Pharmacy Times
CDC looking into reports of heart inflammation
WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials are investigating what appear to be higher than expected reports of heart inflammation in male teens and young adults...
Melbourne’s 4th pandemic lockdown to end Friday
MELBOURNE, Australia — Melbourne will emerge from its fourth pandemic lockdown Friday.
But some restrictions will remain and the 5 million residents of Melbourne won’t...
US to buy 500M Pfizer vaccines to share globally
WASHINGTON — The U.S. will buy 500 million more doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to share through the global COVAX alliance for donation...
WTO panel considers easing protections on COVID-19 vaccines
GENEVA — Envoys from World Trade Organization member nations are taking up a proposal to ease patents and other intellectual property protections for COVID-19...
WHO: High vaccination rates can help reduce risk of variants
GENEVA — A top World Health Organization official estimated Monday that COVID-19 vaccination coverage of at least 80% is needed to significantly lower the...
India to provide free vaccines to all in major policy shift
India's federal government will provide free coronavirus shots to any adult starting later this month and take back control of the country's vaccination drive,...
UK urges commitment to vaccinate the world by end of 2022
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will use the Group of Seven wealthy democracies’ summit next week to urge world leaders to commit...
Experts see strides on AIDS, but COVID-19 halted progress
NEW YORK — Some researchers believe COVID-19 has derailed the fight against HIV, siphoning away health workers and other resources and setting back a...
Slow to start, China now vaccinating at a staggering pace
TAIPEI, Taiwan — In the span of just five days last month, China gave out 100 million shots of its COVID-19 vaccines.
After a slow...