Coronavirus, the vaccine of the rich: 53% of the doses to 14% of the world population

Coronavirus, the vaccine of the rich: 53% of the doses to 14% of the world population

Nine out of ten people in at least 70 low-income countries are at risk of being unable to vaccinate against Covid-19 next year because most of the incoming vaccines have been purchased from the West. This is despite Oxford-AstraZeneca making a commitment to provide 64% of its doses to people in developing countries. It’s the … Read more

Vaccines. Nursing homes want guidelines on the consent of seniors with Alzheimer’s

Vaccines.  Nursing homes want guidelines on the consent of seniors with Alzheimer’s

The government needs to clarify, from a legal point of view, who will be empowered to authorize the vaccination against the Covid-19 of an elderly person with cognitive disorders, asked Tuesday, December 8, the union representing private retirement homes. This issue must be resolved before the launch of the vaccination campaign on a large scale … Read more

India May Authorize COVID-19 Vaccines In Weeks

India May Authorize COVID-19 Vaccines In Weeks

FILE PHOTO: A health worker in personal protective equipment (PPE) checks the temperature of a passenger at a railway station, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mumbai, India November 27, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas NEW DELHI, Dec 8 (Reuters) – India’s government regulator may license some COVID-19 vaccine developers in the coming weeks, … Read more

nursing homes want guidelines on obtaining consent from seniors suffering from Alzheimer’s

nursing homes want guidelines on obtaining consent from seniors suffering from Alzheimer’s

SANTE The government must clarify, from a legal point of view, who will be empowered to authorize the vaccination against Covid-19 of an elderly person with cognitive disorders, the union representing private retirement homes asked on Tuesday. – Posted 12/8/2020 at 4:00 p.m. — This issue must be resolved before the launch of the large-scale … Read more

in Saint-Amand, GSK already hard at work to produce its adjuvant

in Saint-Amand, GSK already hard at work to produce its adjuvant

Large steel tanks, supply pipes, a control screen in a very secure area: it is in a small room in the heart of a GSK factory at Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (North) that the adjuvant is manufactured to strengthen the effectiveness of some of the future anti-Covid vaccines. The essential interest of the adjuvant? Mixed with antigen of … Read more

UK prepares to start vaccination campaign this week

UK prepares to start vaccination campaign this week

LONDON, Dec 6 (Reuters) – The UK is preparing to become the first country this week to administer the Pfizer / BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to the population, in a vaccination campaign that will begin in hospitals and continue in clinics medical, the government said Sunday. The first doses will be administered on Tuesday, with the … Read more

Covid-19: Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine obtains authorization in the United Kingdom. Vaccination starts next week | Coronavirus

Covid-19: Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine obtains authorization in the United Kingdom.  Vaccination starts next week |  Coronavirus

Follow topic To the minute British healthcare products regulatory agency granted authorization for emergency use of the covid-19 vaccine by Pfizer / BioNTech. Worldwide, the number of people infected with the new coronavirus has exceeded 63.8 million. 1.4 million people have died with covid-19 and 41 million have recovered from the disease. – December 2, … Read more

Manufacturing error raises questions about testing with AstraZeneca / Oxford vaccine

Manufacturing error raises questions about testing with AstraZeneca / Oxford vaccine

JN / Agencies Today at 00:03– AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford today recognized a manufacturing error that is raising questions about the preliminary results and the effectiveness of their experimental vaccine against covid-19. The statement, where the error is acknowledged, comes days after the company and the university described the vaccine as “highly effective”, … Read more

Covid, Undersecretary Zampa: “For Christmas possible exceptions on travel between Regions”

Covid, Undersecretary Zampa: “For Christmas possible exceptions on travel between Regions”

Several ministers, starting with that of Health Roberto Speranza, and experts, have been repeating for days that for the moment the debate on Christmas is a “surreal” debate; but it was Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte a few days ago, without prejudice to the central and decisive role that the data on each decision will play, … Read more

American magazine: Influenza vaccination has a preventive effect from Corona

American magazine: Influenza vaccination has a preventive effect from Corona

A new report published recently in the Journal of the American Council of Family Medicine revealed that influenza vaccination may have a preventive effect for patients infected with Coronavirus, which strengthens the results of previous research to provide more evidence that influenza vaccination has a benefit in preventing the Coronavirus, according to what was published … Read more