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New COVID Jab Gives Hope For The Immunocompromised

A COVID vaccine that provokes an immune response through white blood cells has showed promise in trials, according to research Tuesday that provides new hope for people with compromised immune systems.The jab, known as CoVac-1 and developed by a team at Germany's University of Tuebingen, was shown to produce a strong white blood cell – or T-cell – response in all 36 phase one trial participants.T-cells are white blood cells that attack and neutralise whole infected cells.

24 November 2021
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Pfizer Lifts 2021 Outlook On Surging Vaccine Sales

Pfizer lifted its annual revenue and profit projections Wednesday on surging demand for COVID-19 vaccine doses as executives amplified their case for booster shots amid the latest wave of infections.The two-shot inoculation accounted for more than 40 percent of Pfizer's sales in the second quarter, boosting revenues sharply compared with the same three months of 2020. Pfizer Chief Executive Albert Bourla said more than a billion doses of the vaccine have been delivered so far.Th

29 July 2021
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Germany’s CureVac Vaccine Just 48% Effective

Germany's CureVac said Wednesday that final trial results showed its coronavirus vaccine had an efficacy rate of just 48 percent, far lower than those developed by mRNA rivals BioNTech/Pfizer and Moderna.The outcome had been expected after poor interim data were released earlier this month.The company in part blamed "the unprecedented context of 15 strains circulating" among the trial volunteers, as well as varying responses across age groups.The COVID vaccines developed by Ger

1 July 2021
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Poor Trial Results For Germany's CureVac Jab

A COVID-19 vaccine being developed by Germany's CureVac was shown to be just 47 percent effective in an interim analysis of its late-stage trial, the company said Wednesday."CVnCoV demonstrated an interim vaccine efficacy of 47 percent against COVID-19 disease of any severity and did not meet prespecified statistical success criteria," CureVac said in a statement.The company blamed the "unprecedented context of at least 13 variants circulating within the study population s

17 June 2021
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Europe After Brexit

“The UN (United Nations) was not founded to take mankind to heaven, but to save humanity from hell,” the UN second secretary-general, Dag Hammarskjöld, once said. The hell he had in mind, of course, was World War II and the Shoah, next to which most of today’s challenges pale in comparison.

8 January 2021
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1M Cases In Germany, India To Make Russian Vaccine

Germany, once a beacon of hope in Europe's coronavirus nightmare, logged its one millionth case on Friday, while Russia signed up India to mass produce its controversial Sputnik vaccine.Although the virus spread is slowing thanks to weeks of tough restrictions, Europe remains at the heart of the pandemic, recording more cases than the United States (US) in the past week.The pandemic is gaining strength fastest in Asia and Latin America, and is up by a worrying 113 percent over the week i

28 November 2020
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European Cities Protest Against Masks

German police Saturday halted a Berlin march by thousands opposed to coronavirus restrictions in the biggest of several European protests against anti-virus curbs and masks to halt the pandemic.With new COVID-19 cases on the rise, European nations are starting to tighten controls while trying to avoid the major lockdowns imposed earlier this year to contain the outbreak that has killed more than 800,000 worldwide.Across the globe, governments are struggling to revive economies already battere

30 August 2020
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US Urges Caution On China & Russia Virus Vaccines

Anthony Fauci, the United States' (US) top infectious disease official, raised concerns Friday regarding the safety of COVID-19 vaccines under development by China and Russia.Several Chinese companies are at the forefront of the global vaccine race, while Russia has said it hopes to be the first in the world to produce a vaccine for the public, with a target date of September.But the medicines will likely face heightened scrutiny given that the regulatory systems in both countries are ve

2 August 2020
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Hover-taxi whizzes over Singapore

A drone-like flying taxi whirred over Singapore's waterfront Tuesday, with the firm behind the test hoping the aircraft will revolutionise travel in traffic-choked Asian cities.The 18-propeller vehicle, developed by German firm Volocopter and with a pilot onboard during the test flight, took off from a promontory and flew for about two minutes and 30 seconds around the Marina Bay district.Heavy rains in the morning almost delayed the flight, but the skies cleared in time for the battery-

23 October 2019
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EU has a new chief 

After negotiating her own confirmation as president of the European Commission (EC), Ursula von der Leyen must now put together a 27-nation team to help her run the bloc.The former German defence minister will need all her political and diplomatic skill to knit together a commission from different countries and parties.And then, in October, she will have to go back to a European Parliament that only barely approved her own coronation and ask it to back her appointments.She has quite a summer

20 July 2019
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Europe, please wake up

Europe is sleepwalking into oblivion, and the people of Europe need to wake up before it is too late. If they don’t, the European Union (EU) will go the way of the Soviet Union in 1991.

17 February 2019
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ASEAN, Germany cement stronger ties

The European Union (EU) has been a strong partner of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for many years now. Of the 28 members within the EU, Germany has and is still playing a crucial role in this region to region partnership. ASEAN-Germany ties don’t get much attention but it is important given that many citizens of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations have grown to rely on German goods, services and investments.

22 March 2018
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