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Dr Ashish K Jha (pictured), dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, has issued a warning about the new ‘super-covid’ variants A top public health expert says the new ‘super-covid’ variants could make the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. up to five times deadlier. The new strain, known as B.1.1.7 – which was … Read more
Pressure is mounting for Britain to approve Oxford University’s coronavirus vaccine to stop the spiralling outbreak that has wrecked Christmas for millions. Oxford and AstraZeneca’s jab may now be the UK’s last hope for lifting lockdown rules before spring 2021 because the country can’t get enough doses of Pfizer’s or Moderna’s – which won’t come … Read more
More than a quarter of students ‘self-censor’ because they fear their views will clash with the ‘woke’ values promoted by their university, according to a shocking new survey. In the latest evidence of the free speech crisis engulfing campuses across the country, 27 per cent of students said they have actively ‘hidden’ their opinions when … Read more
The Oxford coronavirus vaccine will inch closer to becoming publicly available before the end of this year, when its trial results are published. Drugs giant AstraZeneca, which owns the rights to the vaccine, confirmed today it expects to release the results of stage two and stage three trials within weeks. The figures will then be … Read more
Oxford University’s coronavirus vaccine triggers a ‘robust’ immune response in the elderly, a study has shown. It suggests the group at highest risk of serious illness and death from the disease could be protected if given the jab. The study found the vaccine prompted the release of antibodies and T-cells, which fight Covid-19, in people over-55. … Read more
Scientists are asking why the US arm of Oxford’s Covid-19 vaccine trial are still on hold as the rest of the world races to test its efficacy. AstraZeneca, the drug giant which owns the rights to the experimental jab, stopped global trials on September 8 because a British volunteer was hospitalised. She has now been … Read more
US President Donald Trump could fast-track the coronavirus vaccine being made by Britain’s Oxford University to get it into use before the country’s election. White House insiders say Mr Trump is considering pushing for approval for emergency use of the jab, which is one of the world’s most promising candidates. Early trials of Oxford’s jab … Read more
Two scientists behind Oxford University’s coronavirus vaccine could pocket a hefty sum of money if the jab proves successful, it emerged today. Several private investors, including the controversial Chinese firm Huawei, are also poised to profit if the vaccine — called AZD1222 — goes to market. Oxford professors Sarah Gilbert and Adrian Hill co-founded Vaccitech … Read more
Oxford University’s Covid-19 vaccine is safe and provokes an immune reaction, findings of the first phases of the trial show. Hugely-anticipated clinical trial results today revealed that up to 100 per cent of people who were given the jab produced an immune response to coronavirus. In a tiny sub-group of 35 participants out of 477, … Read more
More than four percent of Californians may have developed antibodies against the novel coronavirus, preliminary results of a new study suggest. Researchers from the University of Southern California developed a coronavirus antibody test, which can determine if someone has been infected and if their body has produced immune cells that can protect them from being … Read more