Vaccine

Study by Pfizer/BioNtech finds its Covid-19 vaccine 73.2% efficient in children
Coronavirus chronicle

Study by Pfizer/BioNtech finds its Covid-19 vaccine 73.2% efficient in children

A vial labelled with the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine is seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021. Photo :Reuters
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Children aged 5-11 to get Covid jabs at schools: Minister

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Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Children aged 5-11 to get Covid jabs from 11 August

A woman holds a small bottle labelled with a "Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine" sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration taken October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
Coronavirus chronicle

South Africa reports first death causally linked to Covid vaccine

Include Papilovax vaccine in EPI, urge Health advocates
Health

Include Papilovax vaccine in EPI, urge Health advocates

An employee of the vaccine company Bavarian Nordic works in a laboratory of the company in Martinsried near Munich, Germany, May 24, 2022. REUTERS/Lukas Barth/File Photo
World+Biz

US, EU clear manufacturing plant for Bavarian Nordic's monkeypox vaccine

Protesters display banners against vaccine patents outside the Cambridge AstraZeneca site, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Cambridge, Britain, May 11, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Couldridge/File Photo
World+Biz

As Covid patent war rages on, pharma group seeks fairer future access

Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine sit in a cooler before being thawed at a pop-up Covid-19 vaccination site in the Bronx borough of New York on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. On Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021, Pfizer asked US regulators to allow boosters of its Covid-19 vaccine for anyone 18 or older, a step that comes amid concern about increased spread of the coronavirus with holiday travel and gatherings. Photo: UNB/AP
Coronavirus chronicle

WTO faces new battle over Covid tests, drugs

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Health

Vaccination for Cholera begins in Dhaka on Sunday

An employee works on a vaccine based on the monkeypox vaccine that has already been developed by the vaccine company Bavarian Nordic at a laboratory of the company in Martinsried near Munich, Germany, May 24, 2022. REUTERS/Lukas Barth
World+Biz

Bavarian Nordic eyes more monkeypox vaccine orders amid global 'wake-up call'

Stacked containers are shown as ships unload their cargo at the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, U.S. November 22, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Global Economy

WTO seeks fish, vaccine deals as war ignites trade tensions

Illustration: Nahfia Jahan Monni
World+Biz

Vietnam develops new African swine fever vaccine: Official

Test tubes labelled "Monkeypox virus positive" are seen in this illustration taken May 22, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
World+Biz

WHO says no urgent need for mass monkeypox vaccinations