Health

TOKYO — Japan’s health ministry said on Aug. 25 that foreign materials were confirmed in some portions of the unused doses of Moderna Inc’s Covid-19 vaccine. The use of around 1.63 million doses manufactured in the same production line has […]

       *The Florida Department of Health has suspended daily case and vaccine reports. The department will instead post weekly updates. The numbers reported here reflect the number of new cases and deaths for the previous week, August 13 – August 19. […]

HYDERABAD, India — A vaccine to attack the Chikungunya virus is in the works, with Phase II and III trials being conducted in Costa Rica, according to the International Vaccine Institute and Indian biotech company Bharat Biotech. […]

When Mauricio Álvarez created K & A Landscaping 25 years ago, his greatest dream was that his daughters would one day run the family business. That day came unexpectedly when “Magi,” as his friends and clients […]

MOSCOW — The Russian Direct Investment Fund. a sovereign wealth fund established in 2011 to make equity co-investments, said that the Philippines’ Food and Drug Administration approved the single-component Sputnik Light coronavirus vaccine under the emergency use authorization procedure […]

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Amid criticism that the vaccine’s approval is premature, Taiwan has begun administering its vaccine against Covid-19. On Aug. 23, the President of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, was the first for Medigen vaccination. The MVC […]

An Israeli scientific breakthrough could allow pig organs to be transplanted into humans. This is a promising solution to an acute shortage of organs for transplant. The domestic pig is an excellent potential source of […]