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Britain Approves First Human Challenge Trial to Study Effects of COVID-19
Up to 90 healthy volunteers will be deliberately infected with virus with goal of developing more effective vaccines and treatments
Gilead to Begin Human Trials of Inhaled Version of Potential Anti-COVID Drug
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WHO: Equitable, Global Distribution of 2 Billion COVID-19 Vaccine Doses to Begin in 2021
Funding shortfall could stop COVAX effort to bring vaccines to poorest nations
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Peru Set to Host Phase 3 of COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Trials
Peru is seeking 3,500 participants in the multinational study
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Kenya Launches Human Trials of COVID-19 Vaccine
Amid calls for vaccine equity, Kenya joins global search for COVID cure/
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Experimental COVID-19 Therapeutic Drug No Help to Patients with Advanced Stage of Virus
Trial of potential therapeutic drug paused earlier this month due to safety concerns //
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Australia Reaches Deal to Secure Millions of Doses of Potential COVID-19 Vaccine//
Canberra makes agreement with Britain's AstraZeneca for 25 million doses of vaccine developed by University of Oxford
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US Company to Begin Second Phase of Human Trials in South Africa for COVID-19 Vaccine
Second phase of human trials for COVID-19 vaccine underway in South Africa///
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Potential US COVID-19 Vaccines Enter Final Phase of Human Testing
Vaccines by Moderna and Pfizer to be administered to 30,000 volunteers
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Gilead to Begin Human Trials of Inhaled Version of Potential Anti-COVID Drug
Company's CEO says success in the human trial of administering an inhaled version of remdesivir could represent 'important progress'
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UN Says Anti-Drug Crackdown in Philippines Has Come at Expense of Human Rights
U.N. Human Rights Office says more than 8,000 people have been killed since President Rodrigo Duterte launched crackdown in 2016
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First Human Trial of Potential COVID-19 Vaccine Underway in Australia
Year-end target for potential vaccine as Australia begins first southern hemisphere's first COVID-19 drug trial