U.S. government awards Novavax $1.6 billion for coronavirus vaccine
The U.S. government has awarded Novavax Inc $1.6 billion to cover testing, commercialization and manufacturing of a potential coronavirus vaccine in the United States, with...
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AstraZeneca agrees to supply Europe with 400m doses of COVID-19 vaccine
AstraZeneca Plc has signed a contract with European governments to supply the region with its potential vaccine against the coronavirus, the British drugmaker’s latest deal...
Coronavirus: economic sectors having to do with people, last to open, minister warns (Updated)
As testing found five new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, a new low, officials said all restrictions could ‘hopefully’ be lifted within two to three months,...
Cabinet OKs free ‘bluetongue’ vaccine for farm animals
The Cabinet has approved the administration of a free vaccine against the bluetongue disease to around half a million sheep, goats and cattle, Agriculture Minister...
Health minister asks parents for green light to administer HPV to girls at school
Health Minister Giorgos Pamboridis on Friday urged parents to give their consent for their daughters to be given the free human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine...
Spread of Zika alarming, 4 mln cases a possibility – WHO (Update 2)
By Tom Miles and Stephanie Nebehay The Zika virus – linked to severe birth defects in thousands of babies in Brazil – is spreading “explosively”...
One death so far this flu season
One person has died from the flu in Cyprus, the health ministry said on Thursday, as the illness showed a rise in activity in the...
Doctors group urges measles shots as Disneyland outbreak spreads
By Dan Whitcomb The leading U.S. pediatrician group on Friday urged parents, schools and communities to vaccinate children against measles in the face of an...
Upward trend in flu cases
Flu season is likely to bring on a number of cases of the H1N1 virus, which killed four out of the 27 cases recorded last...
First UK volunteer gets experimental GSK Ebola shot in trial
By Kate Kelland THE first volunteer in a fast-tracked British safety trial of an experimental Ebolavaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline received the injection on Wednesday, trial organisers...
