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K-pop star Kang Daniel talks about 'difficult' phase in new album

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 15 01:39 PM

Kang Daniel has released a 5-track record that talks about 'a difficult period' in the South Korean singer's career. Read more »

UK health care workers begin COVID-19 hydroxychloroquine trial

Kylie MacLellan, Reuters
Posted at May 21 06:20 PM

The "COPCOV" study will involve more than 40,000 frontline health care workers from Europe, Africa, Asia and South America to determine if chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are effective in preventing the novel coronavirus. Read more »

British drugmaker to make billion COVID vaccine doses if tests succeed

Aakash B, Reuters
Posted at May 21 05:25 PM

The British drugmaker said it had signed the first agreements to supply at least 400 million doses of the vaccine, which it is developing with Oxford University. Read more »

US orders 300 million doses of potential COVID-19 vaccine

Reuters
Updated as of May 21 06:37 PM

The US government has ordered 300 million doses of a potential COVID-19 vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University and hopes first doses can be made available by October, the Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday.   Read more »

US pharma firm says COVID-19 vaccine produces antibodies in mice, guinea pigs

Deena Beasley, Reuters
Posted at May 20 08:38 PM

Inovio, which began human testing of its vaccine in April, said preliminary results from that trial are expected in June.  Read more »

China has fifth COVID-19 vaccine in human trial, says official

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 16 02:06 AM

Scientists around the world are working at breakneck speed to develop a vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. Read more »

French fury after Sanofi says US to get virus vaccine first

Joseph Schmid, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 14 07:29 PM

Sanofi's chief executive Paul Hudson sparked the controversy after announcing that US patients would get first choice because their government was helping to fund the vaccine search. Read more »

World leaders demand free coronavirus vaccine for all

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 14 07:22 PM

World leaders past and present insisted on Thursday that any eventual COVID-19 vaccines and treatments should be made available to everyone, free of charge. Read more »

Coronavirus vaccine may be ready in a year: EU agency

Danny Kemp, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 14 07:13 PM

A vaccine for the novel coronavirus could be ready in a year's time under an "optimistic" scenario, based on trials that are underway, the European Medicines Agency said Thursday. Read more »

Japan drugmaker Shionogi aims to launch coronavirus vaccine in 2021

Kyodo News
Posted at May 08 09:31 PM

The Japanese company will develop a recombinant protein vaccine for the virus that causes acute respiratory dysfunction, while also seeking to discover therapeutic drugs for the disease. Read more »

US biotech firm, Swiss drugmaker strike deal on potential COVID-19 vaccine

Reuters
Posted at May 01 05:09 PM

Moderna Inc and Swiss contract drugmaker Lonza Group AG said Friday they would accelerate the manufacturing of the US drug developer's potential coronavirus vaccine. Read more »

Japan to send anti-flu drug Avigan to Philippines, 42 other countries for coronavirus research

Kyodo News
Posted at May 01 05:05 PM

Japan will provide anti-flu drug Avigan free of charge to 43 countries for clinical studies on its efficacy as a coronavirus treatment, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Friday.   Read more »