How India plans to vaccinate against coronavirus
Representational photo. NEW DELHI: The government is in the process of setting up what could be one of the most ambitious Covid-19 vaccination plans the...
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Centre starts drawing up plans for vaccine distribution, puts frontline workers on priority
NEW DELHI: Even as BJP promised free Covid vaccine in election-bound Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, the health ministry has initiated a meticulous exercise of equitable...
Bharat biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin gets DCGI nod for phase 3 clinical trial
New Delhi: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on Friday permitted Bharat Biotech to conduct phase 3 clinical trials of its indigenously developed COVID-19...
CureVac reports positive preclinical data for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, CVnCoV
CureVac N.V. (Nasdaq: CVAC), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of transformative medicines based on messenger ribonucleic acid (“mRNA”), today announced data from...
Deaths rattle South Korea’s seasonal flu vaccination, but authority presses ahead with free scheme
South Korea is preparing to fight two infectious diseases this winter: the novel coronavirus and the flu. But reports of deaths after flu shot vaccination...
Merck, Pfizer pneumonia vaccines running low in EU as researchers fight COVID-19: report
As COVID-19 continues to rage worldwide, health authorities worry that a perfect storm of the novel coronavirus, pneumonia and seasonal flu could overtake hospital systems....
India crosses 10 cr-mark in conducting Covid-19 tests: ICMR
NEW DELHI: India has crossed the 10 crore-mark in conducting tests for the detection of Covid-19 as on Thursday with an average testing of more...
Odisha: Remdesivir, plasma therapy will continue till ICMR stops it
BHUBANESWAR: Amid doubts raised by some studies about the efficacy of plasma therapy and Remdesivir in the treatment of Covid-19, the state government on Thursday...
People who never tested positive turning up with post-Covid issues
MUMBAI: A senior citizen suffering from breathlessness, exertion and dry cough visited a Navi Mumbai hospital. The 60-year-old had never tested positive for Covid, but...
Zydus Cadila gets USFDA nod for generic drug
New Delhi: Drug firm Zydus Cadila on Friday said it has received approval from the US health regulator to market Albuterol tablets, used to treat...