Health

(AP)— Novavax Inc said Thursday that its COVID-19 vaccine appears 89 per cent effective based on early findings from a British study and that it also seems to work — though not quite as well […]

(CMC) – The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) says it is crucial to properly and consistently employ and increase the public’s adherence to COVID-19 control measures with the discovery and proliferation of multiple COVID-19 variants. […]

PARIS, France (AFP) — The vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech appears to retain its effectiveness against coronavirus mutations in worrying new variants that have emerged recently in Britain and South Africa, the firms said […]

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro appears to be counting on yet another “miracle” to save his citizens from COVID-19, promoting a secretive solution with no published scientific evidence he claims will conquer […]

BRÜSSEL, Belgium (AFP) — It is still not known whether people vaccinated against COVID-19 can still transmit the coronavirus, the head of the EU’s medicine regulator told MEPs on Tuesday. There are also concerns about […]

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)— US biotechnology firm Moderna on Monday said lab studies showed its COVID-19 vaccine remains effective against variants of the coronavirus first identified in the United Kingdom and South Africa. But the […]

WASHINGTON, United States (AP) — US regulators have approved the first long-acting drug combo for HIV, monthly shots that can replace the daily pills now used to control infection with the AIDS virus. Thursday’s approval […]

PARIS, France (AFP) — People may be able to fight off reinfection for at least six months after they recover from COVID-19 thanks to cells that can “remember” the virus, according to research published Monday. […]