Health
Crowds rally in New Zealand’s Auckland against coronavirus lockdown
Large crowds of people rallied in Auckland on Saturday against the government’s social distancing restrictions imposed on the country’s largest city after ...AstraZeneca suspends leading COVID-19 vaccine trials after a participant’s illness
AstraZeneca Plc said it has paused global trials, including large late-stage trials, of its experimental coronavirus vaccine due to an unexplained illness ...U.S., European COVID vaccine developers pledge to uphold testing rigour
Nine leading U.S. and European vaccine developers pledged on Tuesday to uphold the scientific standards their experimental immunisations will be held against ...Russia completes early trials of second potential COVID-19 vaccine: Ifax
Siberia’s Vector virology institute on Tuesday completed early-stage human trials, known as Phase II, of a second potential Russian vaccine against COVID-19, ...Trump calls Biden ‘stupid,’ demands apology for challenging him on vaccines
Republican President Donald Trump, accused by Joe Biden of putting lives at risk in his handling of the coronavirus, on Monday called ...Australia expects to receive AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine within months
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia expects to receive its first batches of a potential COVID-19 vaccine in January, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said ...90% of China’s Sinovac employees, families took coronavirus vaccine
About 90% of Sinovac Biotech Ltd <SVA.O> employees and their families have taken an experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by the Chinese firm ...Russia vaccine ‘passes early trial test’
Early tests of a Russian coronavirus vaccine showed encouraging results when details were published Friday, but experts said the trials were too ...UN chief warns of famine risk in 4 countries
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that there is a risk of famine and widespread food insecurity in four countries affected by conflict ...New Zealand records first Covid-19 death in over three months
New Zealand recorded its first Covid-19 death in more than three months on Friday when a man in his 50s succumbed to ...














