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Explainer: How close are we to a Covid-19 vaccine?

Sat 12:10 AM 50,503 77

#CORONAVIRUS
China's Covid-19 vaccine candidate is safe and prompts antibody response - early results from study

Oct 16th 2020, 12:05 AM 52,203 73

#SARS-COV-2
Leading Covid-19 vaccine trial resumes in Japan but not US

Oct 3rd 2020, 11:07 AM 26,602 8

#ASTRAZENECA
Some 'frustration' caused by rescheduling of non-priority flu jabs, Irish Pharmacy Union says

Oct 2nd 2020, 6:08 PM 27,725 6

#FLU VACCINE
Irish Pharmacy Union welcomes ability to give flu vaccine off-site

Oct 1st 2020, 1:40 PM 23,875 8

#FLU JAB
The flu vaccine and children: Here is everything parents need to know

Sep 28th 2020, 12:05 AM 46,461 28

#VACCINATION
Poll: Do you plan to get the flu vaccine this upcoming winter?

Sep 27th 2020, 9:17 AM 87,005 137

#YOUR SAY
Thousands of people in China given Covid-19 vaccine approved for emergency use despite concerns

Sep 26th 2020, 11:39 AM 50,435 31

#VACCINE
Novavax seeks 10,000 UK volunteers as it begins Covid-19 vaccine trial

Sep 25th 2020, 8:49 AM 29,865 47

#CORONAVIRUS
Donald Trump disputes health officials on timeline for mass vaccinations

Sep 17th 2020, 6:58 AM 33,813 42

#UNITED STATES
Oxford Covid-19 vaccine trial resumes after UK green light

Sep 12th 2020, 3:53 PM 35,598 25

#VACCINE
Russian Covid-19 vaccine shows 'no serious adverse affects' in preliminary study

Sep 4th 2020, 6:11 PM 35,044 42

#THE LANCET
Covid-19: The treatment and vaccine candidates showing promising results

Aug 25th 2020, 10:15 PM 62,311 78

#TRIALS
Winter flu vaccine campaign gears up to prevent 'dual outbreaks' of influenza and Covid-19

Aug 25th 2020, 12:03 AM 40,868 68

#FLU SEASON
Pandemic could be ended in less than two years, says WHO

Aug 21st 2020, 10:52 PM 70,500 149

#FINGERS CROSSED
Australia's prime minister says any Covid-19 vaccine should be 'as mandatory as you can possibly make it'

Aug 19th 2020, 7:46 AM 24,578 92

#CORONAVIRUS
Nearly 70% of people would take a Covid-19 vaccine, according to new poll

Aug 4th 2020, 11:50 AM 23,647 87

#SURVEY
WHO says there may never be a 'silver bullet' for new coronavirus

Aug 3rd 2020, 1:32 PM 80,085 154

#DR TEDROS
UK govt signs deal with GSK and Sanofi for 60 million doses of potential Covid-19 vaccine

Jul 29th 2020, 8:09 AM 22,649 68

#VACCINE
Thousands of volunteers begin tests of US government’s Covid-19 vaccine

Jul 27th 2020, 1:06 PM 17,539 31

#CORONAVIRUS
Debunked: No, the HSE has not banned a Covid-19 treatment in order to later 'push' a vaccine

Jul 24th 2020, 10:00 PM 19,467 32

#CORONAVIRUS
The Explainer: How close is a Covid-19 vaccine?

Jul 21st 2020, 6:00 PM 22,882 17

#PODCAST
Coronavirus: Vaccine found to be 'safe and induces an immune reaction' in early stages of UK trial

Updated Jul 20th 2020, 4:03 PM 50,210 75

#SARS-COV-2
Nearly three-quarters of Irish people say they would 'likely' get Covid-19 vaccine

Jul 13th 2020, 6:30 AM 22,388 46

#SURVEY
Antibody test to identify 'immune' individuals to get government funding boost

Jul 3rd 2020, 6:30 AM 20,231 10

#COVID-19
Colds, flus and Covid-19 combined could overwhelm Irish health system this winter, experts warn

Jun 16th 2020, 12:05 AM 26,913 84

#FLU SEASON
Debunked: No, Bill Gates didn't brief the CIA in 2005 about a vaccine to immunise religious fanatics

May 29th 2020, 5:48 PM 23,139 3

#FACTCHECK
Rate of mumps infection declined significantly in April due to Covid restrictions

May 26th 2020, 6:05 AM 7,649 23

#MUMPS
US drugmaker reports promising early results from Covid-19 vaccine test

May 18th 2020, 10:01 PM 29,406 37

#PROMISING
Trump says he hopes for Covid-19 vaccine by end of year or 'maybe before'

May 16th 2020, 8:29 PM 32,382 91

#VACCINE
Most Irish people don't expect a 'return to normality' until 2021

May 15th 2020, 12:05 AM 40,563 60

#SOCIAL DISTANCING
Chief of French pharma company under fire for saying the US gets priority access to Covid-19 vaccine

May 14th 2020, 10:14 PM 34,394 22

#VACCINE
US claims Chinese hackers have tried to steal information about Covid-19 vaccines

May 14th 2020, 8:25 AM 22,460 58

#WARNING
Call for Covid-19 vaccine to be free so it's 'not auctioned off to the highest bidder'

May 14th 2020, 6:15 AM 17,513 26

#BIG PHARMA
Ireland commits €18 million as part of global effort to tackle Covid-19

May 4th 2020, 6:02 PM 24,191 74

#VACCINE
Pharmacists call for flu vaccine to be free for everyone

May 1st 2020, 12:39 PM 24,152 48

#COVID-19
Covid-19 vaccine still ‘likely to take a year or 18 months’ according to Irish health association

Apr 26th 2020, 9:52 AM 27,119 60

#VACCINE
Candidates receive first injections in coronavirus vaccine trial

Apr 23rd 2020, 9:09 PM 51,088 54

#OXFORD
'Personally I am opposed to vaccination': Djokovic casts doubt over his return to tennis

Apr 20th 2020, 8:59 AM 13,835 21

#COVID-19
'Long shots': UK top advisor dampens expectations as Oxford's clinical trial for vaccine to begin

Apr 20th 2020, 7:52 AM 20,135 11

#CORONAVIRUS