What you need to know about getting Bharat Biotech's nasal vaccine iNCOVACCBharat Biotech has recently introduced its intranasal Covid vaccine, which will be given as a booster dose, as concerns about the Covid BF....
28 Dec, 2022, 12.12 PM IST
Vaccine is the only boosterThe emergence of Omicron during the winter of 2021-22 is visible as a sharp drop in immunity in multiple countries (since existing immunity...
07 Sep, 2022, 11.03 PM IST
Corbevax may soon get nod to be used as fresh boosterIndia's drug regulator on Saturday granted approval to Hyderabad-based Biological E's Covid-19 vaccine Corbevax to be allowed as a booster ...
07 Jun, 2022, 12.01 AM IST
Do Covid-19 boosters cause more or fewer side effects? How quickly does protection wane? Your questions answeredMany people are wondering how booster side effects compare to the first two doses, when they can get a booster dose after COVID infection, ...
22 Feb, 2022, 12.55 PM IST
Covid vaccine booster shot wait to get longer if you test positiveFrom January 10 healthcare workers, front line workers and persons aged 60 years and above with co-morbid conditions will be eligible for t...
08 Jan, 2022, 07.15 AM IST
Time for booster shots, India Inc tells its employeesThe booster dose, or 'precautionary' dose as the government is calling it, is allowed from January 10 for people who are 60 and above with ...
01 Jan, 2022, 08.17 AM IST
View: If you've got it flaunt it, but use it, and you lose itWhether its typewriters or vaccines, it’s a Cache-22 of conspicuous non-consumption.
18 Dec, 2021, 11.00 PM IST
Experts deliberating on need for booster doses of Covid vaccines: Centre tells Delhi HCWhile NTAGI examines the technical aspects like usage of different varieties of COVID vaccines, interval between vaccine doses, contraindic...
14 Dec, 2021, 05.38 PM IST
CMC to kickstart study on efficacy of Covid-19 booster dose"Need volunteers for a clinical trial. People who have been administered two doses of Covaxin three to six months ago are eligible to enrol...
13 Dec, 2021, 08.14 AM IST
UK opens up COVID boosters to all over 30s in Omicron fightOn Saturday, the UK recorded another 54,073 COVID-19 infections, including 633 of the Omicron variant.
12 Dec, 2021, 05.02 PM IST
Booster shot of Pfizer Covid vaccine can cut mortality from Delta variant by 90%: StudyA total of 843,208 participants met the eligibility criteria, of whom 758,118 (90 per cent) received the booster during the 54-day study pe...
10 Dec, 2021, 03.32 PM IST
Booster dose of six Covid vaccines safe, increases immunity: Lancet studyProtection against COVID-19 infection wanes over time, which has driven consideration of boosters to protect the most vulnerable and lessen...
03 Dec, 2021, 11.59 AM IST
Bookings open for UK's expanded COVID booster vaccinesThe UK's health service will open up for over-40s to book in their COVID-19 booster vaccine dose from Monday, as the UK government warned t...
21 Nov, 2021, 04.44 PM IST
Small, medium hospitals urge Centre to allow booster doses for the eligibleThe AHPI director general Girdhar Gyani said that they have proposed to the government to utilise the surplus vaccine for booster shots. Th...
17 Nov, 2021, 01.39 PM IST
Are COVID-19 boosters the same as the original vaccines?The vaccines work by training your body to recognize and fight the spike protein that coats the coronavirus and helps it invade the body's ...
04 Nov, 2021, 09.06 PM IST
USFDA advisers recommend vaccine boosters for Americans aged 65+The panel also recommended that the FDA include healthcare workers and others at high risk of occupational exposure to the virus that cause...
18 Sep, 2021, 11.11 PM IST
India does not have sufficient data to decide on COVID-19 booster dose: Experts"India will decide on booster dose based on scientific evidence generated locally. Studies are already underway to determine the need and t...
24 Aug, 2021, 03.30 PM IST