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Free booze, baseball tickets offered as U.S. demand for COVID-19 vaccine drops By Sharon Bernstein and Michael Erman Reuters (Reuters) - Robert Day walked up to a house in northwest Detroit, eager to talk about nearby COVID-19 vaccination sites and pitch a local program that pays $50 to anyone who brings someone to a clinic to get inoculated. A man sitting on the porch, who refused to give his name, tore up the flyer Day had handed him and stormed inside. "That’s just one person’s opini...

By Andrea Shalal, Jeff Mason, David Lawder 6 Min Read (Updates with further reaction, stock activity) WASHINGTON, May 5 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Wednesday threw his support behind waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, bowing to mounting pressure from Democratic lawmakers and more than 100 other countries, but angering pharmaceutical companies. Biden voiced his support for a waiver - a sharp reversal of the previous U.S. position - in remarks to reporters, followe...

(Adds details on vaccine doses, background; updates share movement) May 4 (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc on Tuesday forecast $26 billion in COVID-19 vaccine sales this year, a more than 70% jump from its last projection, reflecting new contracts with governments around the world trying to halt the pandemic through rapid vaccination. The raised goal assumes 1.6 billion doses of vaccine, which is co-developed with BioNTech SE, will be delivered in the year, with the two-shot vaccine emerging as the best-...

Pfizer Inc on Tuesday forecast $26 billion in COVID-19 vaccine sales this year, a more than 70% jump from its last projection, reflecting new contracts with governments around the world trying to halt the pandemic through rapid vaccination. The raised goal assumes 1.6 billion doses of vaccine, which is co-developed with BioNTech SE, will be delivered in the year, with the two-shot vaccine emerging as the best-selling product for the U.S. drugmaker in the first quarter. It is expected to make ...

4 Min Read BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian scientists and doctors have warned against relying on numbers released by the government that suggested Russian and Chinese COVID-19 shots were more effective than Western ones, the latest twist in the country’s unorthodox vaccine rollout. FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective face masks walk in downtown Budapest, after Hungarian government imposed a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Hungary, November 11,...

3 Min Read (Reuters) -Merck & Co Inc said on Thursday it would take a bigger hit to sales this year than previously expected due to a resurgence in COVID-19 cases that has hurt demand for drugs that need to be given by doctors. FILE PHOTO: The Merck logo is seen at a gate to the Merck & Co campus in Rahway, New Jersey, U.S., July 12, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid The pandemic is expected to shave 3% from overall sales, more than the previously projected 2%, after it resulted in a $600 million ...

RPT-Scientists, doctors slam Hungarian government criticism of western vaccines Reuters 3 hrs ago By Marton Dunai BUDAPEST, April 27 (Reuters) - Hungarian scientists and doctors have warned against relying on numbers released by the government that suggested Russian and Chinese COVID-19 shots were more effective than Western ones, the latest twist in the countrys unorthodox vaccine rollout. Hungary is the only European Union country to authorise and deploy Russian and Chinese jabs before they...

U.S. CDC has not seen link between heart inflammation and COVID-19 vaccines 04/27/2021 21:27 NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has not found a link between heart inflammation and COVID-19 vaccines, the agencys Director Rochelle Walensky said on Tuesday. "We have not seen a signal and weve actually looked intentionally for the signal in the over 200 million doses weve given," Walensky said in a press briefing. She said the CDC is in touch with th...

Scientists, doctors slam Hungarian government criticism of western vaccines Reuters 2 hrs ago By Marton Dunai BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian scientists and doctors have warned against relying on numbers released by the government that suggested Russian and Chinese COVID-19 shots were more effective than Western ones, the latest twist in the countrys unorthodox vaccine rollout. Hungary is the only European Union country to authorise and deploy Russian and Chinese jabs before they have been a...

By Syndicated Content Apr 27, 2021 12:22 PM NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not seen a link between heart inflammation and COVID-19 vaccines, CDC director Rochelle Walensky said on Tuesday. “We have not seen a signal and we’ve actually looked intentionally for the signal in the over 200 million doses we’ve given,” Walensky said in a press briefing. She said the CDC is in touch with the U.S. Department of Defense over its investigation ...