However, the surge in daily cases in Delhi and neighbouring states have sparked concerns over the possibility of a new wave.

"Data shows that in people who have taken Covishield, the protein vaccine Covovax works better as a booster than another dose of Covishield...

In the last one week, there has been an exponential increase in numbers and the data seems to indicate that a new phase of pandemic has beg...

This comes even as the government's advisory group on Covid-19 is awaiting data from the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune before ...

"It is likely that many other countries, if they start looking for this variant, would probably find it in the coming days," she said. She ...

The AY.4.2 was first detected in July and is found to have caused one in ten Covid-19 cases in the UK. It is also detected in at least 30 m...

“There are a lot more enquiries coming about the booster dose. We’ve come across high net worth individuals (HNIs) who have taken Covishiel...

Since everyone who gets infected does not show symptoms, this allows tracking the numerical, temporal and geographic spread of infection. T...

Will there be another wave, bringing with it a new set of challenges? Virologists and health experts are not on the same page about the tim...

ILSF also announced that Biocon founder and Executive Chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has contributed Rs 5 crore to the organisation dedica...

The ministry of health and family welfare had said that the decision was taken after considering data from UK which had introduced a gap of...

"The curve may have flattened but the other side of the peak is not going to be an easy climb down. It's possibly going to be a more prolon...

"To bring things under control, you want to vaccinate more people on a daily basis than the number of new infections. Remember that a perso...

The 1918 ‘Spanish’ flu had a mild first wave but returned later in the year to cause havoc. In India there were an estimated 12 to 20 milli...

Virologist Shahid Jameel, who has won the coveted Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, said the rollout of vaccines has caused a false sense of s...

What should come out in public in clear terms is that both the vaccines are proving to be safe. Even though the efficacy data is not out ye...

The decision on procuring the right COVID-19 vaccine depends on multiple factors, including safety, price and ease of deployment, the scien...