The Latest Breaking News from Vaccine

Biotech Daily: Regulatory Setback For CorMedix, Mersana & GSK In Cancer Pact, BARDA Funding For Opioid Overdose Hopeful

Here's a roundup of top developments in the biotech space over the last 24 hours:

Benzinga · Aug 9, 2022

Children under 10 will get polio boosters as virus returns to UK after 40 years

Youngsters to be offered shots from Wednesday

The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2022

John Oliver slams Warner Bros for cancelling Batgirl: ‘Burning down my network’

‘We let the vaccine sit unused on a shelf in our reserves like an expired Chobani or a $90m movie on HBO Max,’ Oliver said

The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2022

Monkeypox immunity tests to begin

The Department of Medical Science is seeking volunteers who received the smallpox vaccine when it was still being widely administered prior to 1980 to test whether they have been left with any residual immunity against monkeypox having successfully cultivated test strains of the new virus in their laboratories.

Bangkok Post · Aug 8, 2022

Major test of first possible Lyme vaccine in 20 years begins

Researchers are seeking thousands of volunteers in the U.S. and Europe to test the first potential vaccine against Lyme disease in 20 years

The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2022

Monkeypox vaccines have arrived in Victoria. Here's how the rollout will work

The first 3,500 doses will be available to Victorians most at risk of contracting the virus, which has spread to more than 70 countries and infected about 26,000 people around the world.

ABC News · Aug 8, 2022

Polio booster to be given to under-10s to prevent first UK outbreak in 50 years

The UK Health Security Agency has repeatedly detected the poliovirus in London’s sewage works and is now calling on parents to make sure their children are fully vaccinated

Daily Mirror · Aug 8, 2022

Altruism – but also vulnerability – drive healthy volunteers to take part in clinical research

When UK authorities granted permission in October 2020 for the first controlled infection study to be carried out to test the anti-Covid-19 vaccine Oxford University had just developed, reactions ranged from disbelief to disapproval.

The Conversation · Aug 8, 2022

Scottish monkeypox cases rise to 67 as WHO experts declare global emergency

Monkeypox cases across the UK are on the rise. Amidst World Health Organisation concerns, Public Health Scotland's vaccine program is getting under way despite limited global supply.

Edinburgh Live · Aug 8, 2022

Sex pods? Long sleeves? Californians try to cut monkeypox risk while waiting for shots

LOS ANGELES — As Kelechi Kalu books gigs as a musician, he wonders whether he is putting himself at risk for monkeypox.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 8, 2022