Moderna announced Thursday that it has started testing its coronavirus vaccine candidate in adolescents.
The company, which made one of two vaccines expected to be approved soon for adult use in the U.S., said it plans to enroll 3,000 U.S. kids as young as 12 in the trial.
So far,...
The Ford government is extending all COVID-19 orders currently in force under the ‘Reopening Ontario Act‘ (ROA) until January 20.
In a release issued Thursday, the province says the extension will support the safe delivery of health care and critical services until vaccines are approved and widely available.
“Safeguarding the health...
On the heels of the news that the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has been granted approval for use in Canada, the question now becomes what’s next in the approval pipeline?
Health officials believe the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine could be approved for use within weeks.
The country is already set to receive two...
Health Canada has approved the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech, paving the way for vaccinations to begin countrywide next week.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday Canada's updated contract with the U.S. drugmaker and its German partner should see 249,000 doses shipped to Canada by the end of the...
Health Canada has approved the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech, paving the way for vaccinations to begin countrywide next week.
Dr. Supriya Sharma, the chief medical adviser at Health Canada who oversaw the review process, said it is “a critical milestone in our fight against COVID-19.”
“This is a momentous...
Today University of Oxford and AstraZeneca researchers present a pooled analysis of Phase 3 trials of a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 across two different dose regimens, resulting in an average efficacy of 70.4%.
The new study published in the Lancet is the first peer-reviewed publication of phase 3 data from studies...
New Brunswick reported five new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday. Four previously reported cases are now considered recovered, bumping the number of active cases in the province to 82.
The new cases involve:
one individual 30-39 in Zone 2 (Saint John region);
two individuals under 19 in Zone 3 (Fredericton...
A retired British shop clerk received the first shot in the country’s COVID-19 vaccination program Tuesday, signaling the start of a global immunization effort intended to offer a route out of a pandemic that has killed 1.5 million.
Margaret Keenan, who turns 91 next week, got the shot at 6:31...
New Brunswick is reporting two new coronavirus cases as the Fredericton and Moncton regions moved back to the yellow phase of the COVID-19 recovery program on Monday.
The two new cases are located in the Fredericton region and the Edmundston region.
The case in the Edmundston area involves an individual between...
One of China’s biggest generic drug makers is investing around $500 million to fund research and production of a frontrunner coronavirus vaccine candidate from Sinovac Biotech Ltd. that could be weeks away from being administered across the world.
Sino Biopharmaceutical Ltd. will purchase a 15% stake in a Sinovac unit...
