Efforts to encourage US citizens to take their COVID-19 vaccines received a boost from country music legend Dolly Parton, who updated her hit song “Jolene” to pledge her support in a
AstraZeneca has sold its stake in Moderna for more than $1 billion as the US biotech’s shares soared in value following its coronavirus vaccine breakthrough.
Public health authorities in California are seeking a halt on dosing of one lot of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine after reports of allergic reactions at one immunisation clinic.
The UK has approved the Moderna coronavirus vaccine, hard on the heels of its go-ahead in Europe, although supplies are not expected to arrive for several weeks.