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Locsin not in favor of firing Duque amid 'botched vaccine deal'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 21 10:58 PM

Two Philippine government officials who earlier accused the country's health chief, Francisco Duque III, of bungling a COVID-19 vaccine deal with Pfizer, now oppose calls for him to resign.  Read more »

Bleak COVID winter: America's outbreak enters worst phase

Ivan Couronne, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 04 08:43 AM

WASHINGTON - The first vaccines are only weeks away but the winter is looking bleak for the United States, where the coronavirus outbreak is worse than ever and 150,000 more people could perish by February. Read more »

What is it like to take part in a vaccine trial?

Leila Macor, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 25 11:43 AM

Three weeks before Pfizer and Moderna launched their coronavirus vaccine clinical trials in late July, my father passed away -- alone, as so many have in this crisis. Two days after writing a story about the start of phase 3 trials in Florida, I once again knocked on the door of a lab -- this time as a potential subject. Read more »

'Critical milestone': Pfizer/BioNTech seek first COVID-19 vaccine approval in US

Ivan Couronne with Yann Schreiber in Mainz, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 21 11:09 AM

US biotech giant Pfizer and German partner BioNTech sought approval Friday to roll out their coronavirus vaccine early, a first step towards relief as surging infections prompt a return to shutdowns that traumatized nations and the global economy earlier this year.  Read more »

Moderna closes in on release of COVID-19 vaccine data

Manas Mishra and Dania Nadeem, Reuters
Updated as of Nov 12 12:46 PM

Moderna Inc said on Wednesday it has enough data for a first interim analysis of the late-stage trial of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine, which should help determine the vaccine's efficacy. Read more »

Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine 'very promising' but has cold chain issues: WHO

Reuters
Posted at Nov 11 03:14 AM

GENEVA - The World Health Organization's (WHO) chief said on Tuesday it hopes to have a COVID-19 vaccine by year-end and that Pfizer's experimental remedy is "a very promising one", with more expected. Read more »

COVID-19 vaccine could fundamentally change pandemic direction: WHO

Reuters
Posted at Nov 10 12:52 AM

GENEVA - A COVID-19 vaccine may be rolled out by March 2021 to the most vulnerable, which along with other advances could fundamentally change the course of the pandemic, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Monday.  Read more »

Pfizer, BioNTech say their COVID-19 vaccine is more than 90% effective

Michael Erman and Julie Steenhuysen, Reuters
Posted at Nov 09 09:09 PM

Pfizer Inc said on Monday its experimental vaccine was more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19 based on initial data from a large study, a major victory in the fight against the pandemic.   Read more »