus jab ‘7 times more expensive’ than AstraZeneca’s

Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine could cost Britain £588million and wind up being seven times more expensive per dose than the one being developed by Oxford University. The jab, which the company this week claimed is 90 per cent effective and could be approved by regulators within weeks, is likely to cost at least £15 per dose … Read more

Rapid Covid-19 antibody test may wrongly tell 20% they had the virus

A rapid Covid-19 antibody test bought by the Government may wrongly tell one in five people they have had the coronavirus. Number 10 placed an order for one million AbC-19 tests made by UK-based company Abingdon Health in October to be used for research purposes, in order to paint a better picture of how far … Read more

Coronavirus UK: 74% would take vaccine, 40% want politicians to test

Three in four Britons would take the Covid vaccine, including nearly nine in ten elderly, according to a Daily Mail poll. Only 7 per cent said they would not have it under any circumstances. The poll also showed that Pfizer’s breakthrough jab was the best news of the year for many – and as significant … Read more

Spreading anti-vaxx conspiracy theories should be CRIME, report says

Spreading anti-vaccine conspiracy theories online should be a crime, according to some of Britain’s top scientists. The Royal Society and British Academy institutions have together called for laws to be drawn up about spreading bogus claims about vaccination on the internet. A huge leap forward in the fight against coronavirus was announced yesterday when it … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Social media excitement after Pfizer vaccine news

‘Summer 2021 is going to be the party to end all parties!’ Britons take to social media in hope their lives could be back to normal by next year as experts hail Pfizer Covid vaccine  UK has ordered 40million doses of the jab – enough to cover 20m people Boris Johnson is due to hold … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Social media excitement after Pfizer vaccine news

‘Summer 2021 is going to be the party to end all parties!’ Britons take to social media in hope their lives could be back to normal by next year as experts hail Pfizer Covid vaccine  UK has ordered 40million doses of the jab – enough to cover 20m people Boris Johnson is due to hold … Read more

Coronavirus US: Joe Biden pleads with Americans to wear face masks

President-elect Joe Biden has warned the United States is still ‘facing a very dark winter’ and says a COVID-19 vaccine likely won’t be available for months despite the news today from Pfizer that its jab may be 90 percent effective. Pfizer, which developed a vaccine with German drugmaker BioNTech, are the first to release successful data … Read more