Pfizer Inc said it is working on a new form of its experimental coronavirus vaccine that can be stored in the refrigerator. Currently, the vials, which use messenger RNA – or part of the virus’s genetic code – have to be stored between -94F (-70C) and -112F (-80C). In an event held by the International Federation … Read more
Britain today began mass vaccination of the public with Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid vaccine, bringing the ‘end in sight’ to pandemic lockdown rules. Here, MailOnline answers all the questions about the jab, including who will get it first, how much it costs and where people will be vaccinated. What could the logistical challenges of delivering it be? … Read more
Britain’s drug regulator today dismissed safety fears over the Pfizer and BioNTech coronavirus vaccine after a report revealed four people in a trial in the US got Bell’s palsy. The condition, which is usually temporary, causes muscles on one side of the face to droop because of nerves not working properly. Four cases of it … Read more
Good Morning Britain viewers were left cringing on their sofas as they watched Matt Hancock break down in tears after the first coronavirus vaccinations were given out. The Health Secretary started sobbing after a 90-year-old grandmother from Coventry and a Warwickshire pensioner called William Shakespeare became the first people in the world to get an … Read more
Britain today began mass vaccination of the public with Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid vaccine, bringing the ‘end in sight’ to pandemic lockdown rules. Here, MailOnline answers all the questions about the jab, including who will get it first, how much it costs and where people will be vaccinated. What could the logistical challenges of delivering it be? … Read more
A Nottinghamshire care home where coronavirus killed almost half of its residents has been told it might need to wait three months for a vaccine. Bosses at Wren Hall Nursing Home say they’ve been told it could be February before jabs are deployed to the facility in the quiet village of Selston. Residents will need to … Read more
Good Morning Britain viewers were left cringing on their sofas as they watched Matt Hancock break down in tears after the first coronavirus vaccinations were given out. The Health Secretary started sobbing after a 90-year-old grandmother from Coventry and a Warwickshire pensioner called William Shakespeare became the first people in the world to get an … Read more
States will likely receive far fewer doses of coronavirus vaccines than they told their residents to expect this month, a new report suggests. The projected number of shots that states including New York and Nevada said they’d be able to give in the first round of the vaccine rollout, expected to begin next week, was … Read more
What type of vaccine is this? The jab is known as a messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine. Conventional vaccines are produced using weakened forms of the virus, but mRNAs use only the virus’s genetic code. An mRNA vaccine is injected into the body where it enters cells and tells them to create antigens. These antigens are … Read more
Kristen Choi (pictured), an assistant professor in the School of Nursing at UCLA said she experienced several side effects after taking the second of two shots of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine including pain at the injection side, headache, nausea and a fever of 104.9F A nurse who took part in Pfizer Inc’s late-stage coronavirus vaccine trial … Read more