Pfizer announced in a tweet on Wednesday that its coronavirus vaccine candidate met all primary efficacy endpoints in a phase 3 clinical trial, and that it planned to file for emergency use authorization “within days.”
Delaware Gov. John Carney announced new restrictions Tuesday that will go into effect next Monday, Nov. 23rd amid surging coronavirus cases in the state and country.
As temperatures rise as a result of climate change, ticks carrying the deadly bacterial disease Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) may shift their feeding preferences away from dogs and toward humans, according to new research.
The number of Americans who say they are willing to get vaccinated for coronavirus increased in October to 58%, just before two new effective vaccines were announced.
Some 300 attendees of a wedding held in Washington state earlier this month are being asked to quarantine after several people who attended the nuptials have since tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
A Moderna coronavirus vaccine trial volunteer from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shared the side effects he experienced with "Fox & Friends" Tuesday after the company revealed its vaccine is nearly 95% effective against COVID-19.
As coronavirus continues to surge acorss the county, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer this week announced it has launched a pilot delivery program for its experimental COVID-19 vaccine in four U.S. states in an effort to address concerns over the vaccine's ultra-cold storage requirements.
Kentucky once again broke the record for new cases of COVID-19 reported in a week when the state on Sunday recorded some 1,449 new cases of the novel virus, state officials said.
Approximately 20 million Americans could begin receiving a coronavirus vaccine during the month of December, pending approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the recommendation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the scientific head of Operation Warp Speed said Monday.
Following breaking news on Monday that Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine candidate reached 94.5% efficacy in an ongoing trial, a group of infectious disease experts addressed vaccine rollout.
China, one of the world’s largest beef importers, is now increasing testing on its frozen foods after the virus was reportedly detected on imported products.
Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel on Monday discussed some of the biotech giant's coronavirus vaccine side effects among trial participants, amid positive news of 94.5% efficacy, per an interim analysis.
