covid 19 vaccines
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mRNA Vaccines Are Taking On the Flu Now
Vaccines based on mRNA, first used for covid-19, may soon protect people from the influenza virus as well. This week, Moderna announced the start of a phase I/II trial testing out its vaccine candidate for the seasonal flu. Ultimately, the company hopes to develop a combination vaccine that can offer protection against the flu, covid-19, and…
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Covid-19 Vaccines Make Breakthrough Infections Shorter, Less Contagious: CDC Study
New research published this week is the latest to indicate that vaccinated people have much less to fear from covid-19. The study found that even in the rare cases when people given mRNA vaccines developed infections, they tended to experience shorter illness and produce less of the virus than unvaccinated people — both important factors…
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U.S. President Joe Biden Will Reportedly Buy 500 Million Pfizer Vaccine Doses to Donate Globally
The U.S. Biden administration just struck a deal with Pfizer to buy 500 million doses of the covid-19 vaccine from the pharma giant, with plans to donate the doses to countries that need them, sources familiar with the pact told the Washington Post on Wednesday.
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Hong Kong Could Throw Out Millions of Expiring Pfizer Doses if Vaccination Rate Doesn’t Speed Up
Hong Kong might be forced to throw out millions of expiring Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccine doses within the next three months, according to a member of Hong Kong’s coronavirus task force. Hong Kong secured enough vaccine doses for its population of 7.5 million, with both Pfizer vaccine and China’s Sinovac, but has still struggled with low…