COVID-19 vaccine maker Moderna is suing Pfizer and BioNTech, accusing its main competitors of copying Moderna's technology in order to make their own vaccine.
Some people getting Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines should consider waiting up to eight weeks between the first and second doses, instead of the three or four weeks previously recommended, US health officials say.
Finland will pause the use of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for men born in 1991 and later due to reports of a cardiovascular side effect, the institute for health and welfare says.
Scott Morrison is urging families to take a trip to their community pharmacy to get vaccinated against COVID-19 after securing an additional one million doses of the mRNA-type Moderna vaccine.
Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine contamination woes in Japan have widened with another million doses temporarily suspended after foreign substances were found in more batches and two people died following shots from affected lots.
Two men in their 30s have died after receiving Moderna COVID-19 vaccine shots that were among lots later suspended following the discovery of contaminants, Japan's health ministry says.