Israel signed a deal with Pfizer Inc on Friday to receive 8 million doses of the drugmaker`s potential COVID-19 vaccine, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, enough to cover close to half of Israel`s population.

Israel signs deal with Pfizer for potential COVID-19 vaccine

For the first time, the United States reported more than 150,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day, driven by record infection counts in more than a dozen states.

US records highest single-day spike with over 150,000 new COVID-19 cases

A nasal spray that blocks the absorption of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has completely protected ferrets it was tested on, according to a small study released Thursday by an international team of scientists.

Nasal spray prevents COVID infection in ferrets, study finds

As the coronavirus cases are on a rise again, India is combining resources to fast track the production of a COVID-19 vaccine, COVAXIN. A senior government scientist told a news agency, Reuters, that the COVID-19 vaccine could be launched by February 2021, as the vaccine trials have been showing good results and the last stage of the trial will begin this month.

India's COVID-19 vaccine to be ready by February: Sources

The Australian government has agreed to purchase two more COVID-19 vaccines in development, beefing up the country`s prospective arsenal against the pandemic to 135 million doses as it aims to complete a mass inoculation programme within months.

Australia orders more COVID-19 vaccines for total of 135 million doses

As the world is rushing towards manufacturing and producing a COVID-19 vaccine, the Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has refused to pay for the coronavirus vaccine being developed by a Chinese company Sinovac Biotech.

Brazil's Bolsonaro refuses to pay for Chinese COVID-19 vaccine

Oxford is developing a COVID-19 vaccine with Serum Institute of India, and as the trials further, the CEO Adar Poonawalla has claimed that the vaccine will be available till the end of the year.

Oxford's COVID-19 vaccine will be ready by December: Serum Institute CEO Adar Poonawalla

The novel coronavirus has changed the lifestyle and habits of people all around the world, and the scientists keep revising the symptoms to make sure they are able to provide the latest information to the people.

This blood group is less vulnerable to the novel coronavirus

As the world is waiting for a COVID-19 vaccine to be launched soon, some scientists have revealed a startling discovery claiming that the vaccines might increase the risk of HIV.

Few COVID-19 vaccines may increase risk of HIV infections: Researchers

Russia's COVID-19 vaccine, which is being marketed as world's first coronavirus vaccine, has received a green signal from the Indian authorities to begin clinical trials in the country.

COVID-19: Russia's Sputnik V gets go ahead for clinical trials in India

The United States may be within months of a profound turning point in the country’s fight against the coronavirus: the first working vaccine. Demonstrating that a new vaccine was safe and effective in less than a year would shatter the record for speed, the result of seven-day workweeks for scientists and billions of dollars of investment by the government.

First, a vaccine approval. Then ‘chaos and confusion.’

A row broke out on Friday over a World Health Organisation (WHO) clinical trial which concluded that the anti-viral drug remdesivir had little or no impact on a patient's chances of surviving COVID-19.

Row breaks out over WHO trial casting doubt on remdesivir as COVID-19 drug

As the world is trying to fight the novel coronavirus, authorities are also warning people against fake news and misinformation. However, a campaign in Russia is taking a jibe at the Oxford Univeristy's possible vaccine, and the campaign is taking the nation by storm.

Russia spreads fake news about Oxford's COVID-19 vaccine; claims it turns humans into monkeys

Several companies in the race for a coronavirus vaccine have stumbled upon a new and unexpected hurdle: activists protesting the use of a substance that comes from sharks in their products.

Coronavirus vaccine makers are not mass-slaughtering sharks

The Chinese city of Qingdao said on Monday it will test its entire population of more than 9 million people for coronavirus, after discovering 12 new infections that appeared to be linked to a hospital treating imported infections.

China's Qingdao orders city-wide testing after new COVID-19 infections

COVAX is a project aimed at ensuring that poorer countries have access to vaccines against the novel coronavirus that took over the world in the beginning of the the year 2020.

China to join COVAX: When will UN hold China responsible for its actions?

The delay in the investigation of the origin of COVID-19 only benefits Beijing as it gives China an opportunity to wash its sins. Today, China announced it will participate in the WHO-backed global vaccine program.

Mysterious COVID-19 vaccine: China's cry of help for friendship

Since the pandemic took over the world, bats have gone from being just a creature to one of the most important subjects of various studies. It is not solely the scientists and researchers who are how taking interest in these creatures, but even civilians who want to sharpen their knowledge to protect themselves from any other viruses.

Researchers urge scientists to find more about bat viruses

“If you have to sneeze, you’re in trouble,” Bill Johnson said of wearing the Air, an acrylic visor that evokes 1960s Soviet cosmonaut culture. Johnson, 44, a voice and video engineer in Utah, had tested an early model of the device on an airplane from Salt Lake City to Seattle to Ketchikan, Alaska, then on a three-hour ferry ride and a floatplane to reach his bush cabin.

Are astronaut-style face shields the future of PPE?

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has urged the world leaders to ensure that the information about the COVID-19 vccine is shared with all countries, or the history will tell the tale.

Australian PM urges combined global efforts; takes indirect hit at Trump's secrecy

From Sao Paulo to Sweden, thousands of people around the world, including priests, police, ministers and frontline workers, have posted clips of themselves dancing to South African house song 'Jerusalema'.

South African hit 'Jerusalema' inspires people worldwide to shake off COVID-19 blues

The New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has clearly stated that he will be asking his officials to review any COVID-19 vaccine that will be authorised by the federal government.

New York to review any COVID-19 vaccine authorised by federal government

Rule breakers in the United Kingdom will have to face a heavy fine if caught. The fine is specifically for the people who will defy the coronavirus-related rules.

UK: People who defy coronavirus rules will pay fines upto £10,000

The top health experts can be wrong, but the US President Donald Trump can never be wrong even in scientific proofs, or so he believes. On Tuesday, in an interview with Fox News, Trump had claimed that the COVID-19 vaccine will be available after "four weeks, it could be eight weeks.

Trump says top health expert was 'confused' about vaccine, but not him