[ad_1] TORONTO – With a second major pharmaceutical company announcing promising trial results for a potential COVID-19 vaccine, Canadian companies are bracing for the logistical challenges of storing millions of doses in hyper-cold temperatures. Guelph, Ontario-based Danby, a manufacturer of compact appliances such as refrigerators, freezers, microwaves and air conditioners, …
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[ad_1] NEW YORK – Pfizer, Moderna, Novavax: Executives of several US labs developing COVID-19 vaccines recently pocketed millions of dollars by selling shares in their companies, raising doubts about the appropriateness of such a move in the midst of a global health crisis. On the same day that pharmaceutical giant …
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[ad_1] A COVID-19 scare is the last thing the cruise industry needs as it returns to the Caribbean. Yet on Wednesday, a SeaDream 1 SeaDream Yacht Club passenger received a positive preliminary test result for COVID-19, according to Gene Sloan, senior cruise and travel reporter at The Points Guy, who …
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[ad_1] TORONTO – Small businesses that have survived the pandemic so far are now at risk of permanent closure if governments don’t do more to help them stay afloat in the second wave, with large companies like Costco and Walmart set to benefit most from the closures, according to one …
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[ad_1] SAO PAULO – v class = “polopoly_embed” data-attribute = “embed_code”> The Brazilian health regulator has halted clinical trials of the potential coronavirus CoronaVac vaccine, citing a “serious adverse event”. Opponents of President Jair Bolsonaro said Tuesday they fear the decision – published Monday evening on Anvisa’s website – is …
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[ad_1] SAO PAULO – The Brazilian health regulator has stopped clinical trials of the potential coronavirus vaccine CoronaVac, citing a “serious adverse event”. The decision published on Anvisa’s website on Monday evening aroused immediate surprise from the parties involved in the production of the vaccine. The potential vaccine was developed …
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[ad_1] TORONTO – The Canadian company behind a new plant-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate released the results of their Phase 1 clinical trials, stating that two doses of their adjuvanted vaccine stimulated a significant antibody response in 100% of the study subjects . “They are even better than we had hoped …
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[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Find the latest news and guidance on COVID-19 at Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Earlier, when news broke about a 28-year-old doctor on the front line of COVID-19 in Brazil who died after receiving an experimental vaccine, doubts arose about the safety of one of the most promising …
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[ad_1] SAO PAULO – The Brazilian health regulator has stopped clinical trials of the potential coronavirus vaccine CoronaVac, citing a “serious adverse event”. The decision published on Anvisa’s website on Monday evening aroused immediate surprise from the parties involved in the production of the vaccine. The potential vaccine was developed …
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[ad_1] Pfizer said on Monday that early results of its coronavirus vaccine suggest the shots could be surprisingly 90% effective in preventing COVID-19, putting the company on track to seek emergency use approval from. Food and Drug Administration later this month. The announcement, less than a week after an election …
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