VACCINE

The United States has administered 285,720,586 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Sunday. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, it had been administered out of 357,250,375 doses delivered by May 22.…

Brazilian states has stopped the vaccination of pregnant women after a death in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday. According to state Health Secretary, Alexandre Chieppe said, a pregnant woman in Rio de Janeiro died after receiving the…

Kenya's Ministry of Health said on Monday the country had inoculated more than 900,000 people against COVID-19 amid intensified efforts to contain the pandemic. The cabinet secretary in the ministry of health, Mutahi Kagwe, said in a…

US regulators authorized Pfizer and its partner BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for use in children and adolescents age 12 to 15 on Monday. Acting FDA Commissioner, Janet Woodcock called the expansion a significant step in the fight against…

The U.S. drugmaker, Moderna Inc said it is boosting manufacturing capacity for its COVID-19 vaccine and expects to make up to 3 billion doses in 2022. Moderna president, Stephen Hoge said in an interview on Thursday, it is increasing its…

Congo's health authorities are reallocating around 75% of 1.7 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses to other African countries to make sure they're used before they expire. A UNICEF representative said Congo received the doses from…

India to import Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot COVID-19 vaccine for fill and finish by June or July. The Secretary Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Renu Swarup said on Thursday. Fill and finish is…

Nigeria's Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu has called for local production of vaccines to limit the supply of vaccines by other countries to Nigeria. Dr. Onu made the call during a working visit by the Senior…

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) beat expectations for quarterly earnings and raised its dividend payouts to shareholders on Tuesday, while reporting $100 million in sales of its COVID-19 vaccine, whose use was paused by U.S. regulators last…

The Canadian province of Ontario will the use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday to people turning 40 or older this year as epidemic rages. According to a government source, the change will be announced on Monday and go into…