EU prepares legal action against AstraZeneca over vaccine delivery issues
President of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen Thierry Monasse | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON — The European Union is preparing legal action against AstraZeneca over shortfalls in deliveries of its coronavirus vaccine, according to four people familiar with the matter….
India reports record single-day jump in Covid cases, with more than 314,000 new infections
Medical oxygen cylinders at a charging station during the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic. Naveen Sharma | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images India reported a record number of daily Covid-19 cases on Thursday as the country’s second wave of coronavirus shows no signs…
Scientist who helped develop Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine agrees third shot is needed as immunity wanes
The chief medical officer of BioNTech told CNBC on Wednesday that people will likely need a third shot of its two-dose Covid-19 vaccine as immunity against the virus wanes, agreeing with previous comments made by Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla. Dr. Ozlem Tureci, the co-founder and…
UAE floats movement restrictions on unvaccinated people, Abu Dhabi changes course on vaccine rollout
A health worker checks a man’s temperature before receiving a dose of vaccine against the coronavirus at a vaccination center set up at the Dubai International Financial Center in the Gulf emirate of Dubai, on February 3, 2021. The United Arab Emirates has suffered a…
FDA finds poor conditions at Baltimore plant that ruined millions of doses of J&J Covid vaccine
A detail of Janssen Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine that is not currently being given out because it has been put on hold. Allen J. Schaben | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday a Baltimore plant that ruined…
EU agency finds possible blood clot link with J&J vaccine but says benefits outweigh risks
A box of Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-19 vaccine doses are pictured at Grubb’s Pharmacy on Capitol Hill on Monday, April 12, 2021. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images LONDON — The European Medicines Agency said Tuesday the Johnson & Johnson…
Johnson & Johnson reports $100 million in quarterly sales from Covid vaccine
Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines are seen at Northwell Health’s South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore, New York, March 3, 2021. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday reported $100 million in first-quarter sales of its Covid-19 vaccine that’s on…
India reports over 200,000 daily new cases for the sixth consecutive day
India’s coronavirus crisis is deepening, with hospitals buckling under increasing pressure from the second wave of infections. The South Asian country reported 259,170 new cases and 1,761 deaths over a 24-hour period on Tuesday, according to government data. It is the sixth straight day that…
More than half India’s population could be immune by September, says hospital executive
At least 55% of India’s population should be immune to Covid-19 by September, pushing the country toward population immunity, according to the managing director of a local health-care group. Suneeta Reddy of Apollo Hospitals said around 122 million doses of vaccines have been administered in…
U.S. Covid vaccination obstacle shifts towards lack of demand from scarce supply, warns doctor
Dr. Carlos Del Rio said that U.S. Covid cases could drop dramatically going into May, as long as the U.S. continues to vaccinate aggressively and convinces reluctant communities to get vaccinated. “I worry… that we’re rapidly transitioning our country from a supply issue, a scarcity…
Tobacco stocks drop on report Biden administration is planning to cut nicotine levels in cigarettes
Marlboro cigarettes, a product of Philip Morris International Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tobacco stocks tumbled Monday on a report that the Biden administration is considering whether to cap nicotine levels in cigarettes. The report, which cited people familiar with the matter, was…
CDC says fewer than 6,000 Americans have contracted Covid after being fully vaccinated
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Rochelle Walensky, testifies before a House Select Subcommittee hearing on “Reaching the Light at the End of the Tunnel: A Science-Driven Approach to Swiftly and Safely Ending the Pandemic,” on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, April…
Greta Thunberg urges world leaders to end the ‘tragedy’ of Covid vaccine inequity
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is pictured during a “Fridays for Future” protest in front of the Swedish Parliament Riksdagen in Stockholm on October 9, 2020. JONATHAN NACKSTRAND | AFP | Getty Images LONDON — Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on Monday pressed world leaders…
Europe should be open to Russia’s Sputnik V shot amid ‘Pfizer monopoly,’ vaccine backer says
A medical worker holds a syringe with the Gam-COVID-Vac (Sputnik V) Covid-19 vaccine. Alexander Reka | TASS | Getty Images Europe should be open to taking up and using Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, according to Kirill Dmitriev, the chief executive of Russia’s sovereign wealth…
Chile has one of the worlds’ best vaccination rates. Covid is surging there anyway
A health worker administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19, to a man at the Medalla Milagrosa Church in Valparaiso, Chile, on April 6, 2021. JAVIER TORRES | AFP | Getty Images LONDON — Chile’s vaccination campaign against the coronavirus has been one…
China is starting clinical trials of a Covid vaccine that can be inhaled
China’s CanSino Biologics will be starting clinical trials for a Covid-19 vaccine that is administered through inhalation next week, the company’s co-founder and Chief Executive Xuefeng Yu told CNBC on Sunday. Efficacy rates for China’s Covid vaccines have been found to be lower than those…
UK scientists launch human challenge trial to study Covid reinfection
Caroline Nicolls receives an injection of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine administered by nurse Amy Nash, at the Madejski Stadium in Reading, west of London on April 13, 2021. STEVE PARSONS | AFP | Getty Images LONDON — Researchers at the University of Oxford on Monday…
Fauci says U.S. will likely resume use of J&J Covid vaccine with a warning or restriction
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases testifies at the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis on the Capitol Hill in Washington, April 15, 2021. Susan Walsh | Pool | Reuters White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony…
Dr. Scott Gottlieb explains why he believes Covid won’t be eradicated in U.S. like smallpox
Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Friday the U.S. is unlikely to eradicate Covid like it has done with other diseases, such as polio and smallpox, unless Americans significantly change their attitudes toward vaccination. “It’s possible. We don’t seem to be prepared to do it and take…
Amplify to launch ‘clean living’ ETF for new-age sensibilities: CEO
The clean living craze isn’t stopping at corporate America. The trend has now seeped into the exchange-traded fund market, where Amplify ETFs — the firm behind popular thematic funds such as the Amplify Seymour Cannabis ETF (CNBS) and the Amplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF (BLOK)…
Common Symptoms Of COVID-19
The CDC has a collection of nine Roche antibody assays designed to provide rapid results from COVID-19 rapid antigen test. If you are a potential carrier of the human papilloma virus (HPV) and are looking for HPV testing kits for the home, it is important…
Things You Never Knew About The Best Water Purifier
Things You Never Knew About The Best Water Purifier: We all know the importance of having a water purifier at home, but not many people know the things they need to know before buying one. Most of the time, we miss out on the most…
Med hub smart pill, a device for patients having medicines intake in the daily schedule.
Med hub smart pill: The drug prescribed by a doctor will be effective if it would be taken at the right time suggested by the doctor because it is necessary for our healing process. When a patient takes too many medicians in a day also…
10 Best Effective Plants to Fight Pollution – Diwali Edition
Effective Plants to Fight Pollution: Few more months and the most awaited festival of the year will be here. We Indians love our festivals, and the biggest festival of India, especially north India, is Diwali. It is a massive affair here. It generally falls in…