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Japan probes two deaths after jabs from tainted Moderna batch

Japan is investigating the death of two men who received jabs from batches of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine suspended from use due to contamination, the health ministry said Saturday.The men aged 30 and

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Rapid Robotics raises another $36.7M

Rapid Robotics announced a $12 million Series A all the way back in April 2021. Four months later, the Bay Area-based robotic manufacturing firm is back with a $36.7 million Series B, led by Kleiner P

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Xi: China to do more to make vaccine available in developing countries

Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine vials at a vaccination center in Santiago, Chile, March 18, 2021. /CFPChina will increase efforts in international anti-pandemic cooperation an

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Study: Sinovac vaccine works against P1 variant found in Brazil

A laboratory technician inspects vials of the Sinovac Biotech coronavirus vaccine at the Butantan Institute in Sao Paulo, Brazil, January 15, 2021. /CFP Preliminary data from a study in Brazil

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S. Korea allows workers to squeeze extra doses

South Korea’s Disease Control and Prevention Agency has allowed health workers to squeeze extra doses from vials of coronavirus vaccines developed by AstraZeneca and Pf

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China conditionally approves one-shot recombinant COVID-19 vaccine

FILE PHOTO: Healthcare professional in protective gloves and workwear holding and organising a tray of COVID-19 vaccine vials. /Getty ImagesThe Chinese National Medical

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Hungary receives first doses of Russian Sputnik V vaccine

01:51 The first 40,000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine have arrived in Hungary, making the country the first in the European Union to use the Russian vaccine. This is the first batch of

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Egypt starts COVID-19 vaccination drive with frontline medical staff

Egypt began administering jabs to frontline medical staff against COVID-19 on Sunday using the vaccine developed by China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm). /Xinhua Egypt began adminis

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Chinese vaccine draws demand across Latin America: Brazilian officials

People gather outside a bar at the Mureta da Urca, amid the coronavirus outbreak, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 1, 2020. /Reuters Doses of a COVID-19 vaccine made by China's Sinovac Biot

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Canada approves Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine

Covid-19 vaccination record card with vials and syringe./Getty Images Canada on Wednesday approved the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE, clearing the way for shots to be delive

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South Korean authorities stick to flu vaccine plan

This photo taken on March 11, 2020 shows vials displayed during a neutralising antibody test on the Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus at a Bio Safety Level (BSL) 3 laboratory

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Washington state recalls 12,000 COVID-19 test kits

Washington state has recalled 12,000 test kits of the novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) due to possible contamination, the state's Department of Health announced (DOH) last Sunday.The departm

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1st batch of vaccine against new coronavirus shipped to NIAID for clinical study

People wear masks as they walk in Milan, Italy, on Feb. 24, 2020. (Xinhua/Daniele Mascolo)U.S. biotech company Moderna has shipped its first batch of novel coronavirus vaccine for further research. It