In an interview with Yahoo Finance, Novavax CEO Stanley Erck says its COVID-19 vaccine holds up stronger against the original coronavirus strain, and it's also effective against emerging strains.
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Novavax (NVAX) revealed the efficacy of their vaccines, including how they stood up to more transmissible and somewhat more resilient strains.
Biden's COVID-19 team manages expectations and sheds more light on goals for smoother vaccine rollout.
President Joe Biden announced changes to the country's vaccine supply and distribution plans.
Johnson and Johnson expects vaccine data next week.
Moderna's CEO says the company is launching new studies of COVID-19 vaccines is future-proofing against virus variants.
Moderna announces new vaccine studies for virus strains as Merck drops out of the race.
David Rhew, Microsoft’s chief medical officer, told Yahoo Finance that the company is working with both public and private partners on its recently launched vaccine platform for cloud and artificial intelligence.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the variant that originated in the UK could be more deadly than previously thought.
Biden takes more executive action on COVID-19 response. Pfizer looks to sell to states.
Biden takes action on first day in office, including requiring masks on federal property.
Trump pardons several health professionals before leaving White House Wednesday.
U.S. hits 400,000 deaths as virus spread continues to overwhelm parts of the country. Meanwhile, vaccine chaos hampers efforts.
A new eport by the US Surgeon General's calls on corporate America to help solve health inequity in the United States.
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams told Yahoo Finance that he regrets early misinformation about the coronavirus.
As the coronavirus pandemic forces people to work, shop, and go to school online, it’s highlighted the deep disparity in access to broadband internet — and in turn, health care.
President-elect Joe Biden released a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 response plan on Thursday evening, setting goals for his first 100 days in office, including a call for 100 million vaccinations by then.
Reports late Friday suggested a third new strain, from the U.S., could be driving the spread of the coronavirus throughout the country.
The U.S. recorded another grim record Thursday in both cases and deaths, as an expected mid-January peak builds around the country.
The U.S. crossed another tragic milestone Wednesday, hitting record numbers of cases, hospitalizations and deaths nationally.
Experts continue to debate whether to delay or change dosing to extend the supply of COVID-19 vaccines as more transmissible strains spread globally.
The news that Haven, the joint health-care venture between Amazon, will disband next month came as no surprise to many health-care experts.
Moderna has entered the new year on a high, with plans to increase yearly production of it’s COVID-19 vaccine and optimism about the fate of the company as a result of the pandemic.
The U.S. government agreed to buy more Pfizer vaccine doses Wednesday, giving the country a total of 400 million on hand from both Pfizer and Moderna.
The coronavirus pandemic has laid bare health inequities around the country, with African Americans disproportionately affected by COVID-19. And studies show African Americans and people of color are leery of getting vaccinated against the disease as the result of past mistreatment, citing the notorious Tuskegee experiment that turned Black men with syphilis into medical guinea pigs.