Tag: coronavirus
One company’s quest for an antibody drug to fight COVID-19
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE
On a Saturday afternoon in March as COVID-19 was bearing down on New York City, a dozen scientists anxiously crowded around a...
Behind Pfizer’s vaccine, an understated husband-and-wife ‘dream team’ Ludwig Burger and Patricia Weiss
Reuters report Positive data on BioNTech and U.S. partner Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine is an unlikely success for the married couple behind the German...
Great Day for Humanity as Pfizer, BioNTech say their COVID-19 vaccine is more than 90% effective
(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) said on Monday its experimental vaccine was more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19 based on initial data from...
COVID-19: examining theories for Africa’s low death rates
As the threat of a COVID-19 pandemic emerged earlier this year, many felt a sense of apprehension about what would happen when it reached...
Virgin Atlantic Airways seeks U.S. Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection
Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd is seeking protection from creditors in the United States under Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, which allows a...
Coronavirus: Cleaner uses lunch break to invent automatic sanitiser dispensers in UAE
A housekeeping staff at a Covid testing laboratory in Ajman has invented foot paddle and automated sanitiser dispensers.Indian expatriate Hamsa, 43, works as...