Eight Hantavirus cases reported; three dead, six confirmed Andes Virus: WHOEight Hantavirus cases have been reported, with three deaths. Six cases are confirmed as Andes virus. The World Health Organization assesse...
09 May, 2026, 05.19 PM IST
Moderna stocks: MRNA shares jump in US Stock market today after pharma giant surpasses Wall Street estimatesModerna had earlier posted a loss of $2.52 per share a year earlier, while analysts expected a loss of $3.96 per share.
01 May, 2026, 04.15 PM IST
Covid a disaster like no other, vaccination saved lives: Centre to SCThe Centre told the Supreme Court that COVID-19 vaccination saved lives during the pandemic. This statement was made during a hearing of a ...
10 Dec, 2024, 04.40 PM IST
Covid panel to decide today on inclusion of Gennova's mRNA jab in vaccine driveThe experts will review its data for its use as a standalone vaccine and will also weigh its benefits as a booster shot and take a decision...
20 Jul, 2022, 12.28 AM IST
South Africa to recognise all COVID-19 vaccination proofs to avoid confusion over documents presented by travellersThe government has acted swiftly to clear the confusion over Covid-19 vaccination documents being provided by international travellers, som...
28 May, 2022, 10.11 PM IST
Zydus Cadila's Covid vaccine to be administered only to adults as of now: SourcesZydus Cadila's COVID-19 vaccine ZyCov-D, which has been cleared by India's drug regulator for those aged 12 years and above, will only be a...
14 Nov, 2021, 04.38 PM IST
AstraZeneca pulls request for Swiss approval of COVID-19 shotSwitzerland has cleared the BioNTech-Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines for use. However, national medical regulator Swissmedic...
04 Nov, 2021, 07.00 PM IST
India's Bharat Biotech submits data on COVID-19 drug trial in childrenEarlier, the WHO said it will take a call on granting Emergency Use Listing (EUL) status for Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin next...
06 Oct, 2021, 08.03 PM IST
Indemnity issues may hold up availability of J&J single dose vaccineWhile the drug regulator has given a nod to Biological E to manufacture the vaccine at its plant in Telangana, its launch looks unlikely ti...
17 Sep, 2021, 06.24 PM IST
Bharat Biotech's Covid nasal vaccine gets regulator's nod for holding phase 2 clinical trialEarly stage trials of the vaccine candidate, BBV154, has been completed in subjects aged 18 to 60 years, and the doses were found to be wel...
13 Aug, 2021, 10.27 PM IST
CBIC puts in response teams for faster clearance of Covid vaccine shipmentsThe plan provides for setting up of a COVID-19 Vaccine Response Team (CVRT) at each Air Cargo/Courier Terminal. So far, India has allowed d...
15 Jul, 2021, 09.08 PM IST
Pakistan to receive 2.8 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine under COVAX scheme on March 2Pakistan, which has recorded more than 550,000 cases of COVID-19 and more than 12,000 deaths, is still largely reliant on the GAVI/WHO COVA...
18 Feb, 2021, 06.53 PM IST
Drug regulator may meet this week to consider Sputnik trialsDr Reddy’s had in September entered into a partnership with Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) to conduct clinical trials of Sputnik V –...
13 Jan, 2021, 07.44 AM IST
Serum Institute of India ready for Covid-19 vaccine rollout: OfficialSII has already manufactured around 50 million doses of its Covid vaccine called Covishield, which is based on the technology from drugmake...
24 Dec, 2020, 12.03 AM IST
India may authorise some COVID-19 vaccines in weeks, says health secretarySix vaccines, including Astra Zeneca's Covidshield and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin, are in trial stages, Federal health secretary Rajesh Bhush...
08 Dec, 2020, 10.16 PM IST
Pfizer seeks emergency use approval for its COVID vaccine in IndiaThe firm, in its application submitted to the drug regulator, has sought permission to import the vaccine for sale and distribution in the ...
06 Dec, 2020, 10.05 AM IST
Britain changes vaccine rollout measures for COVID and fluBritain said that it had changed its rules around administering and distributing vaccines to make the speedy rollout of any COVID-19 vaccin...
16 Oct, 2020, 06.56 PM IST