Vaccines
- India
SC dismisses PIL alleging side-effects of COVID-19 vaccines
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea alleging side-effects such as blood clotting due to the administration of COVID-19 vaccines. A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and…
- Business
As Covid raises its head around the world, race begins for new vaccines
New Delhi: New Covid variants XBB.1.5, EG.5 and BA.2.86 have led to a resurgence in cases of Covid-19, particularly in the US, Europe and Asia. In late August, the European Centre for…
- India
Enemies of India will be exposed by ‘The Vaccine War’: Vivek Agnihotri
Mumbai: Filmmaker Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri on Tuesday claimed his directorial “The Vaccine War” will “expose the usual suspects” who tried to sabotage the development of an indigenous vaccine during the COVID-19 pandemic…
- Hyderabad
International cooperation needed to advance vaccine making: Union health min
Hyderabad: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday addressed the Global Vaccine Research Collaborative Discussion on Vaccine Research and Development, a G20 co-branded event in Telangana’s Hyderabad. Speaking on the occasion, Mandaviya…
- Middle East
Saudi: Last date for pilgrims to get vaccines before Haj season
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah confirmed that the last date for pilgrims to receive vaccinations is ten days before the Haj 1444 AH. Receiving vaccinations is…
- India
Vaccine tycoon Poonawala longing for 8 years to occupy his ‘palatial’ Mumbai home
Mumbai: Billionaire vaccines tycoon Cyrus Poonawala is keen to move into his palatial Mumbai home which has been stuck in bureaucratic hassles for the past eight years. As per certain media reports,…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad will produce more than 1,400 crore vaccines, says KT Rama Rao
Hyderabad: Telangana minister KT Rama Rao on Tuesday said that Telangana produces one-third of human vaccines which is more than 35 per cent, with 900 crore vaccines produced by Hyderabad. By next…
- India
Media report on ‘multiple side-effects of COVID-19 vaccines’ ill-informed, erroneous: Centre
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday said media reports claiming admission of ‘multiple side-effects of COVID-19 vaccines’ by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation…
- India
COVID-19 vaccines made by third parties, govt not responsible for deaths: Centre to SC
New Delhi: The Centre has told the Supreme Court that third parties manufacture the vaccines in use under the COVID-19 vaccination programme and they are recognised as safe and effective, and there…
- India
Hyderabad-based IIL delivers animal vaccine through drones in Arunachal
Hyderabad: The Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL) along with the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India and Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Arunachal Pradesh delivered vaccines through drone delivery. The maiden…
- India
Mutations have made monkeypox ‘smarter’: Indian-origin scientists
New York: Monkeypox mutations have enabled the virus to grow stronger and smarter, evading antiviral drugs and vaccines in its mission to infect more people, a team of Indian-American scientists have found.…
- World
Monkeypox outbreak still an international health emergency: WHO
Geneva [Switzerland]: Monkeypox continues to meet the International Health Regulations (IHR) criteria for a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), said the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday. “The Emergency Committee…
- India
Omicron BF.7 threat: Experts urge people to follow Covid protocol
Bengaluru: In the wake of detection of BF.7 Omicron sub-variant in different parts of India, experts have called for diligent following of Covid-19 protocols in Karnataka, said Navodaya Gilla, Consultant — Internal…
- World
US FDA advisors meet to discuss COVID-19 vax for kids under 5
Washington: Advisors to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) met to discuss amending emergency use authorizations (EUA) for the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines for children under the age of five.…
- World
Vax to curb Covid spread should now be top priority: UK scientist
London: While existing Covid-19 vaccines have largely helped prevent deaths, scientists must now train their focus on developing a jab that stops transmission of the virus, according to leading scientist at Oxford.…
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