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POSCO International Enters Animal Vaccine Export Market

POSCO International Enters Animal Vaccine Export Market

SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — POSCO International Corp., the trading arm of South Korean steel giant POSCO Holdings Co., said Thursday it exported a swine pneumonia vaccine to National Veterinary Joint Stock Co. (NAVETCO), Vietnam’s premier animal vaccine enterprise, marking its maiden venture into the realm of animal vaccine exportation. This achievement is the [...]

Sabin Receives Additional $21.8 Million from BARDA to Advance Marburg Vaccine

Sabin Receives Additional $21.8 Million from BARDA to Advance Marburg Vaccine

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Sabin Vaccine Institute today announced it is receiving an additional $21.8 million under an existing contract with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. These funds advance development of [...]

Gov’t to Expand Eligibility for 4th Coronavirus Vaccine Shot to People Aged 50 and Older

Gov’t to Expand Eligibility for 4th Coronavirus Vaccine Shot to People Aged 50 and Older

SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Wednesday that the government will expand eligibility for the fourth COVID-19 vaccine shot to people aged 50 and older as well as people aged 18 and older who have underlying health conditions. The move comes as the nation is facing another wave of virus [...]

Gov’t to Begin Vaccinating Children Aged 5-11 Against COVID-19 in Late March

Gov’t to Begin Vaccinating Children Aged 5-11 Against COVID-19 in Late March

SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will begin vaccinating children aged 5-11 against COVID-19 late this month, Interior Minister Jeon Hae-cheol said Monday. The safety of COVID-19 vaccines for children has been sufficiently proven abroad while COVID-19 patients aged 11 or under have surpassed 15 percent of all cases in the country, Jeon [...]

Vaccination Efforts Face Slowdown After Authorities Lift Vaccine Pass Policy

Vaccination Efforts Face Slowdown After Authorities Lift Vaccine Pass Policy

SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The effort to bring up the rate of individuals receiving 3rd booster shots for COVID-19 is being curtailed as the government lifted the so-called ‘vaccine pass’ policy on Tuesday, which was originally introduced to encourage vaccinations. Korea’s Central Disease Control Headquarters reported that only 61.4 percent of the population [...]

Kiteworks Protects Employee and Contractor PHI; Enables Compliance with HIPAA and Vaccine Mandates

Kiteworks Protects Employee and Contractor PHI; Enables Compliance with HIPAA and Vaccine Mandates

PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Kiteworks, the leading platform for ensuring regulatory compliance and effectively managing risk with every send, share, receive, and save of sensitive content, announced today that customers can use Kiteworks for uploading, sharing, and storing vaccine-related protected health information (PHI) for employees, contractors, visitors, students, and educators. In doing [...]

Booster Shots for Adults Can be Given 3 Months After Primary Vaccination

Booster Shots for Adults Can be Given 3 Months After Primary Vaccination

SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Booster shots for adults can be administered three months after their primary vaccination, Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum said Friday, amid rising concerns over a surge in COVID-19 infections. The decision to cut the dosage interval between primary vaccination and booster shots for people aged 18 or older was announced [...]