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Moderna is selling $1.3 billion in stock to help fund its promising new coronavirus vaccine. The biotech firm announced plans to sell 17.6 million shares priced at $76 apiece in a public offering that’s expected to close around Thursday. Net proceeds from the offering will cover costs related to the manufacturing of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine …

American biotech firm Moderna announced Monday that its phase-one human trial for a coronavirus vaccine produced COVID-19 antibodies in every one of its participants. Two vaccine doses of 25 micrograms showed that, by day 43 of the trial, humans developed antibody levels consistent with those who have recovered from coronavirus, the company said. Participants who …

Eight prospective coronavirus vaccines have already started human trials, as the White House continues “Operation Warp Speed” with the goal of making 300 million vaccine doses available to Americans by the start of 2021. Researchers at Oxford University and drugmakers Pfizer and Moderna are among those already conducting human trials of potential vaccines, as part …

US stocks surged Monday on hopes for a coronavirus vaccine that could allow the global economy to emerge from its pandemic-induced coma. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped as much as 701.31 points, or 2.9 percent, to 24,386.73 at the open after biotech firm Moderna reported promising results from a small human trial of its …

President Donald Trump stated that he is “very confident” the U.S. will discover a coronavirus vaccine in the next seven months, following news that his administration has organized a “Manhattan Program-esque” project to fast-track development. “We are very confident that we’re going to have a vaccine at the end of the year, by the end …

Surging demand for eggs used to make vaccines is helping keep John F. Kennedy International Airport’s state-of-the-art animal handling facility afloat during the coronavirus, The Post has learned. The Ark at JFK — a $65 million facility used to transport large animals and household pets — is now in the business of moving some 6,000 …

Johnson & Johnson says it aims to have more than half a billion coronavirus vaccines ready early next year. The pharmaceutical giant will have 600 to 800 million vaccines available in early 2021, when it expects the US government to approve the drug it plans to start testing in humans this September, chief financial officer …

Johnson & Johnson said on Monday that it and the US government will invest $1 billion to create enough manufacturing capacity to make more than 1 billion doses of a vaccine it is testing to stop the new coronavirus that has killed more than 35,000 people around the world. As part of the arrangement, the …

M.I.A. has joined the ranks of the anti-vaccination movement, it seems. The singer and activist, 44, made the comments on Twitter Wednesday, starting off with “If I have to choose the vaccine or chip I’m gonna choose death.” “In America they made me vaccinate my child before the school admission,” she added. “It was the …