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FILE- This Jan. 7, 2021, file photo, shows the Curevac company headquarters in Tuebingen, Germany. German vaccine maker CureVac said Wednesday, June 16, 2021, that interim data from late-stage testing of its coronavirus shot show a comparatively low effectiveness in protecting people against COVID-19. (Sebastian Gollnow/dpa via AP, File)
CureVac: Vaccine data are 'sobering,' full results in weeks

Jun. 17, 2021 09:12 AM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 31, 2021 file photo, England's Raheem Sterling controls the ball during their World Cup 2022 group I qualifying soccer match against Poland at Wembley stadium in London, England. Queen Elizabeth II has used her birthday honors list to celebrate the achievements of people in the limelight, as well as those at the forefront of the U.K.'s rapid rollout of coronavirus vaccines over the past few months. In the world of sport, Manchester City footballer Raheem Sterling was awarded an MBE, which makes him a member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, for his efforts to promote racial equality in sport. (Catherine Ivill, Pool via AP, file)
Queen Elizabeth honors key women in UK's rapid vaccine drive

By Pan Pylas Jun. 11, 2021 05:30 PM EDT

Germany: Delay for CureVac shot won't hurt vaccine campaign

Jun. 09, 2021 01:10 PM EDT
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's health ministry on Wednesday downplayed the possible impact on the country's coronavirus vaccine campaign after reports that the shot...

FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2020, file photo, IOC President Thomas Bach visits the National Stadium, the main venue for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games postponed until July 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, in Tokyo. Bach has canceled a trip in May 2021 to Japan because of surging cases of COVID-19 in the country, the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee said Monday, May 10, 2021 in a statement. The trip was made impossible because of a state of emergency in Tokyo and other parts of the country that has been extended until May 31. (Behrouz Mehri/Pool Photo via AP, Fo;e)
South Africa shows the complexities of IOC's vaccine offer

By Gerald Imray May. 28, 2021 01:49 PM EDT

Production of another COVID-19 vaccine to begin in weeks

May. 27, 2021 04:49 AM EDT
PARIS (AP) — Production of another potential vaccine against COVID-19 will begin within weeks, its developers Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline said Thursday as they...

Healthcare workers transport to a morgue the body of a patient who died from COVID-19 at Clinicas Hospital in San Lorenzo, Paraguay, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. The Health Ministry reported that a record number of people died from COVID-19 on Tuesday, May 18. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
The Latest: Detroit archbishop ends mask rule for vaccinated

By The Associated Press May. 19, 2021 01:10 AM EDT

FILE - In this photo Nov.30, 2020 file photo the logo of French drug maker Sanofi is picture at the company's headquarters, in Paris. Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline's potential COVID-19 vaccine triggered strong immune responses in all adult age groups in preliminary trials, boosting optimism that the shot may join the fight against the pandemic by the end of this year. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
Sanofi-GSK reports success in virus vaccine, after setback

May. 17, 2021 02:11 AM EDT

People wait to be vaccinated with the Cuban Abdala vaccine for COVID-19 outside a doctors' office in Alamar on the outskirts of Havana, Cuba, Friday, May 14, 2021. Cuba has begun to immunize people this week with its own vaccines, Abdala and Soberana 02, the only ones developed by a Latin American country. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Cuba rolls out mass vaccines while awaiting study results

By Andrea Rodríguez May. 14, 2021 04:16 PM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 2, 2021 file photo, a pharmacy technician loads a syringe with Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination site at the Portland Expo in Portland, Maine. On Friday, March 7 The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting that Pfizer admitted in its COVID-19 clinical trial protocol document that vaccinated people can “shed” the vaccine, emitting materials that can spread to unvaccinated people by inhalation or skin contact.(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

By The Associated Press May. 07, 2021 01:21 PM EDT

Russia approves single-dose version of Sputnik V vaccine

May. 06, 2021 11:28 AM EDT
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities gave regulatory approval Thursday to a single-dose version of the country's Sputnik V vaccine, arguing that the move could...

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2019, file photo, kicking off her book tour, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks at George Washington University in Washington. On Friday, April 30, 2021, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting that a copy of Harris’ children's book, “Superheroes Are Everywhere,” is being given to every migrant child in a Long Beach, Calif., facility housing unaccompanied minors who recently arrived at the border. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz, File)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

By The Associated Press Apr. 30, 2021 01:28 PM EDT

In this file photo taken Sept. 6, 2020, samples of a COVID-19 vaccine produced by Sinopharm subsidiary CNBG are displayed near a 3D model of a coronavirus during a trade fair in Beijing. Chinese vaccine makers are looking at mixing their jabs and whether a booster shot could help better protect against COVID-19. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
Chinese companies considers mixing vaccines, booster shots

By Huizhong Wu Apr. 28, 2021 03:35 AM EDT

Chinese residents, some wearing masks, pass by a coronavirus vaccination center in Beijing Friday, April 9, 2021. In a rare admission of the weakness of Chinese coronavirus vaccines, the country's top disease control official says their effectiveness is low and the government is considering mixing them to give them a boost. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Indonesia satisfied with effectiveness of Chinese vaccine

Apr. 12, 2021 11:28 AM EDT

A healthcare worker prepares to inject a man with a dose of the Sinovac vaccine at a COVID-19 vaccination point for seniors in Duque de Caxias, Brazil, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Sputnik vaccine helping Russia regain LatAm foothold

By David Biller And Christopher Sherman Apr. 12, 2021 09:02 AM EDT

A medical worker adjusts her mask near propaganda boards showing famed Chinese medical expert Zhong Nanshan and the words "Vaccine China Made" outside vaccination center in Beijing Friday, April 9, 2021. In a rare admission of the weakness of Chinese coronavirus vaccines, the country's top disease control official says their effectiveness is low and the government is considering mixing them to give them a boost. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Top Chinese official admits vaccines have low effectiveness

By Joe Mcdonald And Huizhong Wu Apr. 11, 2021 01:36 AM EDT

Sao Paulo Governor Joao Doria gives a news conference at a vaccination center set up inside a public school in Serrana, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Brazil's Butantan Institute has started a mass vaccination on Wednesday of the city's entire adult population, about 30,000 people, to test the virus' behavior in response to the vaccine. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Sao Paulo governor seeks tests of 1st Brazilian COVID-19 jab

By Mauricio Savarese Mar. 26, 2021 04:30 PM EDT

People queue for the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, during a mass vaccination campaign at San Pedro Hospital, in Logrono, northern Spain, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. Spain resumed the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
AstraZeneca confirms strong vaccine protection after US rift

By Lauran Neergaard Mar. 24, 2021 11:26 PM EDT

Novavax trials highlight Maryland’s COVID-fighting complex

By Rachel Logan, Julia Arbutus And Pierce Panagakos Of Capital News Service Mar. 23, 2021 02:02 PM EDT
When Novavax Inc. received $1.6 billion last year from the federal government to speed up testing and production of a coronavirus vaccine, some observers were...

Workers wearing protective gear register a person during a COVID-19 vaccination session for resident foreign journalists at a vaccination center in Beijing, Tuesday, March 23, 2021. Chinese medical firm Sinovac said its COVID-19 vaccine is safe in children ages 3-17, based on preliminary data, and it has submitted the data to Chinese drug regulators. State-owned Sinopharm, who has two COVID-19 vaccines, is also investigating the effectiveness of its vaccines in children. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Sinovac says its vaccine is safe for children as young as 3

By Huizhong Wu Mar. 23, 2021 03:22 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sunday, March 21, 2021 file photo a medical worker wearing protective gear sets up boards with the names of the vaccines at a vaccination center in Belgrade, Serbia. Results from a U.S. trial of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine may have used "outdated information," U.S. federal health officials said early Tuesday March 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)
AstraZeneca accused of cherry-picking vaccine study data

By Lauran Neergaard And Zeke Miller Mar. 23, 2021 03:21 AM EDT