President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russian scientists were close to creating vaccines for cancer that could soon be available to patients. Putin said in televised comments that “we have come very close to the creation of so-called cancer vaccines and
Thousands of doses of vaccines against childhood diseases have started to be delivered into the Gaza Strip to support a growing health emergency in the region, the Palestinian health ministry in the Hamas-controlled government announced Monday. The vaccines to treat childhood diseases,
Discussions are under way between pharmacists, vaccine makers and the Government after cases of coronavirus surged this winter. Latest figures showed there were an average of 3,631 people in hospital with Covid every day during the seven-day run to Christmas. That was
Brussels has dumped more than 200 million Covid vaccines at a cost of £3.4billion, a shocking new analysis has revealed. In the years since the first coronavirus vaccines were given the green light towards the end of 2020, EU countries have taken
The price of the Grade II-listed Aberconway House near Hyde Park was the second highest ever in London. It was agreed by self-proclaimed “prince of vaccines” Adar Poonawalla, 42, the boss of Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest jab producer. The
Getting the COVID and flu vaccines simultaneously could be safe and even beneficial, according to study findings presented at the Vaccines Summit Boston this week. In a study, researchers found that people who got both shots at the same time showed higher
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 that were critical in slowing the pandemic — technology that’s also being studied to fight cancer and other
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman have been awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Image: Getty Images) The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has jointly awarded Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Monday that it has approved and authorized updated versions of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use. The updated vaccines, which are manufactured by Pfizer and Moderna, are “formulated to more closely target currently
Ever since Americans endured a pandemic, the usual suspects during flu season now include the COVID-19 virus and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. “As we are heading into cold and flu season, there is significant concern for another ‘tripledemic’ with COVID, flu and