U.S. working with manufacturers to boost flu vaccine availability, top official says
The U.S. government is working with drugmakers to maximize availability of influenza vaccines, worried that a substantial flu season on top of another wave of...
Italian medical firms seek investors to fund domestic COVID-19 vaccine trial
Italian biotech firm Rottapharm Biotech is looking for more investors at home to help fund development of a vaccine against COVID-19 as the country looks...
AstraZeneca aims at two billion doses with new COVID vaccine deals
Britain’s AstraZeneca will be able to deliver 2 billion doses of its potential coronavirus vaccine this year and next, double the previous numbers, thanks to...
Vaccines group raises $8.8 billion for immunisation plans for poor
The GAVI vaccines alliance said on Thursday it had raised $8.8 billion from international donor governments, companies and philanthropic foundations to fund its immunisation programmes...
ECB gives another shot of stimulus as economy reels
The European Central Bank approved a bigger-than-expected expansion of its stimulus package on Thursday to prop up an economy plunged by the coronavirus pandemic into...
For Venezuelans, a key obstacle for handwashing during pandemic – no running water
After going two months without running water at her home on the outskirts of Venezuela’s capital Caracas, Mara Loyo stores it whenever it becomes available,...
Lebanon aims to unify financial loss figures next week
Lebanon will agree next week on unified figures for losses in its financial system, the presidency said, seeking to reconcile different approaches taken by the...
Get Back! Abbey Road Studios reopen after COVID hiatus
London’s world-famous Abbey Road Studios reopened on Thursday after closing its doors during the coronavirus lockdown for the first time in its 90-year history....
‘This is not New York’: Mexico president defends coronavirus response
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador defended his government’s handling of the coronavirus on Thursday after official data showed new deaths for a 24-hour period...
Trump facing trio of crises ahead of November election
A Reuters poll shows presumptive Democratic candidate Joe Biden expanding his lead over Republican Donald Trump as the president faces a health crisis, an economic...