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NIAID issues new awards to fund “pan-coronavirus” vaccines

3 weeks ago thespecimennews

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded approximately $36.3...

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Taskforce on COVID-19 says vaccine inequity driving a dangerous divergence in COVID-19 survival

2 months ago thespecimennews

At its third meeting, the Multilateral Leaders Taskforce on COVID-19 (MLT) - the heads of the International Monetary Fund, World...

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NIH launches study of third COVID-19 vaccine dose in kidney transplant recipients

2 months ago thespecimennews

Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a cell (purple) heavily infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (yellow), isolated from a patient sample....

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Sierra Leone: One-month nationwide curfew imposed to control the new COVID variant

4 months ago thespecimennews

Sierra Leone president Julius Maada Bio on Thursday announced a one-month nationwide curfew in Sierra Leone to control spread of...

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Adjuvant Developed with NIH Funding Enhances Efficacy of India’s COVID-19 Vaccine

4 months ago thespecimennews

An adjuvant developed with funding from the National Institutes of Health has contributed to the success of the highly efficacious...

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Impact of COVID-19: over 153 million confirmed cases and 3.2 million related deaths have been reported to WHO

5 months ago thespecimennews

COVID-19 poses major challenges to population health and well-being globally and hinders progress in meeting the SDGs and WHO’s Triple Billion...

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World Bank Support for Country Access to COVID-19 Vaccines

5 months ago thespecimennews

KATHMANDU, 3, NEPAL - 2021/01/27: A health worker holds up a vial of Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine to administer to frontlines...