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AstraZeneca novel COVID-19 vaccine can be 90% effective, results show
AstraZeneca announced that its vaccine for the novel coronavirus could be around 90 percent effective without any…
UK to unveil record 400 billion-pound borrowing plan next week
British finance minister Rishi Sunak will announce the heaviest public borrowing since World War Two when he spells…
U.S. COVID deaths top 250,000 as New York City schools halt in-person classes
The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 surpassed a grim new milestone of 250,000 lives lost on Wednesday, as New York…
Pfizer to apply for emergency U.S. authorization within days for its COVID-19 vaccine
Final results from Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine trial showed its shot had a 95 percent success rate and two months…
US will reduce number of its troop in Iraq, Afghanistan
The US will slash troop levels in Afghanistan and Iraq to their lowest levels in nearly 20 years of war after…
Europe’s second wave shows signs of slowing after new lockdowns
The second wave of the coronavirus in Europe has started to show signs of slowing, but experts have warned that…
BREAKING: Moderna coronavirus vaccine almost 95% effective; early trial shows
Moderna Inc announced on Monday its coronavirus vaccine candidate was 94.5 percent effective, becoming the second…
World Health Organisation chief hails Pfizer coronavirus vaccine as…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday hailed Pfizer and BioNTech's…
Germany expects COVID-19 vaccine in first quarter 2021 at the earliest
Germany does not expect a coronavirus vaccine to be available before the first quarter of 2021, as experts…
Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine is more than 90% effective in preventing infection
Pfizer said its experimental vaccine was more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19 based on initial data from…