What to know about the Bundibugyo virus, a species of Ebola causing an outbreak in CongoA rare Bundibugyo virus outbreak in Congo, with over 200 deaths, lacks specific treatments or vaccines, complicating response efforts. Whil...
29 May, 2026, 06.56 PM IST
Ebola vaccine update: Russia claims a breakthrough; Oxford researchers, Serum Institute of India aim to begin trial in 3 monthsA new Ebola vaccine developed by Russian scientists shows promise against the current outbreak strain in the Democratic Republic of Congo. ...
27 May, 2026, 12.24 PM IST
Louisiana primary election results: Republican Bill Cassidy becomes first elected U.S senator to lose re-nomination since 2012. What does this mean for Donald Trump's midterm polls?Bill Cassidy is the first elected U.S. senator to lose re-nomination since 2012. Former Republican Senator Richard Lugar was the last elect...
17 May, 2026, 06.16 PM IST
Hantavirus scientists were close to vaccine but ran out of moneyScientists in Chile developed antibodies that successfully neutralised the deadly Andes hantavirus in lab and animal studies, raising hopes...
14 May, 2026, 06.53 AM IST
US market today: Pfizer posts strong first-quarter, sees boost from recent legal winsPfizer reported higher-than-expected sales and profit on Tuesday and said a patent extension for its Vyndamax heart drug and a recent favor...
05 May, 2026, 09.04 PM IST
RDIF says early results of 'mix & match' of Sputnik Light, AstraZeneca jab found to be safeAstraZeneca COVID vaccine is the same as Covishield which is used in India and several other countries.
14 Feb, 2022, 06.58 PM IST
Bharat Biotech's Covid nasal vaccine gets regulator's nod for holding phase 2 clinical trialEarly stage trials of the vaccine candidate, BBV154, has been completed in subjects aged 18 to 60 years, and the doses were found to be wel...
13 Aug, 2021, 10.27 PM IST
SC notice to Centre, others on plea seeking disclosure of data on Covid vaccine clinical trialsWhile hearing the plea, the bench referred to the problem of “vaccine hesitancy” in the country and asked advocate Prashant Bhushan, who wa...
09 Aug, 2021, 12.43 PM IST
4 Covid vaccine candidates in human trial stage, 1 in pre-clinical stage, govt tells Rajya SabhaIn a written response to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Union Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh said Cadila Healthcare Ltd's D...
20 Jul, 2021, 03.32 PM IST
Britain says G7 countries in health agreement for clinical trials boostThe G7 Therapeutics and Vaccines Clinical Trials charter sets out shared principles to accelerate the speed with which clinical trials gene...
04 Jun, 2021, 07.28 PM IST
Biological E gets nod for Phase III trial of its COVID-19 vaccine candidateIts candidate includes an antigen developed by the Texas Childrens Hospital Center for Vaccine Development and in- licensed from BCM Ventur...
24 Apr, 2021, 06.37 PM IST
Shot in the dark: Early coronavirus vaccine efficacy explainedThe jump to mass vaccinations presents new hurdles, in particular for an mRNA vaccine like Pfizer and BioNTech's that must be stored and sh...
13 Nov, 2020, 01.16 PM IST
Covid-19 vaccine deliveries on ice as AstraZeneca awaits trial dataAstraZeneca said on Thursday it was holding back deliveries while it awaits the data from late-stage clinical trials in order to maximise t...
05 Nov, 2020, 05.40 PM IST
Dr Reddy's partners with Department of Biotechnology for Sputnik V vaccine clinical trials in IndiaChairman of Dr Reddys Laboratories, Satish Reddy said, "We are pleased with the collaboration with BIRAC as an advisory partner for clinica...
29 Oct, 2020, 02.05 PM IST
DGCI directs Serum Institute to suspend any new recruitment in phase 2, 3 COVID-19 vaccine clinical trialsOn 9 September ANI first reported that DCGI issued a show-cause notice to Serum Institute for not pausing the ongoing clinical trial of the...
12 Sep, 2020, 09.57 AM IST
'No compromise on safety, security concerns': Government on August 15 indigenous Covid-19 vaccine deadlineDuring the press conference, Rajesh Bhushan, Officer on Special Duty, Health Ministry said, "Please don't read something which is not there...
09 Jul, 2020, 08.23 PM IST
Chinese research firm attached to Army first to start 2nd clinical trial for coronavirus vaccineAn adenovirus vector vaccine, developed by a research team led by Major General Chen Wei of the Institute of Military Medicine under the Ac...
16 Apr, 2020, 04.57 PM IST