Govt readies contingency plans to counter El Nino threat to kharif season: Shivraj Singh ChouhanThe Indian government is ready for El Nino's impact on the upcoming kharif crop. Contingency plans are being made for affected districts. T...
28 May, 2026, 04.18 PM IST
Did Ozempic manufacturer Novo Nordisk hide drug death reports? Here’s what FDA said about side-effect reportingDespite ongoing debate, medications such as Ozempic continue to rank among the most commonly prescribed treatments for weight management an...
17 Mar, 2026, 04.52 PM IST
Supreme Court asks Centre to frame no-fault Covid vaccine compensation policyThe Supreme Court has ordered the Centre to create a no-fault compensation policy. This policy will cover serious adverse events following ...
11 Mar, 2026, 12.40 AM IST
Parents challenge Covid vaccine safety in Supreme Court, cite adverse effectsParents of children who died following Covid-19 vaccinations have filed a new affidavit in the Supreme Court, citing recent studies that hi...
03 Dec, 2024, 08.11 AM IST
Govt issues guidance paper to strengthen vaccine companies' reporting of adverse eventsThe new report released last week aims to provide guidance to the manufacturers and importers of vaccines in the country so as to strengthe...
04 Jun, 2024, 12.15 AM IST
Adverse events negligible in teens after jab; anxiety found in many: PanelRedness at site of injection, mild fever and headache have also been seen, finds panel.
29 Mar, 2022, 12.05 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
Government panel finds some cases of clots post Covishield jabsWhile the advisory will tell recipients to watch out for certain symptoms for at least 28 days after taking the shot, experts say blood clo...
17 May, 2021, 10.13 AM IST
India reviewing 700 serious post-vaccine adverse events“We are monitoring the cases closely and relooking at some of the unusual technical parameters in the wake of the reports by the European r...
09 Apr, 2021, 06.21 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
No serious adverse events in Covaxin Phase 1 trialsBharat Biotech's indigenously developed Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin, was well tolerated and did not report any serious adverse events during ...
23 Jan, 2021, 08.25 AM IST
Bharat Biotech to pay compensation if Covaxin causes side effects"The compensation for serious adverse event will be paid by sponsor (BBIL) in case if the SAE is proven to be causally related to the vacci...
16 Jan, 2021, 04.43 PM IST
Trial volunteers given Rs 12 cr in compensation in the last 3 years: DCGIThe Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) on Friday said India had paid Rs 12 crore of compensation to clinical trial participants who ha...
05 Dec, 2020, 07.43 AM IST
DCGI finds no link between Covid vaccine shot and 'adverse' reaction in Chennai volunteer during trial: SourcesThe DCGI arrived at the conclusion on Wednesday based on the recommendations of an independent expert committee which has also opined that ...
02 Dec, 2020, 09.49 PM IST
Participants in Serum Institute of India vaccine trial seek clarification from ICMRThe move comes after one participant in the Covishield vaccine trial who developed medical complications sent a legal notice to Serum Insti...
01 Dec, 2020, 07.44 AM IST
Adverse event in Covishield trial in Chennai under lensThe notice says the participant suffered a serious adverse event after being administered the under-trial vaccine and is demanding financia...
30 Nov, 2020, 12.02 PM IST
Bharat Bio trials went on despite adverse effect; experts worriedA participant in phase 1 clinical trials of the Covid vaccine being developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with Indian Council of Med...
21 Nov, 2020, 08.04 AM IST