What is shelf-stable synthetic blood? The scientific advancement that could transform battlefield and emergency careA revolutionary synthetic blood is nearing human trials. This freeze-dried product can be stored for years at room temperature. It can be r...
23 Apr, 2026, 12.43 PM IST
The college payoff question: Are US degrees still worth the price tag?College degrees are facing new scrutiny as young Americans weigh costs against future earnings. Rising tuition and student debt prompt a fo...
16 Oct, 2025, 10.50 AM IST
Meet Brunkow, Ramsdell & Sakaguchi — Nobel Prize-winning trio who taught the world how the immune system knows when to stopShimon Sakaguchi, Mary E. Brunkow, and Fred Ramsdell received the 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine for decoding peripheral immune tolerance. Sa...
06 Oct, 2025, 03.43 PM IST
Zero-dose children in India declined from 0.11% in 2023 to 0.06% in 2024: Union Health MinistryIndia has significantly reduced the percentage of zero-dose children and achieved remarkable progress in maternal and child health. This su...
28 Jun, 2025, 04.19 PM IST
India's first at-home cervical cancer screening test coming soonCervical cancer is the second most frequent disease among women in India, after breast cancer, despite the fact that it is mostly avoidable...
20 Jan, 2023, 05.18 PM IST
COVID vaccine creator says mass boosters may be unnecessaryFrance was among the first few countries to start distributing third jabs to the elderly and people with compromised immune systems, among ...
10 Sep, 2021, 06.18 PM IST
Vaccination won't resume in Gujarat for next two daysThe state government had halted the anti-coronavirus vaccination on Wednesday due to `Mamata Diwas', a day observed as part of the ongoing ...
07 Jul, 2021, 10.31 PM IST
Availability of the Covid vaccine to every Indian could be a game-changer: UBS reportIndia’s GDP contracted by 7.5% between July and September, compared to the same quarter a year before. Between April to June Indian economy...
03 Dec, 2020, 11.17 AM IST
COVID-19 vaccine will under distributed under special immunization programme: OfficialsThe existing digital platform and processes used for the Universal Immunisation Programme are being enhanced to track COVID-19 vaccine admi...
22 Oct, 2020, 10.41 PM IST
Oxford Covid-19 vaccine doing ‘everything expected', independent study findsThe experts say that the novel analysis provides even greater clarity and detail about how the vaccine successfully provokes a strong immun...
22 Oct, 2020, 07.22 PM IST
Scientists decode how immune system malfunctions in severe COVID-19 casesIn the study, published in the journal Cell, they analysed the gene activity and the amount of proteins on the level of individual immune c...
07 Aug, 2020, 06.19 PM IST
Researchers develop novel "smart" proteins programmed to turn genes on and offResearchers have created artificial proteins that can control the activity of genes and other molecules in living cells in predetermined wa...
05 Apr, 2020, 12.03 PM IST
BCG vaccination policies make a ten times difference in Covid-19 incidence, mortality: New studyStudy co-authored by Indian-American cancer surgeon comes even as clinical trials on the efficacy of BCG vaccine for Covid-19 are underway.
03 Apr, 2020, 10.53 AM IST
Are you sleep deprived? It might damage your immune systemThis study provides evidence of the importance of sleep to overall health.
28 Jan, 2017, 05.30 PM IST
Pfizer may leverage European approval to pneumonia vaccine in Indian marketNew York-headquartered pharmaceutical giant is likely to leverage its latest European approval for multi-dose vials of pneumococcal vaccine...
07 Apr, 2016, 01.01 AM IST
Rotavirus vaccine launched as part of Universal Immunization ProgrammeThe government launched the vaccine for Rotavirus vaccine today as part of the country's Universal Immunization Programme to reduce child m...
26 Mar, 2016, 05.38 PM IST
Indian-American scholar headed to India to study AyurvedaBhaswati Bhattacharya, 37, would be based at the holy city of Varanasi to explore various fields of Ayurveda at its prestigious Banaras Hin...
28 Jul, 2013, 10.40 AM IST