Let down by rich and failing the poor, global vaccine scheme to be shaken up
Reuters
Wealthy countries have generally preferred to use their financial clout to buy their own vaccines direct from the manufacturers.
Shunned by rich countries and failing...
Israel sees probable link between Pfizer vaccine and myocarditis cases
Jerusalem (Reuters) - Israel’s Health Ministry said on Tuesday it had found the small number of heart inflammation cases observed mainly in young men...
WHO sets new targets for vaccinating world’s poorest to end ‘scandalous inequity’
Geneva (Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic is being perpetuated by a “scandalous inequity” in vaccine distribution, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO)...
Pfizer COVID-19 shot effective for people with chronic diseases: Israel study
Tel Aviv (Reuters) - The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer (PFE.N) and BioNTech (22UAy.DE) is effective at preventing symptomatic and severe disease in people...
Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 shot 91% effective in updated data, protective against South African variant
Reuters
The vaccine was 95.3% effective in preventing severe disease as defined by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Pfizer Inc and BioNTech said on Thursday...