Vaccines
Moderna Inc (MRNA.O) is testing potential vaccines against monkeypox in pre-clinical trials as the disease spreads in the United States and Europe. The World Health Organization said on Tuesday there have been 131 confirmed monkeypox cas..
The State of Qatar stressed that the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic represented the greatest health challenge facing humanity for decades, and that there is still a need to make more efforts to promote equality in the availability of vaccines and en..
The State of Qatar has affirmed its firm humanitarian and moral position that all must be fairly given COVID-19 vaccines, stressing that overcoming the pandemic requires solidarity and a sense of shared responsibility by all to find a solution. Th..
Qatar attended the UN General Assembly's high-level meeting to support equitable vaccine access. Qatar was represented at the meeting via remote communication technology by HE the Minister of Public Health, Dr Hanan Mohamed al-Kuwari. HE Dr al-Ku..
Austria will become the first European country to make vaccination compulsory for adults in February, Chancellor Karl Nehammer said, acknowledging that it was a "sensitive topic". Nehammer, a conservative who took office in December, sai..
The Ministry of Public Health has approved the administration of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 booster vaccines for children aged 12 to 15 years. The decision is in line with the recent studies that demonstrate the safety and efficacy of booster doses ..
India gave emergency use authorisation (EUA) for Merck's (MRK.N) COVID-19 pill molnupiravir, and Serum Institute of India's Covovax and Biological E's Corbevax coronavirus vaccines, the country's health minister said on Twitter. So..
COVID-19 infections are more likely to trigger rare cardiovascular complications such as heart inflammation and irregular heartbeat than vaccines, a British study showed on Tuesday, after scientists parsed data of about 38 million vaccinated people. ..
All three U.S.-authorized COVID-19 vaccines appear to be significantly less protective against the newly-detected Omicron variant of the coronavirus in laboratory testing, but a booster dose likely restores most of the protection, according to ..
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