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FDA says Moderna can fill its vials with 40% more COVID-19 vaccine to increase the number of doses in each from 10 to 14 and ease production bottlenecks FDA regulators told Moderna it can fill its vials with 40% more vaccine on Friday It comes after Moderna asked regulators to allow more overfill to ease … Read more
The president of Moderna has warned the global fight against Covid could last for a number of years. Dr Stephen Hoge said during a conference call this week that the virus will continue to mutate and create new strains despite vaccines being rolled out. It comes as Moderna, which produces one of the vaccines approved … Read more
The president of Moderna has warned the global fight against Covid could last for a number of years. Dr Stephen Hoge said during a conference call this week that the virus will continue to mutate and create new strains despite vaccines being rolled out. It comes as Moderna, which produces one of the vaccines approved … Read more
Moderna confirmed on Wednesday that it is in talks with the U.S. to supply an additional 100 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine. The federal government had already signed an agreement with the biotechnology company last year to purchase 200 million doses of the inoculation, and the new purchase would bring the total up to 300 … Read more
Is ‘covid tongue’ the latest sign of infection? One in four coronavirus patients develop bumps and swelling in their mouth, while 40% get red, burning feet or hands, study finds Researchers from Spain looked at 666 mild-to-moderate COVID-19 patients treated between April 10 and April 25, 2020 at a field hospital in Madrid They found that … Read more
The World Health Organization (WHO) is warning that Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine should not be used on pregnant women – affecting more than three million expectant mothers in the U.S. No vaccine trials to date have included pregnant women – and they are not expected to until after the first quarter of 2021 – meaning there … Read more
Moderna Inc says it is on track to deliver the U.S. 100 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine by March and 200 million doses by June. That will be enough to immunize 100 million people – about one-third of the country’s population – with the two-shot regimen. In a press release on Tuesday, the biotechnology company … Read more
Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine is just as effective at protecting against the Kent variant as it was older versions of the disease, the company claimed today. In a huge boost to Britain’s vaccination programme, the US firm said laboratory tests found the new variant had ‘no significant impact’ on the jab. Britain has ordered 17 million … Read more
UK’S ‘KENT’ VARIANT – B117 UK health officials announced in December that a ‘variant of concern’ had emerged in Kent. The variant is known to scientists as B117, a name derived from the location of its most significant mutations. B117 appears to be more infectious than older ‘wild-type’ coronavirus variants. Most estimates put it at … Read more
A California health official says clinics can resume using a batch of Moderna coronavirus vaccines after a scare that it was causing allergic reactions. More than 330,000 doses of the shot were distributed to 287 providers across the state earlier this month. After seven recipients needed medical attention at a mass immunization site in San Diego … Read more