Health News

S.Africa rejects Russian Sputnik vaccine over HIV fears

South Africa’s health products regulator on Monday said it would not approve Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine due to concerns it could increase the risk of HIV infection among men. The decision was based on earlier studies testing the safety of a modified form of adenovirus—a type of virus that causes respiratory infections—known as the […]

Health News

Second Russian virus vaccine passes early trials: report

Early clinical trials of a second Russian coronavirus vaccine have proved successful, its developer said Thursday after Russia boasted of approving the world’s first vaccine. Russia’s Vektor—a top-secret state virology research centre in Siberia—said that early-stage trials were successful for its own experimental vaccine, named EpiVacCorona. “The first two phases of clinical trials demonstrated the […]