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China approves its first homegrown coronavirus vaccine, developed by Sinopharm

Chinese regulators have approved the country’s first homegrown coronavirus vaccine, developed by state-owned pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm, officials announced Thursday. The approval comes a day after Sinopharm said its vaccine is 79.34% effective, citing interim analysis of Phase 3 clinical trials. China has drastically scaled up its vaccine emergency use program in recent weeks. Since December

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China’s Sinopharm says its coronavirus vaccine is 79% effective

China’s state-owned pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm has announced its coronavirus vaccine is 79.34% effective. Interim analysis of Phase 3 clinical trials show the vaccine is safe and people who received two doses produced high-level antibodies, according to a statement published Wednesday by Beijing Biological Products Institute Co., a Sinopharm subsidiary. The company said it was seeking

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Mindfulness expert Jon Kabat-Zinn leads Anderson Cooper in meditation

“You can’t figure it out by thinking,” Jon Kabat-Zinn advised Anderson Cooper on embracing the present moment through mindfulness. “It’s more of a way of being.” Kabat-Zinn, the founder of mindfulness-based stress reduction and professor of medicine emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, joined “Full Circle” to share some simple strategies on how

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