NIH begins dosing people with Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine booster shot to see if it protects against the South African variant The NIH has begun clinical trials testing a booster shot of Moderna Inc’s COVID vaccine to see if it will protect against the South African variant Approximately 210 healthy adult volunteers will be enrolled at … Read more
Britons over 70 will be given Covid-19 vaccine booster jabs in September to protect them from new variants of the virus. Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi unveiled details of the new plan with the first booster doses given to people in the top four priority groups. As well as over-70s, this group contains frontline NHS and social … Read more
Disintegrating SpaceX Falcon rocket booster makes spectacular display across the Pacific Northwest as it splinters and burns off while reentering the atmosphere The event was the second stage from a Space X Falcon rocket which failed to make its deorbit burn earlier this month Instead, it burned as it reentered the atmosphere about 9pm over … Read more
Moderna Inc has begun clinical trials of a booster shot of its coronavirus vaccine to see if it provides better protection against the highly contagious variant from South Africa. On Wednesday, the first volunteers – who were part of the original clinical trials last year – were given one of three doses. In a press … Read more
Moderna has become the first vaccine maker to develop a jab that targets the South African coronavirus variant. The Boston-based biotech has already shipped the raw materials to the US National Institutes of Health, which helped the firm study its first jab, to start human trials. Dr Anthony Fauci, the US’ top Covid expert, and his … Read more
Earth’s ‘second moon’ will make one final pass this week before floating out into space forever. Astronomers first spotted an unknown object with an incoming trajectory in September 2020 and initially believed it was an asteroid. But in December, the object named 2020 SO came within 30,000 miles of Earth and allowed NASA to confirm … Read more
UK’S ‘KENT’ VARIANT – B117 UK health officials announced in December that a ‘variant of concern’ had emerged in Kent. The variant is known to scientists as B117, a name derived from the location of its most significant mutations. B117 appears to be more infectious than older ‘wild-type’ coronavirus variants. Most estimates put it at … Read more
UK’S ‘KENT’ VARIANT – B117 UK health officials announced in December that a ‘variant of concern’ had emerged in Kent. The variant is known to scientists as B117, a name derived from the location of its most significant mutations. B117 appears to be more infectious than older ‘wild-type’ coronavirus variants. Most estimates put it at … Read more
As the country gears up to carry out two million vaccinations a week, you could be forgiven for thinking that investing in healthcare might be a smart move right now. But while it’s true that the extraordinary scientific advances of the last year have rightly made superstars out of women and men in white coats … Read more
She recently appeared to flout coronavirus rules after celebrating her birthday with friends in a limousine. Yet Danielle Lloyd was moving on from the scandal as she started off the new year with a healthy dose, by receiving an immune booster IV drip at home on Friday. The CBB star, 37, sat on her sofa, … Read more