AstraZeneca to withdraw Covid vaccine globally as demand declines; faces legal challenges over side effectsAstrazeneca Vaccine: AstraZeneca has announced the worldwide withdrawal of its COVID-19 vaccine, Vaxzevria, citing a surplus of updated vac...
09 May, 2024, 10.39 AM IST
Covishield deaths could be more than estimates: ParentsSII discloses TTS side-effects. Venugopalan Govindan raises Covishield concerns. Parents plan case against SII. AstraZeneca withdraws VaxAs...
08 May, 2024, 11.49 PM IST
Covishield maker AstraZeneca, SII, govt all responsible for my daughter's death: Father to file case along with 8 parentsIn a heartbreaking turn of events, the parents of Karunya, who tragically passed away in 2021 after allegedly receiving the Covishield vacc...
03 May, 2024, 12.09 PM IST
Bollywood celebs express concern over Covishield vaccine's side effects: What they saidAstraZeneca's recent disclosure about Covishield's rare but serious side effects has sparked concerns among both medical professionals and ...
02 May, 2024, 12.20 PM IST
High Court to hear plea by father of girl alleged to have died from a Covid-19 shotThe petitioner has demanded ₹1,000 crore as compensation from the manufacturer of Covishield, the vaccine she had received in January this ...
16 Nov, 2022, 12.27 AM IST
Poland recognises Serum Institute-manufactured Covishield vaccine"Poland has recognized #Covishield as a vaccine equivalent to those recognized by the European Union, exempting from quarantine after enter...
22 Oct, 2021, 06.39 PM IST
Many Indians unlikely to be fully vaccinated by year-end despite ample COVID-19 shotsThe locally-produced AstraZeneca vaccine which is known as Covishield has a 12 to 16 week gap between doses, in contrast to the 8 to 12 wee...
22 Oct, 2021, 02.39 PM IST
Covishield may offer over 90% protection against death from Delta variant: Study"With the Delta variant now the dominant strain in many places worldwide and posing a higher risk of hospitalisation than previous variants...
21 Oct, 2021, 12.20 PM IST
SII chairman Cyrus Poonawalla says booster dose of Covishield desirable"After six months, the antibodies go down and that is why I have taken the third dose. We have given the third dose to our seven to eight t...
13 Aug, 2021, 10.28 PM IST
Government begins tracking data to understand vaccine effectiveness“The system will evaluate the impact of the vaccine. Data harmonisation has started. In the next few weeks we will know the real-world effe...
11 Jun, 2021, 07.32 AM IST
150,000 Covishield doses help J&K resume vaccinationsJammu and Kashmir received a fresh batch of 150,000 Covishield vaccine doses, helping resume the vaccination drive across the Union Territo...
20 May, 2021, 07.52 AM IST
50 lakh Covishield doses meant for export to UK to be used in India for vaccinating 18-plusThe Centre's decision to allocate these doses to 21 states and Union territories (UTs) came after Prakash Kumar Singh, director, Government...
07 May, 2021, 08.27 PM IST
Heart attack, brain stroke main causes of death after Covid shotHeart attacks and brain strokes have been the two main causes of hospitalisation and death for Covid-19 vaccine recipients, the expert grou...
26 Mar, 2021, 09.43 AM IST
Panel finds no causal link yet between Covid jabs and deaths“We have investigated the deaths by reviewing the post mortem reports, discharge summary among others and not found any link between deaths...
18 Mar, 2021, 08.03 AM IST
Panel on jab adverse events to take stockThe National Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFI) Committee meeting will take place in the wake of some European nations such as Ge...
16 Mar, 2021, 07.27 AM IST
Amid concerns over Covishield, India studies post-vaccination adverse eventsIndia has reported 234 adverse events following immunisation (AEFIs), including 71 deaths, for both the vaccines till Friday, said Dr N K A...
13 Mar, 2021, 08.57 PM IST
Covid-19 vaccine programme: Adverse events data show jabs safe for useThis data comes as states have reported hesitancy during the immunisation drive, especially among those being injected with Covaxin as it r...
11 Feb, 2021, 08.14 AM IST