June 18, 2021 Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines don’t lower sperm count, study says Men who received the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine did not see a drop in sperm count or quality, a new study found.
June 18, 2021 CDC panel meeting on COVID-19 vaccines, rare heart issues postponed in observance of Juneteenth Friday’s scheduled CDC panel discussion on reports of heart inflammation among a small fraction of COVID-19 vaccine recipients has been postponed in observance of the Juneteenth National Independence Day holiday, the agency said.
June 18, 2021 ‘Dawson’s Creek’ writer Heidi Ferrer commits suicide after contracting COVID-19 Heidi Ferrer, a writer for “Dawson’s Creek,” committed suicide in May after a yearlong battle with COVID-19, her husband said. She was 50.
June 17, 2021 UK records over 10,000 coronavirus cases for first time since Feb The U.K.'s latest surge in coronavirus infections gathered pace Thursday with new confirmed cases rising above 10,000 for the first time in nearly four months as a result of the spread of the more contagious delta variant.
June 17, 2021 EU regulator will weigh COVID-19 vaccine candidates with below 50% efficacy A top official with Europe’s regulatory agency on Thursday said it would weigh COVID-19 vaccines for approval despite the efficacy potentially falling below a 50% threshold.
June 17, 2021 Germany’s CureVac COVID-19 vaccine flops in clinical trial Preliminary data behind German biopharmaceutical company CureVac's COVID-19 vaccine candidate revealed a disappointing 47% efficacy against COVID-19 disease of any severity, and failed to meet statistical success criteria in a late-stage trial, sending stocks tanking.
June 17, 2021 Australia says AstraZeneca vaccine only for people 60 and older Australia has limited use of the AstraZeneca vaccine to those 60 and over, recommending that younger adults receive the Pfizer-BioNTech jab instead amid instances of rare, severe blood clots.
June 17, 2021 Coronavirus variants behind fresh surge in Indonesia, WHO warns Indonesia’s president ordered authorities to speed up the country's vaccination campaign as the World Health Organization warned Thursday of the need to increase social restrictions in the country amid a fresh surge of coronavirus infections caused by worrisome variants.
June 17, 2021 COVID-19 vaccine effort turns into slog as Delta spreads As cases tumble and states reopen, the potential final stage in the U.S. campaign to vanquish COVID-19 is turning into a slog, with a worrisome variant gaining a bigger foothold and lotteries and other prizes failing to persuade some Americans to get vaccinated.
June 17, 2021 Can you mix and match COVID-19 vaccines? Can you mix and match two-dose COVID-19 vaccines?
