‘Last roll of the dice’ for a near-term HIV vaccine fails
A study billed as the last chance to develop an HIV vaccine this decade has…
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Here’s what’s moving the needle in biotech stock, in the final quarter of a dismal year
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Can the world still invent an HIV vaccine? Progress in one area creates new problem
Louis Picker is nervous. Last month, the first volunteer was injected with an HIV vaccine…
Biden administration to widen access to monkeypox vaccine
The Biden Administration announced Tuesday that it will broaden availability of monkeypox vaccine as it…
STAT+: Covid shots made Moderna biotech’s biggest star, but what now?
What does a breakout company like Moderna do for an encore? More than a decade…
Opinion: Vaccine mandates should cover the incarcerated, too, not just prison guards and workers
Federal, state, and local vaccine mandates are being opposed by several high-profile groups, including firefighters,…
Opinion: With 128 Covid vaccines in clinical development, we don’t know if the approved/authorized ones are the best ones
Pfizer/BioNTech. Moderna. Johnson & Johnson. AstraZeneca. These are the marquee names that spring to mind…
Pfizer to seek FDA authorization for third, booster dose of its Covid-19 vaccine
Pfizer is about to seek U.S. authorization for a third dose of its Covid-19 vaccine,…
STAT+: Boxed in: How a single Pfizer decision disrupted the Covid vaccine rollout while boosting profits
Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines arrive in an insulated box, tightly packed with dry ice, roughly double…
Pfizer and BioNTech to provide Covid-19 vaccine to Olympic, Paralympic delegations
Pfizer and its partner BioNTech announced Thursday that they would provide Covid-19 vaccine to all…
‘Real world’ study by CDC shows Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were 90% effective
A new study suggests the messenger RNA vaccines produced by Moderna and the Pfizer-BioNTech partnership…
What to make of the AstraZeneca vaccine data — and the surrounding controversy
AstraZeneca’s up-and-down quest to develop a vaccine for Covid-19 stands out from what has otherwise…
Pfizer and BioNTech to begin testing Covid-19 vaccine in children
Pfizer and BioNTech said Thursday they are beginning a study aimed at showing their Covid-19…
‘Just utter chaos’: A Twitter thread offers a window into the frustrating search for Covid-19 shots
As an intensive care physician in Phoenix, Arghavan Salles has spent the past several months…
Pfizer and BioNTech speed up timeline for offering Covid-19 to placebo volunteers
Pfizer and its partner BioNTech plan to start offering their Covid-19 vaccine to clinical trial…
Opinion: My first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine got me thinking about time
I received my first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine on a Wednesday, as soon…
Watch: What to expect when you’re injected: Vaccine side effects explained
Vaccinations for Covid-19 are now underway in the U.S. Two vaccines – one from Pfizer…
Tracking an FDA advisory panel’s review of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine
An expert panel is meeting Thursday to consider whether the Food and Drug Administration should…
Tracking the FDA advisory panel meeting on the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine
A panel of outside experts is meeting Thursday to consider whether the Food and Drug…
Johnson & Johnson cuts size of Covid-19 vaccine study due to prevalence of disease in U.S.
Johnson & Johnson is cutting the size of its pivotal U.S. Covid-19 vaccine trial —…
Detailed data on AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid-19 vaccine show it has moderate efficacy
The Covid-19 vaccine being developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca appears to have…
U.K. approves Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine, putting pressure on FDA
The United Kingdom on Wednesday became the first country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine developed…
Health workers, long-term care facilities should get Covid-19 vaccine first, CDC advisory panel says
A committee that advises the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday…
White House to host Covid-19 vaccine summit, as Trump seeks to burnish record
The Trump administration has invited leading vaccine manufacturers, drug distributors, and government officials to a…
‘Essential workers’ likely to get earlier access to Covid-19 vaccine
Essential workers are likely to move ahead of adults 65 and older and people with…
Opinion: Believers need to be as prepared for a Covid-19 vaccine as anti-vaxxers are against it
In the fractious public dialogue about Covid-19, one point of unity stands out: An effective…