Health
Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose vaccine closes in on U.S. approval
Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose COVID-19 vaccine appeared safe and effective in trials, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday, paving the ...Guinea Ebola death toll rises to five
Five people have died of Ebola virus in Guinea, the health agency said on Monday, as the government and aid groups began ...WHO authorizes AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine for emergency use
The World Health Organization has granted an emergency authorization to AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine, a move that should allow the U.N. agency’s partners ...Japan formally approves its first COVID-19 vaccine
Japan on Sunday formally approved its first COVID-19 vaccine and said it would start nationwide inoculations within days, but months behind the ...UN boosts food aid to Ethiopia’s Tigray over starvation fears
The head of the World Food Programme has said he has reached a deal with Ethiopia to expand access for aid workers ...WHO urges unity on vaccines as new jab submitted to US regulators
European nations need to work more closely with drug firms to increase the pace of coronavirus inoculations, the WHO said on Friday, ...No masks and no social distancing as lockdown ends on the Isle of Man
By Eleanor Mannion RTÉ Life on the Isle of Man is returning to ‘near normal’ after the island exited a 25-day lockdown. ...Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine has 92% efficacy in trial
Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine was 91.6% effective in preventing people from developing COVID-19, according to peer-reviewed results from its late-stage clinical trial ...AstraZeneca vaccine to arrive in France by next week
The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, which was approved by the European Commission last week, will start arriving in France next week at the ...EU drugs regulator approves AstraZeneca vaccine
Europe’s medicines regulator on Friday recommended approving AstraZeneca and Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 18. Europe urgently ...