Denmark stops use of AstraZeneca vaccine – BBC News

[ad_1] 14 April 2021 Denmark has ceased giving the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine amid concerns about rare cases of blood clots, the first European country to do so fully. The move…

First vaccine for devastating disease with 75% mortality rate trialled

[ad_1] The first participants in a trial received doses of a vaccine for the Nipah virus – a disease with a mortality rate of up to 75 per cent. ADVERTISEMENT…

Moderna Covid vaccine sales plunge by two-thirds in 2023, but meet company’s $6 billion forecast

[ad_1] Nikos Pekiaridis | Lightrocket | Getty Images Moderna on Monday said its Covid vaccine sales plunged by about two-thirds in 2023 to $6.7 billion, as fewer people rolled up…

What were some of the top innovations in health this year?

[ad_1] This year was marked by a new malaria vaccine and new technology to help patients. ADVERTISEMENT Doctors and bioengineers have made significant strides globally this past year with innovative…

AI can help us pioneer a new era of ground-breaking medicines

[ad_1] We find ourselves at a pivotal moment where digital and AI tools have the potential to disrupt traditional work models and facilitate new approaches, Brice Challamel writes. [ad_2] Source…

EU commits €32m to vaccine production in Ghana – Ghana Business News

[ad_1] Irchad Razaaly The European Union (EU) has committed €32 million to boost vaccine production in Ghana under the Manufacturing and Access to Vaccines, Medicines and Health Technologies in Africa…

Africa’s agenda for vaccine development, self-sufficiency on course – Akufo-Addo – Ghana Business News

[ad_1] President Akufo-Addo President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is urging African leaders to keep up the momentum in the continent’s quest to develop and manufacture vaccines domestically. He described as…

Moderna, Merck vaccine with Keytruda cuts risk of deadly skin cancer returning in half, data says

[ad_1] An exterior view of Moderna’s clinical manufacturing facility.  David L. Ryan | Boston Globe | Getty Images Moderna and Merck‘s experimental cancer vaccine, when used in combination with Merck’s…

Children of imprisoned Iranian activist accept her Nobel Peace Prize

[ad_1] The teenage children of imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi accepted this year’s Nobel Peace Prize in the Norwegian capital on Sunday on behalf of the mother they haven’t seen…

Health Canada authorizes updated Novavax COVID-19 vaccine targeting XBB variant

[ad_1] Open this photo in gallery: A kidney dish with syringes containing the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine sits in a refrigerator ready for use at a vaccination centre in Prisdorf, Germany…