Europe tightens virus curbs as Christmas surge fears grow
Several European countries tightened coronavirus restrictions on Wednesday, as Germany set a record for daily deaths and the US broke its own daily high for infection numbers
How the world has sped up vaccine approvals
As Britain becomes the first Western country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine for general use, authorities in Europe, the US, Russia and China have also sped up their approval procedures
EU regulator defends vaccine rules as Britain OKs jab
The EU's medicines regulator insists it has the "most appropriate" method to approve a coronavirus vaccine, after Britain became the first Western country to give one the green light
Frontrunners emerge in race for Covid-19 vaccine
Positive results from trials of several vaccine candidates have raised hopes that there is light at the end of the tunnel in the quest to curb a pandemic that has already killed 1.4 million
Scientists on guard over ‘mutant’ mink coronavirus
Coronavirus transmission from minks to humans does not necessarily mean the disease will become more dangerous, but scientists are closely monitoring the situation in Denmark
The race for a Covid-19 vaccine heats up
Dozens of companies, from biotech start-ups to Big Pharma, are racing to develop a safe and effective Covid-19 vaccine, because the world needs it and for the potential pay day
Europe races to shield virus-hit firms from bargain hunters
Fears corporate raiders could use the coronavirus crisis to swoop on European firms were perhaps best exemplified by Donald Trump's alleged bid for a German biotech firm working on a vaccine
HPV vaccine is safe, says cancer agency, slams ‘unfounded rumours’
"Unfounded rumours" causing people to spurn the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine are preventing the elimination of cervical cancer, health authorities say.