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Drop in Havana COVID-19 cases boosts hopes Cuban vaccines working firstwordpharma
June 18, 2021
Official data from Cuba indicate that COVID-19 infections have halved in Havana since authorities started administering the country's experimental vaccines in the capital a month ago, raising hopes about their efficacy even as cases increase nationwide
New York Lifts Pandemic Restrictions drugs
June 17, 2021
New York state has reached a milestone of having at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose in 70 percent of its residents and joined California in lifting many pandemic restrictions on Tuesday.
CureVac blames variants for COVID-19 vaccine fail in pivotal trial firstwordpharma
June 17, 2021
CureVac's stock was cut in half on Wednesday after the company reported that its vaccine candidate CVnCoV was only 47% effective at preventing COVID-19 disease of any severity in a second interim analysis, falling short of pre-specified statistical.
China’s First mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine Preps to Enter Final Stage Trials, Abogen CEO Says firstwordpharma
June 17, 2021
Suzhou Abogen Biosciences’ mRNA COVID-19 vaccine? is expected to start Phase III tests in overseas countries later this month, said CEO Ying Bo, Yicai Global reported.
Brazil to buy single-shot Chinese COVID-19 vaccine PharmaSources
June 17, 2021
According to a negotiation document, Brazil plans to purchase 60 million doses of the single-shot COVID-19 vaccine? developed by China's CanSino Biologics for delivery in the third and fourth quarters of this year, as reported by NASDAQ.
eTrueNorth Offers Five Tips for Travel-related COVID Testing prnewswire
June 17, 2021
eTrueNorth is one of the largest providers of COVID-19 tests to Americans.
Third Dose of COVID Vaccine Boosts Protection in Transplant Recipients drugs
June 16, 2021
Researchers say an extra dose of two-dose COVID-19 vaccines may improve immune system protection for organ transplant patients, a group that's so far responded poorly to two-dose vaccines.
Direct Relief Facilitates Donations of 1.75 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses to Mexico, Belize, Bolivia and Paraguay firstwordpharma
June 16, 2021
The governments of both the United States and Mexico turned to Direct Relief to facilitate international deliveries of more than 1.75 million shots of coronavirus vaccine between Saturday and today.
Why Vaccinated Travelers Should Still Buy Travel Insurance according to Squaremouth prnewswire
June 16, 2021
Most travelers who had trips impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic weren't forced to cancel their trips due to contracting the virus, according to travel insurance comparison site, Squaremouth.
Pfizer ready to make COVID vaccines for new variants, CEO says firstwordpharma
June 15, 2021
Pfizer's CEO Albert Bourla is expressing confidence about the efficacy of his company's COVID-19 vaccine? against the Delta variant, which was first detected in India, as reported by MSN.