Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Pfizer and BioNTech to develop mRNA-based shingles jab

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BERLIN, Jan 5, 2022 (AFP) – Germany’s BioNTech and US pharma giant Pfizer, which partnered up to develop a Covid-19 vaccine in record time, said Wednesday they are working on a shingles vaccine using the same breakthrough mRNA technology. The companies have signed a partnership deal and are aiming for clinical trials to start in the … Read more

‘Troubling rise’ in facial nerve paralysis cases among post-Covid patients

'Troubling rise' in facial nerve paralysis cases among post-Covid patients

Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, medical experts have been trying to determine the extent to which the pandemic causes other diseases, especially neurological disorders. In early 2020, Mount Sinai Hospital in New York reported cases of five young patients, who had a stroke after being tested positive with Coronavirus. Following the report, experts … Read more