India-France joint military exercise to be held from Jun 18 to Jul 1The Indian Army announced that Exercise Shakti 2025, a joint military exercise with France, will take place from June 18 to July 1 in La Ca...
'Completely new' Covid strains possible this winter: EUIt will include a mix of newly-approved jabs adapted for the now dominant Omicron strain, and the original vaccines developed to fight the ...
EU clears Moderna shot for young kids, Pfizer boostersThe EU regulator's vaccines chief Dr. Marco Cavaleri said the Moderna vaccine for younger children will be a half-dose of what is given to ...
EMA says not concerned by New York state data on Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine"This study somehow showed lower protection from symptomatic COVID-19 but it is still within the frame of the level of protection that we a...
Omicron pushing Covid out of pandemic phase: EU agencyThe European Medicines Agency (EMA) also expressed doubts about giving a fourth vaccine shot to the general population, saying repeated boo...
WHO warns fears of omicron could spark new vaccine hoardingThe World Health Organization expressed concerns Thursday that rich countries spooked by the emergence of the omicron variant could step up...
EU watchdog says Omicron 'mostly mild' as WHO warns on vaccine hoardingThe U.N. health agency, after a meeting of its expert panel on vaccination, reiterated its advice to governments against the widespread use...
Covid boosters 'safe and effective' three months after last jab: EMAThe European Medicines Agency said it was "safe and effective" to issue booster doses of Covid-19 vaccines as soon as three months after th...
European regulator reviewing data on AstraZeneca COVID-19 booster shots"AstraZeneca is submitting data to us. Actually today they submitted a new package of data that could support an extension to use the boost...
European Union likely to decide on approving Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for kids next weekModerna's vaccine was given the green light for use in anyone 18 and over across the 27-nation European Union in January. It has also been ...
EU-approved COVID-19 vaccines protect against Delta variant, says official"There have been a number of variants over the last months and we expect more," said Marco Cavaleri, European Medicines Agency's (EMA) head...
AstraZeneca shots should be halted for over-60s too: EMA officialThe European Medicines Agency (EMA) considers the Astrazeneca shot safe for all age groups. However several European Union member states ha...
Explainer: How worrying is the variant first seen in India?How transmissible is the variant? We don't entirely know. But according to the minutes of an expert group advising the government last week...
More data needed before COVID-19 vaccine booster call, say EU regulatorsThe European Union has already begun ordering COVID-19 booster vaccines and Britain and the United States have also begun preparing plans t...
Link between AstraZeneca vaccine and blood clots clear: EMA officialThere is a causal link between the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and very rare cases of blood clots, although it remains unc...
European Medicines Agency's top official links AstraZeneca vaccine and thrombosisAfter several countries suspended the use of the jab -- including Italy -- the EMA declared that the benefits outweigh the risks and it sho...
Coronavirus vaccine could be ready in a year: EU agency"We can see the possibility if everything goes as planned that some of them (vaccines) could be ready for approval in a year from now," Mar...