COVID 19

The UK’s medicines and healthcare regulator has urged people with a history of ‘significant’ allergic reactions not to opt for the Pfizer vaccine, after two NHS medics, vaccinated on Tuesday, experienced severe reactions.

On Thursday, the FDA will convene what’s essentially a science court that will debate just how strong the data backing the shots really is.

With first doses of the vaccine due to be given within hours, the UK is facing another epic problem that could derail everything.

Britain says it has no plans to introduce ‘immunity passports’, but that’s hardly reassuring while this virus continues to be a civil liberties game-changer. After all, national lockdowns seemed implausible less than a year ago.

The Queen and Prince Phillip are set to get the COVID-19 vaccine within weeks in order to encourage more people to get the jab.

Defeaning vuvuzelas and party songs took over Ghana's capital Accra on Saturday, the final day of campaigning ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections.

Exclusive: Hollywood Agency Hired Unlicensed Doctor and Ex-Sushi Salesman to Test Stars for Covid-19

America’s battle with COVID-19 is descending into further turmoil, with its top infectious diseases expert warning the nation is “on the brink” of total disaster.

Australia can count on the support of an incoming Joe Biden regime as it faces threats of ‘lasting punishment’ from Beijing.

Pfizer’s vaccine will be rolled out within days and Australia could follow suit, but some people are not advised to take it and key side effects have been listed.

Inoculations with the Pfizer-BioNTech jab could start in less than a week

Canada's federal government will spend C$100bn ($77bn, £58bn) to kick-start the country's post-pandemic economy.

President Trump has called on the Food and Drug Administration to approve a vaccine developed by pharma firm Moderna, after promising deliveries in early December. Trump boasted that his vaccine push was a “modern day miracle.”

Moderna said it got the final needed results over the weekend that suggest its vaccine is more than 94% effective.

Qantas boss Alan Joyce has made major waves with his “no jab, no fly” policy but if action isn’t taken, the airline industry is dead.

COVID-19 has been fertile ground for conspiracy theories. Now a new apparently evil plan has been uncovered, except this one has a curious twist.

In other coronavirus news: The FDA gives greenlight to the first home testing kit, and the Pfizer vaccine is more effective than first realized.

Pfizer plans to seek authorization for the vaccine within days, leaving the shot on track to go into distribution by the end of the year if health regulators permit.

President-elect says if incoming administration has to wait until Jan. 20 to start planning for vaccine distribution, ‘it puts us behind’

A new vaccine that protects against Covid-19 is nearly 95% effective, early data from US company Moderna shows.