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This new test to diagnose Covid-19 in just 20 minutes 16 Aug 2020 - 11:29 pm
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Russia starts production of first coronavirus vaccine 15 Aug 2020 - 02:09 pm
The vaccine against the COVID-19 coronavirus disease, developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology.
CureVac in talks with pharma companies about partnership - Sueddeutsche 14 Aug 2020 - 07:53 pm
In this file photo taken on June 23, 2020 the logo of the biopharmaceutical company CureVac is seen in front of the company's headquarters in Tuebingen, southern Germany on June 23, 2020. / AFP / THOMAS KIENZLE
Covid-19 shaping up to be battle for years even with vaccine 14 Aug 2020 - 12:43 am
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WHO downplays danger of coronavirus entering food chain 13 Aug 2020 - 07:51 pm
FILE PHOTO: Executive Director of the World Health Organization's (WHO) emergencies program Mike Ryan speaks at a news conference on the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Geneva, Switzerland February 6, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Phot
UN says 43% of schools lack basic handwashing 13 Aug 2020 - 06:51 pm
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), attends a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, June 25, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
Novavax ties up with SK bioscience to boost supply of potential COVID-19 vaccine 13 Aug 2020 - 05:48 pm
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Latest on worldwide coronavirus spread 12 Aug 2020 - 12:00 am
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Delay routine dental checkups, WHO urges, until COVID risk is known 11 Aug 2020 - 08:13 pm
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Medical masks best, cotton good, bandanas worse: droplet study 10 Aug 2020 - 11:49 pm
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Global coronavirus cases hit 20 million: Reuters tally 10 Aug 2020 - 08:34 pm
Women walk by a man selling face masks in Manchester city centre, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Manchester, Britain, August 10, 2020. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff
Huge shortfall in funds to fight coronavirus, WHO says 10 Aug 2020 - 02:08 pm
FILE PHOTO: tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), attends a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, June 25, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
Pregnant women unlikely to transmit COVID-19 to babies 09 Aug 2020 - 09:33 am
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Fauci warns COVID-19 vaccine may be only partially effective, public health measures still needed 07 Aug 2020 - 11:00 pm
NASHVILLE, TN - AUGUST 03: Visitors to Lower Broadway, some wearing masks, walk between businesses on August 3, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. The number of coronavirus cases across the state has expanded rapidly in the last month. Brett Carlsen/Getty Imag
Pfizer to make Gilead's COVID-19 treatment remdesivir 07 Aug 2020 - 04:47 pm
In this file photo a sign for Pfizer pharmaceutical company is seen on a building in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on March 18, 2017. Canada announced August 5, 2020 it has signed two agreements with American pharmaceutical firms Pfizer and Moderna for the de
UK's Hikma starts manufacturing COVID-19 drug remdesivir for Gilead 07 Aug 2020 - 04:22 pm
FILE PHOTO: Pharmacists at a Hikma Pharmaceuticals plant package tablets, February 8, 2011. Picture taken February 8, 2011. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji/File Photo
WHO warns 'vaccine nationalism' not good for world 07 Aug 2020 - 02:18 pm
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AstraZeneca in first COVID-19 vaccine deal with Chinese company 06 Aug 2020 - 02:34 pm
FILE PHOTO: The company logo for pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca is displayed on a screen on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., April 8, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo