vaccine

Introducing ‘Vaxzevria’: AstraZeneca renames Covid vaccine as firm fights off controversy over drug

The British-Swedish pharmaceutical has rebranded its jab, which previously went by the simple ‘AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine’, to ‘Vaxzevria’. In a…

3 years ago

Canada halts AstraZeneca vaccine roll-out for people under 55, citing ‘substantial uncertainty’ amid blood clot concerns

The move comes after a recommendation from Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization on Monday, which called for a pause…

3 years ago

‘Huge privacy implications’: Florida Gov. DeSantis vows to ban ‘vaccine passports’ as Biden admin joins forces with Big Tech

“It’s completely unacceptable for either the government or the private sector to impose upon you the requirement that you show…

3 years ago

EU goes ‘better dead than red’ on Russian vaccine & China sanctions. Guess whose interests it really serves?

The European Union publicly espouses a policy of strategic autonomy, meaning that it should, in theory, strive to be more…

3 years ago

Merkel backs EU’s joint vaccine procurement model despite complaints that European nations don’t have enough Covid jabs

Speaking on Thursday, Angela Merkel praised the work of German vaccine developers in the global effort to inoculate people against…

3 years ago

AstraZeneca jab’s effectiveness slips to 76% in new test data after vaccine maker comes under fire for submitting ‘outdated’ info

The pharma firm publicized the results of its 32,000-person US trial in the early hours of Thursday morning, reporting that…

3 years ago

Brussels introduces new export authorization mechanism to slow Covid-19 vaccine shipments leaving EU, despite British protests

Speaking on Wednesday, European Commission Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis said the EU and its member states would now evaluate, on…

3 years ago

Hong Kong halts use of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine as authorities investigate defective packaging

The government said on Wednesday that it had been informed by a local distributor of the vaccine that there was…

3 years ago

Russian President Vladimir Putin receives Covid-19 vaccine as nationwide immunization campaign underway

The president, who has been noticeably cautious when it comes to Covid-19, received the jab in Moscow on Tuesday. Putin is “feeling…

3 years ago

‘Outdated information’ may have skewed efficacy data from AstraZeneca Covid vaccine trial, US govt health institute claims

On Monday, the pharmaceutical giant released promising interim results from its US study, which showed its drug to have 79%…

3 years ago