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U.S. to call for pause on Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine: NYT

FILE PHOTO: Vials with a sticker reading, “COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only” and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Johnson & Johnson logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration(Reuters) – U.S. federal health agencies on Tuesday will call for an immediate pause in use of Johnson […]

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Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus

(Reuters) – AstraZeneca may have provided an incomplete view of efficacy data on its COVID-19 vaccine from a large scale trial in the United States, a U.S. health agency said Tuesday, in a fresh setback for the shot.FILE PHOTO: A man undergoes the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at a testing site which is temporarily set […]

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U.S. NIH halts trial testing COVID-19 blood plasma

FILE PHOTO: A health worker takes test tubes with plasma and blood samples after a separation process in a centrifuge during a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination study at the Research Centers of America, in Hollywood, Florida, U.S., September 24, 2020. REUTERS/Marco Bello(Reuters) – The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) said on Tuesday it had […]

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Trials of retooled vaccines for variants could take months: U.S. FDA

(Reuters) – Drugmakers should test any COVID-19 vaccines that have been retooled to combat new variants of the coronavirus in clinical trials designed to track the immune response of hundreds of test subjects, which could take months, U.S. regulators said on Monday.Slideshow ( 3 images )Vaccine developers may need to modify their shots to provide […]