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/PRNewswire/ -- MinervaX, a privately held Danish biotechnology company developing a novel vaccine against Group B Streptococcus (GBS), today announces...

In the Philippines (2020), cervical cancer is the second leading cancer among women after breast cancer. Globocan reported an estimated 7,897 new cervical cancer cases and 4,052 deaths to occur annually, based on 2020 data.Research has shown that the leading cause of cervical cancer is human papilloma virus or HPV.Aside…

Local government units (LGUs) in Metro Manila were urged to come up with ordinances penalizing individuals who would be found carrying out unauthorized inoculations using government-procured COVID-19 vaccines as booster shots. Workers belonging to the A4 priority group are inoculated with Sputnik

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) will fail to meet the deadline to deliver 100 million doses of AstraZenecas vaccine against Covid-19 to the National Immunization Program (PNI) by the end of this month, but maintains its commitment to close the year with 200 million doses delivered and another 180 million doses in 2022, said Mauricio Zuma, director of Fiocruzs Biomanguinhos vaccine production unit. Zuma said that the 100 million dose mark should be reached by the e...

Vincentians are said to be paying as much as $1500 for fake COVID-19 vaccination certificates in order to secure employment; a situation described by one employer as “highly dangerous”. “It is highly dangerous in the tourism sector because if you come to me for employment and you bring a vaccination card and it’s fake, next thing you know, you have a serious case of COVID that you pass on to …

SunStar San Fernando ramps up vaccination drive SENIORS TURN. Fernandino senior citizens wait for their turn to get jabbed at the Heroes Hall vaccination area. (Chris Navarro) + May 27, 2021 CITY OF SAN FERNANDO--The City Government of San Fernando is ramping up its vaccination drive and is going full blast with the City Health Offices (CHO) 12 vaccinators and more than a hundred vaccination staff, setting the target of more than 40,000 senior citizens...

Another 3,000 liters of Active Pharmaceutical ingredient (API) for CoronaVac production landed in São Paulo yesterday afternoon, May 25. The Butantan Institute will produce 5 million vaccine doses with the raw material. Deliveries are scheduled for June.

Bio-Manguinhos/Fiocruz) restarted production of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, which had been suspended since last Thursday, May 20

COVID-19 In Brazil: “better safe than sorry” (Credit: Unsplash) This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Mariane Catarina Tavares Salton and Ms. Gabriela Oliveira da Silva, two second year medical students at Unicesumar, Maringá, Brazil. They are affiliated with the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), cordial partner of The Sting. The opinions expressed in this piece belong strictly to the writers and do not necessarily reflect IF...

Search You Are Here:Home → 2021 → May → 19 → COVID-19 vaccine rollout is nowhere from high gear COVID-19 vaccine rollout is nowhere from high gear By AMALYN ANACIO MANILA — It has been two months since the Philippine government began its vaccine rollout but the country is far from inoculating at least one percent of the population as public hesitancy on vaccine efficacy and safety remains. “Some still have apprehensions about Sinovac vaccine efficacy and want AstraZe...