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Italy sends warning letter to Pfizer over COVID vaccine delays FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: VACCINE ROME (Reuters) – The Italian government on Monday sent a letter of formal notice to Pfizer calling on the drug company to respect its contractual commitments over its COVID-19 vaccine deliveries, the government special commissioner said. The letter adds to tension between the European Union and the U.S. drug-maker, which announced last week a temporary slowdown in deliveries to the bloc. “The ...

By Reuters Staff 3 Min Read COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark will cull its mink population of up to 17 million after a mutation of the coronavirus found in the animals spread to humans, the prime minister said on Wednesday. Slideshow ( 2 images ) Health authorities found virus strains in humans and in mink which showed decreased sensitivity against antibodies, potentially lowering the efficacy of future vaccines, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said. “We have a great responsibility towards our...

Analysis: Wall Street hedges against possible bumps in US vaccine rollout Toggle share menu Advertisement Analysis: Wall Street hedges against possible bumps in US vaccine rollout As U.S. stock prices have marched to record highs, futures contracts for Wall Streets "fear gauge" show some investors are buying insurance against market turbulence that could erupt if surprise glitches hit the U.S. rollout of COVID-19 vaccines. FILE PHOTO: A healthcare...

Analysis: Wall Street hedges against possible bumps in U.S. vaccine rollout Reuters 1/22/2021 By April Joyner and Sinéad Carew © Reuters/Lucy Nicholson FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker draws the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from a vial at Mission Commons assisted living community in Redlands By April Joyner and Sinéad Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) - As U.S. stock prices have marched to record highs, futures contracts for Wall Streets "fear gauge" show some investors...

Pfizer Inc and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine appeared to work against a key mutation in the highly transmissible new variants of the coronavirus discovered in the UK and South Africa, according to a laboratory study conducted by the U.S. drugmaker.

Exclusive: COVID-19 shots to cost $3 to $10 under African Union vaccine plan

NAIROBI/JOHANNESBURG, Jan 20 (Reuters) - African countries will pay between $3 and $10 per vaccine dose to access 270 million COVID-19 shots secured this month by the African Union (AU), according to a draft briefing on the plan prepared by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and...

4 Min Read NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mayors of some three-dozen U.S. cities have asked the incoming Biden administration to send COVID-19 vaccine shipments directly to them, bypassing state governments, saying local officials were best positioned to ramp up lagging inoculations. FILE PHOTO: People line up as health care workers and military personnel work to distribute doses of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at the New York State COVID-19 vaccination site at the Jacob K. Javits Conventio...

Johnson & Johnson is on track to roll out its single-shot coronavirus vaccine in March, and expects to have clear data on how effective it is by the end of this month or early February, the U.S. healthcare company's chief scientific officer said.

Johnson & Johnson is on track to roll out its single-shot coronavirus vaccine in March, and expects to have clear data on how effective it is by the end of this month or early February, the U.S. healthcare company's chief scientific officer said.