Human foetal tissue used in a potential coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine is posing an ethical quandry for Australia’s Greek Orthodox, Catholic and Anglican leaders. The Oxford University vaccine has been developed from a kidney cell line (HEK-293) taken from a foetus aborted in 1973. The Australian government has ordered 25 million doses of the vaccine. If Read more
The head of the World Health Organisation, which has been strongly advocating rapid, fair and equitable access to potential Covid-19 vaccines worldwide, voiced support for Pope Francis’ similar call for global protections. Pope Francis made appeals on Twitter and at his weekly general audience insisting that any vaccine developed for the novel coronavirus should be Read more