The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has announced that approval has been given for bovine TB vaccine … read more
Early stage results from a phase 1/2 clinical trial of the University of Oxford’s vaccine candidate against SARS-CoV-2 have just … read more
Two papers on vaccine candidates for COVID-19 have been published in The Lancet. The first* discusses the results of a phase … read more
Robert Peston, political editor for ITV, has reported that he has been made aware, by an unnamed source, that positive … read more
A paper, published in New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), reports on the preliminary results of an mRNA-1273 vaccine candidate phase … read more
A study, published in PNAS, looked at BCG vaccination programmes and COVID-19 deaths in different countries. Prof Ben Neuman, Chair … read more
Initial results, from the University of Oxford, have shown that their COVID-19 vaccine has boosted immune responses in pigs. … read more
Imperial College London have announced that they are to begin the first human trials of their new COVID-19 candidate vaccine. … read more
The pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, have announced that they have received $1 billion support from US BARDA for the development and … read more
Two studies, published in Science, have looked at immunity against SARS-CoV-2 in rhesus macaques conferred by a series of DNA vaccine … read more
There have been journalists questions about the progress of the COVID-19 vaccine candidates. Prof Adam Finn, Professor of Paediatrics, … read more
The University of Oxford and AstraZeneca have announced a partnership for the development and large-scale production of Oxford’s candidate vaccine … read more
There have been questions from journalists about vaccine trials and the global race to produce a vaccine for COVID-19. … read more
The UK Government have announced the launch of a Vaccine Taskforce to combat COVID-19, which will be responsible for coordinating … read more
A team of researchers have been working hard to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, and two weeks ago they opened their … read more
The University of Oxford has announced that their COVID-19 vaccine programme is opening to start screening healthy volunteers for clinical … read more
One of the reasons scientists worry about a novel virus is that we don’t have either natural immunity or effective … read more
Research, published in Annals of Internal Medicine, reports that flu vaccines aimed at the elderly may not be as effective … read more
Public Health England have announced that mumps cases in the UK have reached the highest number in a decade. … read more
Research, published in the journal Cancer, reports that a single does of the HPV vaccine may be just as effective as … read more
