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19/03/2024

The former Brazilian president should face criminal charges over claims he faked Covid-19 vaccine certificates, the federal police have recommended https://on.ft.com/3IIxoHd

18/01/2023

If the cases are proven, it would render the former president unable to contest elections for eight years

Threat of prosecution hangs over far-right former president, whose support has dwindled since election loss

12/01/2022

Cautious comments follow Spanish PM’s call for change in approach to handling the pandemic

26/11/2021

Botswana offshoot is latest to be detected as scientists anticipate one that could replace dominant Delta strain

22/10/2021

British Medical Association claims government is being ‘wilfully negligent’ in refusing to act

10/09/2021

The country is an international outlier in restoring in-person learning without mitigations or vaccination of 12 to 15-year-olds

20/08/2021

A rise in vaccinated people becoming infected with coronavirus has cast doubt over the lasting efficacy of Covid-19 vaccines, according to new research. One study found that the efficacy of the Pfizer vaccine against symptomatic infection almost halved after four months, and that vaccinated people infected with the more infectious Delta variant had as high viral loads as the unvaccinated. https://on.ft.com/3kbEmrN

18/08/2021

Some scientists expect cases to rise significantly because social mixing will increase in the coming weeks, posing a big test for the effectiveness of vaccines.

Social mixing set to rise with new football season, schools reopening and workers returning to office

13/08/2021

FT View: After a slow start, the EU campaign to vaccinate its population against Covid-19 has turned into a success. The bloc as a whole has overtaken the US in terms of first and second doses per 100 people. It should surpass the UK within a few weeks https://on.ft.com/37zKzb2

11/08/2021

China is experiencing its worst coronavirus outbreak since the virus first emerged last year, adding to concerns about the quality of its domestically developed vaccines.

Officials insist jabs work but lack of peer-reviewed research reinforces doubts about efficacy

10/08/2021

Almost 80% of the adult population has been fully vaccinated, one of the highest rates in the world, but more than 6,000 people tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday.

One of the world’s most vaccinated nations is bracing itself for more hospitalisations

09/08/2021

The German biotech group said it expected its full-year revenues from the jab to be about €15.9bn.

Expected €15.9bn revenues will enable big push into cancer, TB and malaria research

27/07/2021

There were 'two types of problems' with the existing vaccines, the chief executive says. 'Either the malaria vaccines don't work at all, or they work for a short period of time.'

German biotech group behind successful Covid-19 jab hopes to have a vaccine in trials by 2022

26/07/2021

'There’s no such thing as a perfect vaccine . . . with Covid it’s no different.'

Despite rising ‘breakthrough infections’ most cases remain mild and are in line with scientists’ expectations

22/07/2021

CureVac was supposed to be the first company to bring a revolutionary vaccine technology to market. Instead, the German biotech was left in the dust. What went wrong? https://on.ft.com/3BvXWqA

21/07/2021

New research suggests coronavirus could have been in Italy in October 2019, but is not conclusive.

New research suggests coronavirus could have been in Italy in October 2019 but is not conclusive

16/07/2021

A lot of progress has been made with managing coronavirus, but 'long Covid' continues to defy scientists' attempts to treat the syndrome and to unravel its causes: https://on.ft.com/3iiS8bf

05/07/2021

Breaking news: Boris Johnson has announced almost all remaining coronavirus restrictions in England are expected to cease on July 19, including mandatory mask wearing and working from home. The final decision on whether to proceed with this step will be taken on July 12.

Mandatory mask wearing, limits on indoor gatherings and working from home are among measures to be scrapped

18/06/2021

30 to 39-year-olds are more at risk of getting severely sick from the Delta Covid variant than from the AstraZeneca vaccine's blood clots, casting doubt on official advice for this age group.

New infections mean 30 to 39-year-olds at more risk from Covid than vaccine-related blood clots, FT analysis shows

15/06/2021

The phase 3 trial of the AZD7442 treatment found that it was not significantly more effective than the placebo.

Phase 3 stage shows drug not significantly more effective than placebo

15/06/2021

Just in: Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine was 90% effective in its late stage trial and proved it can tackle several variants of concern, opening the way for the shot's approval.

Biotech ‘one step closer’ to launching shot but has yet to finalise regulatory submissions

03/06/2021

Why have Asian countries fallen behind in their race to vaccinate people?

Asian countries that led the way in controlling Covid-19 last year have fallen behind in their efforts to vaccinate their population.

28/05/2021

Medical histories could contain information on mental and sexual health, criminal records and the abuse of adults and children.

55m patients have until June 23 to opt out of having their health data scraped into a new database

26/05/2021

They also believe the Oxford/AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson jabs could be tweaked to stop the reaction happening altogether.

German researchers say side effect caused by adenovirus vector and can be fixed

19/05/2021

Scientists have feared that the immune system would fight off its delivery mechanism

Some scientists had feared repeated doses would be rendered ineffective by the immune system

06/05/2021

Breaking news: The move will likely enrage the pharmaceutical industry, which strongly opposes a so-called waiver.

Move to rip up intellectual property rights prompts sell-off in jab maker shares

04/05/2021

The green light is set to be given in the next few days.

US regulators will give green light to inoculate adolescents in bid for herd immunity

03/05/2021

The scientists found that people who had not previously been infected by Covid-19 showed very low levels of neutralising antibodies against the original strain from Wuhan.

Separate research shows some elderly patients still succumbing to coronavirus despite jabs