Lancet report highlights 'massive global failures' in COVID-19 responseThe report noted that costly delays by WHO to declare a "public health emergency of international concern" and to recognise the airborne tr...
15 Sep, 2022, 12.54 PM IST
Long Covid symptoms in children can last for 2 months, say expertsExperts stress there is no need to panic, but early treatment is crucial.
27 Jun, 2022, 09.44 AM IST
Covaxin safe for kids aged 2-18, found as effective as in adults: LancetThe data were submitted to India's Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation in October 2021 and the vaccine has received its approval fo...
18 Jun, 2022, 12.37 AM IST
India had the highest excess deaths related to Coronavirus, says Lancet in new reportThe new study provides the first peer-reviewed estimates of excess deaths due to the pandemic globally and for 191 countries and territorie...
11 Mar, 2022, 06.53 AM IST
Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin has 77.8% efficacy rate, presents no safety concerns: Lancet studyCovaxin “induces a robust antibody response" two weeks after two doses are given, it said. “Covaxin’s Phase 3 efficacy results have been pe...
12 Nov, 2021, 08.21 AM IST
Flexible, agile vaccination strategy vital in saving lives in India, says Lancet report"Our analysis offers a demonstration of principle that even limited vaccination resources could be marshalled for maximum impact, if deploy...
03 Jul, 2021, 09.35 AM IST
No substantial evidence to suggest children will be more affected in Covid third wave: ReportThe Lancet COVID-19 Commission India Task Force prepared the report after convening an experts group comprising leading paediatricians from...
12 Jun, 2021, 06.05 PM IST
As India eyes Sputnik rollout, experts question efficacy dataThe experts expressed concern regarding the availability of the data from which the Sputnik investigators drew their conclusions as they ha...
14 May, 2021, 10.27 AM IST
Congress presses for national lockdown to arrest COVID-19 spreadCongress leader Rahul Gandhi hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “not utilising the vaccination budget”.
08 May, 2021, 10.42 PM IST
India may witness 2,320 deaths per day due to Covid by first week of June: Lancet ReportThe experts have strongly recommended a temporary ban on gatherings of groups larger than 10 for the next two months. Significantly, it did...
16 Apr, 2021, 11.45 PM IST
Lancet peer-reviewed study endorses Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccineSputnik V uses two adenoviruses, AD 5 and AD 26, that target the spike protein of the SARS Cov2 virus. Companies such as AstraZeneca, Johns...
03 Feb, 2021, 12.29 PM IST
One in 15 Indians Covid-19 infected by August: Lancet studyThe report, which was released in India last year in a non-peer reviewed journal, had the same findings on the spread of the disease. The f...
29 Jan, 2021, 06.53 AM IST
India’s Covaxin led to tolerable safety outcomes and enhanced immune responses: LancetAccording to the Lancet, all adverse events were mild and moderate and were more frequent after the first dose.
22 Jan, 2021, 10.21 AM IST
AZ-Oxford vaccine safe & efficacious: Interim analysis“ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 has an acceptable safety profile and has been found to be efficacious against symptomatic Covid-19 in this interim analysi...
09 Dec, 2020, 07.20 AM IST
AstraZeneca COVID-19 shot candidate shows promise among elderly in trialsThe data, reported in part last month but published in full in The Lancet medical journal on Thursday, suggest that those aged over 70 - wh...
19 Nov, 2020, 03.03 PM IST
An almost retracted study on hydroxychloroquine exposes perils of hasty trialsWHO last week stopped one arm of the Covid-19 Solidarity trial of HCQ, only to resume it again this week. Its decision to stop the trial wa...
04 Jun, 2020, 07.09 PM IST
Lancet issues 'expression of concern' after scientists question validity of HCQ study"We are issuing an Expression of Concern to alert readers to the fact that serious scientific questions have been brought to our attention....
04 Jun, 2020, 03.38 PM IST