WHO warns about attacks on Iran health facilities, regional threatThe World Health Organization has issued a stark warning about escalating attacks on health facilities in Iran. A major research center in ...
04 Apr, 2026, 10.05 AM IST
FICCI President Uday Shankar backs indemnity for global vaccine makersThe government should consider requests of global drugmakers Pfizer and Moderna for indemnity protection to bring their Covid-19 vaccines i...
07 May, 2021, 07.20 AM IST
Maharashtra to give Covid vaccines to all citizens for free: Nawab MalikMalik said that the move was discussed in the state cabinet. "In the last cabinet, we had discussed that mass vaccination should be there i...
25 Apr, 2021, 04.59 PM IST
Plea in HC to relax age criteria for COVID-19 vaccination, allow privatelabs to participateThe petition, filed by a final year law student of Delhi University, also sought direction to the authorities to formulate a policy to prov...
08 Apr, 2021, 06.30 PM IST
Europe ramps up coronavirus vaccinationsThe main stadium in the French city of Lyon opened as a mass vaccination centre during Easter weekend, and thousands of people spent the ho...
05 Apr, 2021, 08.26 AM IST
Recruiting trial volunteers for future Covid vaccines may get difficult: CEPIRegulators around the world should be prepared for this by adapting to a pooled network of biomarkers to approve vaccines, the organisation...
06 Feb, 2021, 06.57 AM IST
Sundar Pichai says Google to open US office space as vaccination centres“Today we’re announcing that we'll be opening up Google spaces to serve as mass vaccination sites, committing more than $150 million to pro...
26 Jan, 2021, 08.29 AM IST
How India is scaling up the vaccination processThe government plans to launch a drive to address concerns and scale up daily numbers. India aims to vaccinate 300 million healthcare and f...
24 Jan, 2021, 11.54 AM IST
10 new mass vaccination centres to open up across UKThe state-funded health service leading the UK's "biggest" vaccination programme in history also confirmed more than 1 million people aged ...
17 Jan, 2021, 04.09 PM IST
Gujarat forms task force to oversee COVID-19 vaccine driveThe task force, set up by the Health and Family Welfare Department, consists of renowned pediatricians Dr Naveen Thacker and Dr Nishchal Bh...
28 Dec, 2020, 10.43 PM IST
Why Tamil Nadu with far smaller population will get more doses than BiharAs India prepares for mass vaccination against Covid once approvals come through, states with more people in the 50-plus age group and with...
14 Dec, 2020, 04.36 PM IST
UK investigates possible allergic reactions to COVID-19 shotUK regulators say people who have a "significant history'' of allergic reactions shouldn't receive the new Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vacc...
09 Dec, 2020, 04.47 PM IST
Canada to get Pfizer vaccine before the end of this year, says Prime Minister TrudeauTrudeau had come under criticism from opposition parties for saying Canadians won't be among the first to get a vaccine against COVID-19 be...
07 Dec, 2020, 10.37 PM IST
Covid-19 vaccine: World rolls up sleeves to take a shotRussia started vaccination of front-line workers and other high-risk people in Moscow on Saturday while China too has reportedly geared up ...
07 Dec, 2020, 06.51 AM IST
Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine: What does it mean for India and most other low-and middle-income countries?The fear that the mRNA vaccine will alter the human genetic code is without basis. In a normal cell, mRNA is a “messenger” that carries the...
06 Dec, 2020, 09.50 AM IST
Travel agents receive enquiries from Indians keen on going to UK to get COVID-19 vaccineOne travel agent is planning to launch a three-night package for the Indians who want to get the benefit of the mass vaccination drive in t...
02 Dec, 2020, 09.22 PM IST
Russia plans mass vaccination against coronavirus from October, health workers first in lineA source told Reuters this week that Russia's first potential COVID-19 vaccine, developed by a state research facility, would secure local ...
01 Aug, 2020, 02.26 PM IST