Nation records 33 Covid deaths as Victoria reports fifth monkeypox case – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Jun 30, 2022
Flight cancellations, vaccines and Brexit: 18 travel questions answered by Simon Calder ‘In travel, there are never any absolute certainties’ The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2022
FDA says COVID boosters for the fall must target newer omicron types With immunity waning and the super-contagious omicron family of variants getting better at dodging protection, the Food and Drug Administration decided boosters intended for fall needed an update. WEKU · Jun 30, 2022
New ad urges us to 'take on winter' by getting COVID and flu vaccines. But it misses some key things The federal government has released a new A$11 million ad campaign urging Australians to “take on winter” by getting COVID boosters and influenza vaccines, as well as promoting COVID vaccination for children. The Conversation · Jun 30, 2022
Why BioNTech Stock Is Surging BioNTech SE (NASDAQ: BNTX) shares are trading higher Thursday after the company and Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE) announced a new COVID-19 vaccine supply agreement with the U.S. government. Benzinga · Jun 30, 2022
Why Pfizer Stock Is Rising Today Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE) shares are trading higher Thursday after the company and BioNTech SE (NASDAQ: BNTX) announced a new COVID-19 vaccine supply agreement with the U.S. government. Benzinga · Jun 30, 2022
This Analyst Says US Government Buying More COVID-19 Vaccines At Higher Prices Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) and BioNTech SE (NASDAQ:BNTX) announced a new COVID-19 vaccine supply agreement with the U.S. government. SVB Leerink says that the new contract implies the price per Comirnaty dose is ~$30.50. Comirnaty U.S. pricing per dose has increased from $19.50 (2020 contracts), to $24 (+23%; 2021 contract), and now to ~$30.50 (+27%). The analysts… Benzinga · Jun 30, 2022
Engineer, 27, died from blood clot on brain days after first Covid jab, inquest hears Jack Last began suffering headaches and vomiting a week after vaccine and died two weeks later The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2022
Newcastle's Centre for Life Covid vaccination centre closes after giving thousands of jabs The centre has administered 285,000 vaccines since it opened in December 2020 Chronicle Live · Jun 30, 2022
FDA: Updated COVID boosters will roll out in the fall The updated shots will provide more protection against subvariants that now make up more than 50% of U.S. cases. Axios · Jun 30, 2022
Tweaked COVID boosters in US must target newer omicron types U.S. regulators are telling COVID-19 vaccine makers to tweak any booster doses intended for fall so they protect against the newest omicron relatives The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2022
High court rejects COVID-19 shot mandate case from New York The Supreme Court has declined to take up a case involving a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for health care workers in New York that doesn't offer an exemption for religious reasons The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2022
Massachusetts State Police fired over vaccine mandate to lose guns, too BOSTON — The head of the Massachusetts State Police has informed troopers fired for failing to get COVID shots that their permits to carry firearms will be “expired” as of next week. Boston Herald · Jun 30, 2022
Codiak BioSciences' Engineered Exosome Candidates Show Early Antitumor Activity Codiak BioSciences Inc (NASDAQ:CDAK) announced platform-validating clinical data from Phase 1 trials of exoSTING and exoIL-12, and it plans to advance both candidates into Phase 2 trials. In an open-label Phase 1 trial, exoIL-12 demonstrated a differentiating favorable safety and tolerability profile, with no detectable systemic exposure of IL-12 and no treatment-related adverse… Benzinga · Jun 30, 2022
Chronicle Live · Jun 30, 2022 What are the latest Covid rules in Spain - Vaccination entry requirements and face mask rules Spain still has covid restrictions around vaccination entry requirements and mask-wearing in place
Benzinga · Jun 30, 2022 The Daily Biotech Pulse: Pfizer/BioNTech Ink New COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Pact, Sanofi Hit By FDA Clinical Hold, Angion Biomedica Halts Second Kidney Disease Trial Here's a roundup of top developments in the biotech space over the last 24 hours:
Benzinga · Jun 30, 2022 Walgreens Posts Fall In Q3 Profit On Opioid Settlement, Lower Pharmacy Sales Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc's (NASDAQ:WBA) Q3 FY22 sales decreased 4.2% Y/Y to $32.6 billion, down 2.8% on a constant currency basis, beating the consensus of $32.06 billion. Adjusted EPS reached $0.96, beating the consensus of $0.92, down 28.9% on a constant currency basis against 93.6% growth a year ago that reflected peak…
The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2022 The discovery of the polio virus in Britain proves we can never let our guard down Evidence of the disease in a London sewer shows that without widespread vaccination, no country is immune from its horrors, Andrew Pollard, director of the Oxford Vaccine Group
Benzinga · Jun 30, 2022 US Government Calls For Additional Doses Of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) and BioNTech SE (NASDAQ:BNTX) have announced a new vaccine supply agreement with the U.S. government. Under the agreement, the U.S. government will receive 105 million doses (30 µg, 10 µg and 3 µg). This may include adult omicron-adapted COVID-19 vaccines, subject to the FDA authorization. The doses are planned to be delivered…
Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 30, 2022 COVID vaccination reboot coming this fall to add tweaks for new coronavirus variants The FDA will have to decide the exact recipe. But expect a combination shot that adds protection against omicron or some of its newer relatives to the original vaccine.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2022 Yes, the number of Covid cases in the UK is rising – but that is no cause for alarm With vaccines preventing most serious illness and death, any talk of bringing back restrictions is pure scaremongering, says former health secretary Matt Hancock
The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2022 OLD The destinations that have scrapped all travel restrictions – regardless of vaccination status More than 30 destinations worldwide have ended all Covid-related travel rules
Roll Call · Jun 30, 2022 Public health experts warn monkeypox response is too little, too late - Roll Call The Biden administration has launched a national monkeypox vaccination campaign and increased availability of vaccines and treatments.
Daily Record · Jun 30, 2022 Jason Leitch 'concerned' over rise in covid cases as he issues face covering guidance The latest figures published on Friday by the Office for National Statistics revealed that one in 20 people in Scotland currently have the virus.
Tribune News Service · Jun 30, 2022 What you need to know about monkeypox The World Health Organization said June 25 that monkeypox wasn’t yet a public health emergency of international concern. More than 4,500 cases have been reported worldwide, with more than 300 in the U.S.