BEIJING, June 17 (Xinhua) -- China has unveiled the results of the phase 1 and phase 2 clinical trials of an inactivated COVID-19 vaccine candidate, which shows promisi
The drug, dexamethasone, reduced death rates by a third for patients on ventilators, and by a fifth for patients needing oxygen.
U.S. biotech firm Moderna said on Thursday it expects to begin a phase-3 study of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate in July. Moderna has finalized the phase-3 study proto
A COVID-19 vaccine could be put into emergency use as early as this fall, China's top respiratory expert Zhong Nanshan said during a live medical event with China's tech giant Baidu on Saturday.Na
Saudi Arabia, which holds the G20 presidency, announced in a statement on Saturday that G20 members and invited countries have committed to pledge more than 21 billion U.S. dollars to support the int
Japan aims to put coronavirus vaccines into use by June 2021, the health minister said on Friday, as the country strives to be fully ready to host the Tokyo Olympics, o
05:36 Raimundo Gacitua and Carolina Selman Bravo are doctors for the Arturo Lopez Perez Foundation in Santiago, Chile. At the end of March, they were inspired by the research made by C
As the world races to create a vaccine, the World Health Organization and partners have launched the COVID-19 Technology Access pool. It's an initiative aimed at making vaccines, tests, treatment
The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted on Friday a President's Statement on human rights implications of the COVID-19. The Statement expressed concerns over the loss of life and livelih
China is open to international cooperation on the research and development of vaccines, medicines and testing reagents for COVID-19, and is willing to share the deliverables with the world, Premie
The leaders of the European Union and Japan said on Tuesday that global solidarity, cooperation, and effective multilateralism are required to defeat the coronavirus.
China will strengthen the development of the public health system, according to a government work report submitted Friday to the national legislature for deliberation.
CGTN Virus and science have something in common: they do not recognize borders. Since the sudden outbreak of the novel coronavirus, scientists around the globe have been working round the cloc
Three COVID-19 vaccines have entered phase II clinical trials in Beijing, a municipal health official said on Sunday.Xu Qiang, head of the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission, said
A staff member works in a vaccine production plant of China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) in Beijing, capital of China, April 10, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhang Yuwei)
Israel's Tel Aviv University (TAU) and Neovii, a Swiss-based biopharmaceutical company, announced on Thursday that they have signed an agreement to advance a patent-ba
A COVID-19 vaccine might be ready and available in at least one year, the Amsterdam-based European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Thursday. "Vaccine development timelines are difficult to predict,
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