"Is US sure it wants to turn back clock?" Iran FM's jibe at Trump's 'Stone Age' remarkIranian leaders have strongly criticized Donald Trump's threats to devastate Iran. Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi questioned the log...
03 Apr, 2026, 03.29 PM IST
Bird flu detected in raw milk in US. Here's what you need to know and what you should doCalifornia health officials reported bird flu in a sample of raw milk from a Fresno dairy, prompting a voluntary recall. This follows a rec...
26 Nov, 2024, 02.29 PM IST
Polio vaccine shortage looms over India with Sanofi plants' shutdownAn impending crisis looms over India's supply of injectable poliomyelitis vaccine (IPV) as French drugmaker Sanofi has shut down its manufa...
04 Apr, 2024, 11.11 AM IST
Research suggests Covid can persist in lungs for up to two yearsThis prolonged presence is linked to a failure in innate immunity, the body's initial defence against pathogens.
11 Dec, 2023, 08.49 PM IST
After three years, Covid 'here to stay'Three years after the first case was identified in China in December 2019, experts say the world must learn the lessons of this pandemic to...
16 Dec, 2022, 02.22 PM IST
Covid virus may remain active, transmissible for longer than recommended quarantine period: StudyThe researchers affiliated with the Pasteur-USP Scientific Platform, a partnership between France's Pasteur Institute, the University of Sa...
31 Jan, 2022, 01.22 PM IST
Study finds lower antibody activity against delta variant at single dose, but vaccines still workThis virus has spread to at least 90 countries and is 50% more transmissible than the alpha variant (the variant first identified in Kent),...
22 Jul, 2021, 01.48 PM IST
First human case of H10N3 bird flu: What we knowThe H5N8 virus, derived from H5N1, was detected in February among workers at a Russian poultry factory after circulating for a few months i...
03 Jun, 2021, 05.36 PM IST
Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier, Jennifer A. Doudna for developing genome-editing methodThey are only the sixth and seventh women in history to receive the Nobel in Chemistry.
07 Oct, 2020, 04.10 PM IST
Coronavirus vaccine within a year but it won't be 100% effectiveThe vaccine for coronavirus should not be seen as a cure, says Adar Poonawalla of SII.
23 Mar, 2020, 12.13 PM IST
Indian vaccine market to climb to $871 mn by 2016: ReportIndia's vaccine production sector is likely to expand dramatically to an estimated size of $871 million by 2016, says a report.
28 Sep, 2012, 12.04 PM IST
- Tamil Nadu may turn axis for national vaccine security plan
The state now looks poised to play a pivotal role in the national plan to ensure vaccine security by ramping up vaccine-making in the publi...
08 May, 2012, 02.55 PM IST
- India unveils first indigenous vaccine against swine flu
India on Thursday unveiled its first indigenous vaccine against the dreaded swine flu which claimed over 18,000 lives globally and more tha...
03 Jun, 2010, 11.25 PM IST
- Sanofi-Aventis buys Shantha for Rs 3,740 cr
The deal between Sanofi its French owners Meriuex Alliance values the unlisted Indian company at Rs 3,740 crore, or about eight times its p...
28 Jul, 2009, 02.36 AM IST
- Government leaves vaccine space for private companies
The government has decided not to revive the four state-owned vaccine units whose licences were recently suspended.
29 Apr, 2008, 12.12 AM IST
- Govt suspends manufacturing licence of 4 drug firms
Union health ministry has suspended the manufacturing licence of four leading state-owned drug makers for violating the good manufacturing ...
28 Jan, 2008, 01.55 AM IST
- Sanofi arm may make India global output hub for vaccines
India may be a possible location as a global manufacturing base for vaccines business of Sanofi-Aventis Group.
26 Sep, 2007, 12.00 AM IST