Thailand enters global race for vaccine with trials on monkeys

More than 100 candidate vaccines are currently in various stages of development around the world, at least 8 of which are in clinical trials with humans, according to the World Health Organization

25 May 10:42 • Rappler • 1882105643804490194.html

Thailand enters global race for vaccine with trials on monkeys

Thailand is conducting tests on macaque monkeys as it races to produce a cheaper, alternative coronavirus vaccine it hopes will be ready by 2021, a top researcher said Monday.

25 May 09:20 • Digital Journal • 4566489173043802302.html

Fancy more social isolation? Nasa seeks volunteers to be locked up in a Russian lab for eight months simulating missions to Mars and the Moon

In a nod to the current virus pandemic, the space agency is on the hunt for volunteers for a 'social isolation' mission that simulates the psychological effects of confinement.

25 May 10:03 • Mail Online • 124328111715920426.html

What is the 2,000-year-old brown mystery liquid found in ancient Chinese tomb? Scientists test substance found buried with warrior and his sword in 221BC

Researchers with the Sanmenxia Archaeology Institute in Central China's Henan Province announced the discovery of the intact grave on May 21.

25 May 10:44 • Mail Online • 124328112330377306.html

Polar bear dives towards zoo worker and plays with him through the glass of his aquarium in Belgium

The unlikely friends play together at the Land of the Cold, an Arctic world at the Pairi Daiza zoo in Brugelette, western Belgium. The zoo has one of the largest polar bear enclosures in the world.

25 May 10:58 • Mail Online • 124328111340597666.html

Family shares man's story in hopes of raising awareness of fatal heart effects of Lyme disease

A Manitoba family is sharing the story of Samuel, a healthy 37-year-old father who died from complications of Lyme disease, in the hopes of raising awareness of the rare severe cardiac outcomes that can result from the tick-borne illness.

25 May 10:30 • CTVNews • 2422791597276290345.html

Major pharma companies rejected a 2017 EU proposal that could let vaccines for viruses like the coronavirus be developed before an outbreak

A 2017 proposal that would speed up vaccine production in the EU was blocked by major pharmaceutical companies, The Guardian reported .

25 May 10:25 • Pulse Live • 3606876835338263683.html

WHO collaborates with African innovators to fight COVID-19

African innovators are stepping up to support Africa's fight against COVID-19 pandemic, collaborating with the World Health Organization (WHO) to develop solutions to help contain the spread of the virus.

25 May 10:07 • ESI-Africa.com • 2679729877192783982.html