FILE PHOTO: The team lead from Humber River Hospital’s mobile vaccine clinic, Ruben Rodriguez, administers the first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to an employee of pharmaceutical company Apotex, as part of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination campaign, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada April 13, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos OsorioOTTAWA (Reuters) –…
Spain limits AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine to over 60-year olds
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain will only give AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine to people over 60 years old after European and British regulators found a potential link between the shot and rare brain blood clots.A woman in a wheelchair receives her first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, as the coronavirus disease…
Back and forth over Astrazeneca's COVID-19 statement an 'unforced error' – Fauci
FILE PHOTO: A vial of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is seen at a medical center in Champigny, near Paris, as France’s decision to suspend temporarily the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine was taken in co-ordination with other European countries, March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Gonzalo FuentesWASHINGTON (Reuters) – AstraZeneca Plc’s COVID-19 vaccine is likely…
No reason for France to reject AstraZeneca vaccine – government spokesman
FILE PHOTO: French Government’s spokesperson Gabriel Attal, wearing a protective face mask, speaks during the questions to the government session at the National Assembly in Paris amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in France, March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Gonzalo FuentesPARIS (Reuters) – There is no reason for France to reject the…
Special Report: The ex-Pfizer scientist who became an anti-vax hero
LONDON (Reuters) – Late last year, a semi-retired British scientist co-authored a petition to Europe’s medicines regulator. The petitioners made a bold demand: Halt COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials.FILE PHOTO: A medical worker fills a syringe with Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at the COVID-19 vaccination centre of ‘Healthcare Centre’ in Nis, Serbia, March…
Germany sticks to coronavirus vaccine goal despite AstraZeneca pause
FILE PHOTO: A patient receives a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at dr. Andreas Carganico office in Berlin, where the first COVID-19 vaccinations are given in doctors’ surgeries, Germany, March 11, 2021. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/PoolBERLIN (Reuters) – Germany is sticking to its goal of offering a coronavirus vaccination to everyone by the…
Israeli study finds Pfizer vaccine 85% effective after first shot
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The first dose of Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine is 85% effective, a study of healthcare workers at an Israeli hospital has found, potentially fuelling a debate over the recommended two-dose schedule as governments try to stretch out supplies.FILE PHOTO: Vials labelled “COVID-19 Coronavirus Vaccine” and a syringe…
Early U.S. data indicates Blacks, Hispanics lagging in COVID-19 vaccines
(Reuters) – Early data of U.S. vaccinations on Monday suggested that Blacks and Hispanics received a smaller proportion of shots than their representation among healthcare workers and nursing home residents, two priority groups for COVID-19 inoculations.FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker draws the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from a vial at…