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Why Are There So Many Antibiotics but So Few Antiviral Drugs?

Amber Dance, Knowable Magazine 11/02/2021

Antibiotics abound, but virus-fighting drugs are harder to come...

US FDA Approves Pfizer Vaccine, Rollout to Begin in a Day

Michael Erman 12/12/2020

The FDA said the vaccine can be given to...

Laboratory assistant holds a tube with Russia's "Sputnik-V" vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition in Budapest

The Curious Case of Vaccine Efficacy, and the Unanswered Questions Behind It

S. Swaminathan 03/12/2020

The fact that a huge majority of SARS-CoV-2 infections...

Early Trial Data Suggests Pfizer + BioNTech COVID Vaccine Is Over 90% Effective

Michael Erman and Julie Steenhuysen 09/11/2020

To confirm the efficacy rate, Pfizer said it would continue the...

FILE PHOTO: Gilead Sciences Inc pharmaceutical company is seen during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in California

Gilead’s Remdesivir Gets US FDA Approval for Hospitalised COVID-19 Patients

Deena Beasley 23/10/2020

Gilead said it is still working to understand the...

Some vaccines are easy to access but others require a trip to a government hospital where conditions are poor and wait times long. Credit: ps_sahana/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

FDA Demand for Safety Data Will Push Any COVID-19 Vaccine Past Election

Amrit B.L.S. 10/10/2020

With Donald Trump insistent on rushing a vaccine out...

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COVID-19 Vaccine Could Come in Late October; White House Says No Pressure on Timing

Manojna Maddipatla and Lisa Lambert 04/09/2020

Pfizer on Thursday said it should know by the...