Ebola outbreak, but no vaccine; WHO declares international emergency over rare strain spreadThe World Health Organization has declared an international health emergency for the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and...
19 May, 2026, 10.50 AM IST
Ebola outbreak declared emergency of international concern: What is it, how does it spread, and is there a vaccine?The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a global health emergency. The vir...
17 May, 2026, 11.15 AM IST
Moderna close to US deal to make vaccines for Ebola, biological threats: ReportThe potential deal with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) would see Moderna's mRNA technology being used to develop a vaccine targeting ...
26 Oct, 2022, 10.27 PM IST
White House says Indian-American physician Ashish Jha is effective communicator on tackling COVID-19“We're having a public health expert, somebody who's as well known. Dr. Jha is effective in communicating with the country about how we're ...
18 Mar, 2022, 10.31 AM IST
Guinea confirms 3 dead from Ebola, first cases since 2016The government has declared an Ebola epidemic and started contact tracing and isolating suspected cases. It's also sent an emergency team t...
14 Feb, 2021, 09.54 PM IST
Britain explores mixed COVID vaccine shots as variants threatenBritish Vaccine Deployment Minister Nadhim Zahawi said current COVID-19 vaccines would probably still protect people against infection with...
04 Feb, 2021, 11.35 PM IST
Oxford/AstraZeneca first jab cuts COVID transmission substantially: UK studyThe UK government described this as good news for the world because the impact of COVID vaccines on transmission has been a crucial unknown...
03 Feb, 2021, 04.11 PM IST
AstraZeneca hitches ride with Russia's Sputnik in vaccine raceTrials will start by the end of the year and Russia wants to jointly produce the new vaccine if it is proven to be effective, said the RDIF...
11 Dec, 2020, 06.07 PM IST
View: We may see a new global medical paradigm that ensures fair access to medicineshe way the global scientific community has come together to focus on ensuring affordable access to new vaccines and therapies for humanity ...
25 Nov, 2020, 11.51 PM IST
How Russia shortened the Covid vaccine race in rush to declare victoryThe vaccine will be ready for wide distribution late this year or early next, officials say. That's roughly the same schedule as shots from...
05 Oct, 2020, 06.03 PM IST
Ebola patient dies in Congo, first case in 50 daysThe new Ebola case, the first since Feb. 17, was a 26-year-old man in the area of Beni, a town in eastern Congo. He developed symptoms on M...
11 Apr, 2020, 10.57 PM IST
India reacted to Covid-19 well in time: Harsh Vardhan, Union health minister“We have to emphasise time and again that social distancing, in the present circumstances remain the potent social vaccine for us right now...
09 Apr, 2020, 06.54 PM IST
Coronavirus does not spread through chicken, mutton, seafood: FSSAI chiefThere is no scientific evidence to show that coronavirus spreads through eating chicken, mutton and seafood, FSSAI chief G S G Ayyangar sai...
05 Mar, 2020, 03.14 PM IST
Is India ready to handle an epidemic? The frightful truth behind Nipah outbreakWhile Kerala has responded with alacrity to the Nipah outbreak, are hospital protocols followed across the country?
27 May, 2018, 08.02 AM IST
China's Tianjin CanSino Biotechnology to mass produce Ebola vaccineInvestment into the base totals 2 billion yuan (about USD 317 million) and construction will be complete in September, 2018.
14 Oct, 2015, 11.28 AM IST
Why we still don't have an Ebola vaccineAmid emergency WHO meetings and frenzied containment efforts, where is the Ebola vaccine?
06 Sep, 2014, 01.51 PM IST
Cybercriminals using Ebola as bait to infect PCs: SymantecAccording to Symantec, cybercriminals are sending out an email with a fake report, which infects the users' device with the Trojan.Zbot mal...
18 Aug, 2014, 07.18 PM IST