Researchers from the South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative at the University of Cape Town, the Aurum Institute, the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in...Coronavirus Watch
Results of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine trial in South Africa and UK have confirmed high levels of efficacy against the original and variant COVID-19. The results show...Coronavirus
In this updated pooled analysis of three randomised trials of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine by Oxford/AstraZeneca, the overall effectiveness of the vaccine in reducing the...
February 10th, 2021A phase 1 clinical trial testing a novel vaccine approach to prevent HIV has produced promising results, IAVI and Scripps Research have announced. The vaccine showed...
January 27th, 2021An unpublished international clinical trial claims "clinically persuasive" evidence of the efficacy of the gout-drug colchicine to treat COVID-19, writes MedicalBrief....
Researchers have reported on the first clinical efficacy results of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 in a pooled analysis of phase 2/3 trials in the UK and Brazil, and safety data from...
September 23rd, 2020Researchers are preparing to launch the South Africa leg of an international trial investigating whether the well-established measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) shot used...
With many HIV treatment programmes in sub-Saharan Africa still expecting new patients to attend a clinic monthly for their first six months of antiretroviral therapy...Weekly Roundup
The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) has launched its second COVID-19 vaccine trial, testing an experimental shot made by US biotech company Novavax, reports...News Release
The International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) has welcomed a positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on the dapivirine vaginal ring for use by...
