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VACCINES MEDICINE

Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 24, 2021
If poor countries go unvaccinated, a study says, rich ones will pay
In monopolizing the supply of vaccines against COVID-19, wealthy nations are threatening more than a humanitarian catastrophe.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 24, 2021
In crises, vaccines can be stretched, but not easily
Splitting doses, delaying second shots, injecting into the skin instead of the muscle and employing roving vaccination teams have all saved lives — when the circumstances were right.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 21, 2021
Emerging coronavirus variants may pose challenges to vaccines
Experts said it was possible that people who had survived mild infections with the coronavirus may still be vulnerable to infection with a new variant.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 20, 2021
Japan's vaccine program chief denies reports of May rollout
'Oh no, NHK, please don't go around making vaccination rollout schedules like that. It's bogus,' administrative reform minister Taro Kono said on Twitter.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 20, 2021
As WHO fumes at Western drugmakers, China fills void on vaccines
China's foreign minister last week pledged to hand out more than a million doses during a swing through Southeast Asia.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 19, 2021
Vaccine disparities raise alarm as coronavirus variants multiply
Global gaps in access to vaccines are raising concerns that the spread of the virus will breed more dangerous versions of the pathogen, weakening medical weapons.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 15, 2021
Why many Asian countries are being cautious on vaccines
The nations quickest to enact social distancing and contact-tracing systems have mostly kept COVID-19 in check, but their citizens now find themselves lagging in receiving vaccinations.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jan 13, 2021
China’s COVID-19 shot has four wildly different efficacy rates
The confusion, which comes as several governments commit to inoculating their citizens with Sinovac's shot, is fueling skepticism over Chinese vaccines.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Beyond COVID-19
Jan 9, 2021
There will be no quick COVID-19 fix
Few doubt the importance of personal liberty, but this is a time when we all need to forego certain conveniences for the sake of those around us.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 9, 2021
Johnson needs to save the U.K. health service to save his career
The prime minister locked down England for a third time Monday as coronavirus infections pushed hospitals to the breaking point and the death toll rose above 75,000.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 7, 2021
Japanese approval of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine unlikely before May
Tokyo is facing a major regulatory bottleneck due to requirements for local clinical trials before requesting approval for coronavirus shots.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 4, 2021
U.K. touts progress against COVID-19 as it rolls out AstraZeneca vaccine
Britain began vaccinating its population on Monday with the COVID-19 shot developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca, touting its position as the first Western country to roll out an inoculation program against the novel coronavirus.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 4, 2021
South Korea reviews AstraZeneca vaccine and expands ban on gatherings
South Korea is reviewing AstraZeneca's request for approval of its coronavirus vaccine, as it expands a ban on private gatherings of more than four people to the whole country with daily cases topping more than 1,000 in four days.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 4, 2021
As rollout falters, scientists debate new vaccination tactics
Some experts are asking if it is wisest to give as many people as possible an inoculation now — and push back the second doses until later.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 30, 2020
Astra-Oxford coronavirus vaccine gets its first clearance with U.K. approval
AstraZeneca PLC and the University of Oxford's Covid-19 vaccine won U.K. clearance, marking the first approval worldwide for a shot that will be key to mass immunizations.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 29, 2020
EU's marathon COVID-19 vaccination drive off to uneven start
The EU's campaign to vaccinate Europeans against COVID-19 has got off to an uneven start in what will be a marathon effort to administer shots to enough of the bloc's 450 million people to defeat the viral pandemic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 28, 2020
Philippines troops and ministers get COVID-19 vaccine before approval
Some Philippine soldiers and Cabinet ministers have already received COVID-19 vaccine injections, officials said on Monday, despite an absence of regulatory approval that the country's health ministry said was vital to ensure safety.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health / FOCUS
Dec 27, 2020
How a British COVID-19 vaccine went from pole position to troubled start
A review of records and interviews with scientists and industry figures gives a detailed account of what went wrong with the Oxford-AstraZeneca study.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 27, 2020
'Window of hope': Europe begins to launch COVID-19 vaccinations
Hungary and Slovakia stole a march on their fellow EU nations as they began vaccinating people against COVID-19 on Saturday, a day ahead of rollouts in several other countries, including France and Spain as the pandemic surges across the continent.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Dec 19, 2020
World looks to spring for pandemic relief as vaccinations start
The developed world could start to emerge from the deadly grip of the pandemic by late spring if the first wave of COVID-19 vaccines are deployed effectively.

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