The beloved nation of Israel is now the world’s most-vaccinated country with nearly half of its population having received at least one shot and about 27% of citizens 15 years and older are fully vaccinated. The State of Israel, with a […]
We’ve written extensively about the Pfizer vaccine. After a slow start and a series of setbacks, researchers at Pfizer, along with its partner BioNTech, continue to work day and night to finally deliver what’s now known to be the most […]
Just when you think the coronavirus pandemic is behind us, a new Ebola virus outbreak just broke out in Africa with at least 5 people confirmed dead, the first cases since 2016. So, is the world prepared for another pandemic and should […]
A new study led by researchers at Oxford University and Queensland University Medical found that a commonly used asthma treatment appears to reduce the need for hospitalizations as well as recovery time for COVID-19 patients if given within seven days of […]
What a difference a year makes. Remember back in April 2020 when high-level U.S. government sources said they believe coronavirus originated from the Wuhan Virology laboratory? At the time, the U.S. government officials said: “The United States now has high confidence that […]
AstraZeneca vaccine is beset with lots of bad news in recent months. On January 31, the City of Manaus reported that elderly people died after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine. According to the report, an 83-year-old male died after receiving a dose […]
Early this week, we wrote about Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine after scientists showed that the vaccine is 92% effective in fighting COVID-19. Scientists said the vaccine is “deemed to be safe – and offer complete protection against hospitalization and death.” The results […]
For whatever reasons, Americans are not eager to take the coronavirus vaccines. Even with millions of lives lost around the world, so far, less than 2% of Americans have received both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine, according to data from […]
Back in August 2020, we wrote about Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine after the Russian scientists said they have completed the clinical trials of a vaccine against covid-19. The phase clinical trials of the Russian vaccine were completed in less than two months […]
It’s been just over a year since the first coronavirus case was reported in the United States. For the first time, more Americans have now received at least one dose of the vaccine than have tested positive for the virus since […]
As COVID-19 rages on in the United States, The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a sweeping mandatory mask order late Friday requiring people to wear “two or more layers” of face masks while using any form of […]
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is known here in the U.S. for his philanthropy work, having founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000 with his wife. However, Mr. Gates is also known around the world for his vaccination projects […]
The last time we wrote about Johnson & Johnson was back in September 2020 when the world’s biggest pharmaceutical company launched the final phase of the human trial of its COVID-19 single-shot vaccine that includes 60,000 volunteers. Four months later, Johnson & Johnson has […]
Just when you think the insanity about COVID-19 testing couldn’t get any worse, China is now rolling out anal swab coronavirus test, saying it is more accurate than the throat method. Are you ready to take down your pants and […]
Moderna Therapeutics is one of a dozen pharmaceutical companies developing the next generation of revolutionary vaccines to combat the deadly coronavirus. However, it is very easy to forget that Moderna is one of the youngest biotech companies working on these vaccines. […]
Just when you thought the discussion about the origin of coronavirus was going away, now Jamie Metzl, a World Health Organization (WHO) adviser, is breaking his silence over the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. Metzl was appointed in 2019 to the WHO expert advisory committee […]
After a year in which the coronavirus pandemic changed our ways of life, a big question that is often asked is, how is COVID-19 severity going to change in the years ahead? Now, we may have the answer to this […]
Yesterday, The World Health Organization (WHO) released a new set of tightened guidelines and diagnostic criteria for detecting COVID-19 on the same day the 46th President of the United States was sworn in. The new guidelines may impact how healthcare […]
Before the rollout of Pfizer’s mRNA vaccine, the pharmaceutical giant claimed that its trials showed the vaccine to be roughly 52 percent effective around 12 days after receiving the first shot. The drugmaker also added that the level of protection then […]
OncoHost, a Binyamina, Israel-based clinical-stage biotechnology startup company developing personalized strategies to increase the success of cancer therapy, today announced it has closed an $8 million Series B funding round to match the right treatment to an individual cancer patient, increasing the effectiveness […]
