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A Chinese Covid-19 vaccine contender may be on the market by December and cost just £100 for two doses. State-owned pharmaceutical company Sinopharm claims the jab could be ready by Christmas, once final stage trials are over. Officials feared the vaccine may not be ready until at least next year because a lack of new infections … Read more
We’re still at least months away from a coronavirus vaccine – but studies suggest that that millions of people who have recovered from the infection will be protected against getting it again for at least three months. Much of the research and discussion of coronavirus immunity has focused on antibodies, with some suggesting these SARS-CoV-2-specific … Read more
Andrew Lloyd Webber is set to receive an experimental coronavirus vaccine as part of an Oxford trial as he says he’ll ‘do anything to prove theatres can re-open safely’ On Wednesday, the world-renowned composer, 72, took to social media and talked a about the motives behind his decision to take part. He said: ‘I am … Read more
Andrew Lloyd Webber volunteers for experimental COVID-19 study working towards a vaccine: ‘I’ll do anything to prove that theatres can re-open safely’ By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 05:33 BST, 13 August 2020 | Updated: 05:33 BST, 13 August 2020 Andrew Lloyd Webber is walking the talk in the effort to stamp out COVID-19 and … Read more
Russia’s coronavirus ‘vaccine’ announced by Vladimir Putin is shrouded in secrecy – but don’t dismiss it just yet, writes BEN SPENCER By Ben Spencer for the Daily Mail Published: 23:24 BST, 11 August 2020 | Updated: 00:21 BST, 12 August 2020 Russia’s claims to have created the world’s first coronavirus vaccine should not be dismissed … Read more
Russia’s coronavirus ‘vaccine’ announced by Vladimir Putin is shrouded in secrecy – but don’t dismiss it just yet, writes BEN SPENCER By Ben Spencer for the Daily Mail Published: 23:24 BST, 11 August 2020 | Updated: 01:47 BST, 12 August 2020 Russia’s claims to have created the world’s first coronavirus vaccine should not be dismissed … Read more
The two British scientists at the forefront of the hunt for a coronavirus vaccine have clashed over a controversial plan to deliberately infect people with the virus. Professor Adrian Hill, director of the Jenner Institute at Oxford University, is in the advanced stages of setting up a human trial for one of the most promising … Read more
It’s already well-known that being overweight is a major risk factor for contracting the novel coronavirus. But some health experts fear that when a vaccine finally becomes available, it may not protect obese Americans as well as the general population.. Previous studies have found that inoculations for influenza and hepatitis B have been less effective in … Read more
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
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