The treatment was used as part of the suite of experimental medicines given to Trump when he tested positive for COVID-19 last year.

Pfizer and BioNTech said they expected that a third dose will perform well against the strain, and that they would be seeking authorization...

The highly transmissible variant, first identified in India in late-2020, is behind the fresh surge being reported in countries like the UK...

Kolkata-born Divya Chadha Manek has been honoured with an Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to the government during the COVID...

Speaking at 10 Downing Street here, he struck a note of caution as there are clear signs the there is a rise in infection rates from the so...

"The Indian variant is still just a variant under investigation, not a variant of concern," he said, adding that experts are currently look...

UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said that the promising Phase I and II results mean that the Valneva vaccine, being developed at Livingsto...

Till about a month ago, Delhi was recording 130 to 140 cases daily. However, in the last one week, the daily tally has increased 10 times. ...

Novavax said its NVX-CoV2373 demonstrated a 90% efficacy in phase 3 trials in the UK, taking it closer to approval by the UK health authori...

While distribution in other nations started soon after approval with pricing deals signed ahead of time, New Delhi and Serum Institute have...

The joint vaccine, produced by American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and German biotech firm BioNTech, had recently claimed to be 94 per cen...

The U.K.’s National Vaccine Taskforce spread its bets early on, putting in orders for 340 million vaccine doses among six different vaccine...

"If I put on my rose-tinted specs, I would hope that we will see positive interim data from both Oxford and from Pfizer/BioNTech in early D...

As US regulators tighten the scrutiny around approvals, companies have announced their intention to put their trial data in public domain f...

Peter Openshaw said the new “rule of six” restrictions on large gatherings which comes in force from Monday is extremely crucial.

A targeted recruitment programme broadcast in Gujarati, Punjabi, Bengali and Urdu is among the measures being deployed to reach out to diff...

If the vaccines are found safe and successful in clinical trials, both could be delivered to the UK in mid-2021 and would be given first to...