COVAX is failing to halt the Covid-19 pandemic: Here's why, and how to fix itCOVAX was created to facilitate equitable access to vaccines.
09 Jun, 2021, 11.44 AM IST
EU insists dispute with AstraZeneca is only contractualThe EU's executive branch has launched legal proceedings in Belgium against the firm for what it believes amounts to a breach of contract a...
10 May, 2021, 07.29 PM IST
Denmark, Norway, Iceland suspend use of AstraZeneca vaccineThe move comes "following reports of serious cases of blood clots among people vaccinated with AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine", the Danish ...
11 Mar, 2021, 07.55 PM IST
Current rate of COVID-19 vaccination satisfactory: MoS Ashwini ChoubeyOn whether the government is aware that the price at which Covishield vaccine is being procured by India is higher than what the European U...
09 Mar, 2021, 04.35 PM IST
Why it's hard to make coronavirus vaccines and boost suppliesMakers of COVID-19 vaccines need everything to go right as they scale up production to hundreds of millions of doses _ and any little hiccu...
28 Jan, 2021, 08.41 PM IST
Explained: Why we can't just make more of the coronavirus vaccines and boost suppliesMakers of COVID-19 vaccines need everything to go right as they scale up production to hundreds of millions of doses - and any little hiccu...
28 Jan, 2021, 11.59 AM IST
AstraZeneca files for EU vaccine approvalThe jab would be the third available for the 27-nation European Union after the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna drugs, as the bloc struggles to...
12 Jan, 2021, 02.43 PM IST
Be prepared to receive first supply of COVID-19 vaccine likely to be sent shortly: Centre to states, UTsThe country's drugs regulator on Sunday approved Oxford-AstraZeneca's Covishield and indigenously developed Covaxin of Bharat Biotech for r...
07 Jan, 2021, 03.37 PM IST
India's Health Ministry asks states and union territories to prepare for COVID-19 vaccine arrival shortly07 Jan, 2021, 03.35 PM IST
Second national dry run for coronavirus vaccinations set to take place tomorrowAs a simulation of actual execution, another round of mock drill in all 700+ districts of all states/UTs (except UP and Haryana who have al...
06 Jan, 2021, 11.59 PM IST
View: Private sector should be an ally in India’s big vaccine pushThe vaccine rollout is already off to a shaky start. The government last week announced emergency approval for two vaccines. The first, a j...
05 Jan, 2021, 09.58 AM IST
Bharat Biotech claims its Covid 19 vaccine Covaxin will work against UK strainHyderabad-based Bharat Biotech said on Monday that its vaccine is efficient against the mutant strain of novel coronavirus found in the UK ...
04 Jan, 2021, 07.58 PM IST
Covishield and Covaxin: All you need to know about the DCGI-approved vaccinesET rounds up facts and some questions on Covishield and Covaxin, approved by DCGI on Sunday
04 Jan, 2021, 12.35 PM IST
AstraZeneca vaccine better at stopping Covid than slowing transmissionOne of the central unanswered questions has been whether inoculations can not only stop people from getting sick but also slow the spread o...
09 Dec, 2020, 09.49 AM IST
View: We may see a new global medical paradigm that ensures fair access to medicineshe way the global scientific community has come together to focus on ensuring affordable access to new vaccines and therapies for humanity ...
25 Nov, 2020, 11.51 PM IST
Double-shot coronavirus vaccine tests raise new pandemic challenge for the worldProducing vaccines and deploying them to the world’s population in the midst of a pandemic would be a massive challenge even if researchers...
21 Jul, 2020, 11.32 AM IST
Russia, despite theft allegations, says deal to make UK-developed COVID vaccine is onKirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, said in an interview on Friday that Moscow did not need to steal secrets as it...
17 Jul, 2020, 06.01 PM IST