Moderna to launch trials of new booster vaccine that targets South African Covid variant

Moderna has become the first vaccine maker to develop a jab that targets the South African coronavirus variant. The Boston-based biotech has already shipped the raw materials to the US National Institutes of Health, which helped the firm study its first jab, to start human trials. Dr Anthony Fauci, America’s leading Covid expert, and his team … Read more

Moderna to launch trials of new booster vaccine that targets South African Covid variant

Moderna has become the first vaccine maker to develop a jab that targets the South African coronavirus variant. The Boston-based biotech has already shipped the raw materials to the US National Institutes of Health, which helped the firm study its first jab, to start human trials. Dr Anthony Fauci, the US’ top Covid expert, and his … Read more

Joe Biden remembers the 500,000 COVID dead at the White House

President Joe Biden acknowledged the pain of the nation on Monday as the United States marked more than 500,000 deaths from the coronavirus at a candlelit ceremony at the White House, but he also offered words of hope and healing. ‘Today we mark a truly grim heart breaking milestone,’ he said in a speech to … Read more

Joe Biden remembers the 500,000 COVID dead at the White House

President Joe Biden acknowledged the pain of the nation on Monday as the United States marked more than 500,000 deaths from the coronavirus at a candlelit ceremony at the White House, but he also offered words of hope and healing. ‘Today we mark a truly grim heart breaking milestone,’ he said in a speech to … Read more

US craze for wearing two masks at the same time is backed by health chiefs

US craze for wearing two masks at the same time is backed by health chiefs who say that it could reduce the potential spread of coronavirus particles Trend for double-masking – wearing two masks at same time – began in America President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris both seen wearing two And last … Read more

Dr Fauci declares April ‘open season’ for COVID-19 vaccinatoins

Dr Fauci declares April ‘open season’ for any American adult to get a COVID-19 vaccine and predicts the ‘majority’ of Americans will have two doses by fall Dr Anthony Fauci predicted anyone in the US who wants one will be able to get a coronavirus vaccine by April in a Today show interview He said … Read more

Biden administration fears it could take nine months to reach herd immunity

The US may not reach herd immunity and return to some semblance of normalcy until Thanksgiving at the current pace of COVID-19 vaccinations and speed of variant spread, Biden administration officials told the Daily Beast.  That’s far later than the end-of-summer target date by which Dr Anthony Fauci has estimated that American life might get … Read more

Fauci says no ‘red flags’ after about 20,000 pregnant women vaccinated

Dr Anthony Fauci says there have been ‘no red flags’ after tens of thousands of pregnant women have received vaccines against COVID)-19. During a White House briefing on Wednesday, the nation’s top infectious disease expert said that expectant months have been given both Pfizer-BioNTech’s and Moderna’s shots with no unexpected side effects. ‘I want to … Read more