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Fourth jab ‘partially’ effective against Omicron: Israeli study

Fourth doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines against COVID-19 are only "partially" effective for the Omicron variant of the virus, the authors of...

Chilean zoo jabs big cats, orangutan against COVID-19

Bengal tiger Charly and Bornean orangutan Sandai, both members of endangered species, have received coronavirus vaccines at a Chilean zoo in a Latin American...

Power failure wasted 4k vax doses

Over 4,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines were wasted due to power interruptions during the onslaught of Typhoon Odette, the Department of Health said. Health Undersecretary...

More vaccines gone to waste due to Odette

The National Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC) said on Thursday it recorded more vaccine wastage brought about by the onslaught of Typhoon “Odette” but did...

20k volunteers needed for WHO vaccine trials

Officials said Friday the country, hobbled by infections and deaths from the coronavirus pandemic, would need 15,000 to 20,000 participants for the World Health...

Tens of thousands protest Austria compulsory COVID jabs

Tens of thousands gathered in Austria's capital Vienna on Saturday to protest mandatory COVID vaccines and home confinement orders for those who have not...

COVID Briefs: FDA okays vax mix clinical trial

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the clinical trial on the combination of different COVID-19 vaccine brands for inoculation, an official said Friday. The...

Pfizer, BioNTech, Moderna making $1,000 profit every second: analysis

Pfizer, BioNTech, and Moderna are making combined profits of $65,000 every minute from their highly successful COVID-19 vaccines while the world's poorest countries remain...

Vax hesitancy still at 10-15%–DOH

A Department of Health official said Sunday only between 10 and 15 percent of some 110 million Filipinos were hesitant to get inoculated against...

Indonesia Muslim body forbids cryptocurrency trading

Indonesia’s top religious body has declared that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are forbidden under Islamic law and should not be traded in the world’s...

WHO: 129 oral, nasal COVID vax in the pipeline

The World Health Organization’s chief scientist said she was looking forward to the “second generation” of COVID-19 vaccines, which could include nasal sprays and...

Regeneron says COVID antibody treatment protects for at least 8 months

A synthetic antibody treatment developed by Regeneron reduced the risk of developing symptomatic COVID by more than 80 percent up to eight months after...

Bong Go pleads with bets: Focus on jabs first

Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has exhorted his fellow candidates in the 2022 elections to focus first on vaccines and “bayanihan” for the country to...

Rody orders to shuffle vax to avoid brand favoritism

President Rodrigo Duterte ordered vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. to shuffle the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to different areas to prevent people from...
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