Many wondering why Covid vaccine boosters aren't tweaked to better match variantsThere's no guarantee that a delta-specific booster shot would protect any better.
19 Oct, 2021, 07.45 PM IST
Why COVID boosters weren't tweaked to better match variantsVaccines used in the U.S. remain strongly effective against hospitalization and death from COVID-19, even after the delta variant took over...
18 Oct, 2021, 10.37 PM IST
Israel tightens COVID 'green pass' rules, sparking protestUnder Sunday's new guidelines, people eligible for a green pass must have received a booster shot. Those who have received two vaccine dose...
03 Oct, 2021, 03.00 PM IST
99 per cent eligible employees have received at least their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine: Vistara"This is the outcome of airport-led vaccination drives across the country and the Vistara-led drive which has been carried out in Delhi and...
02 Jun, 2021, 09.31 PM IST
Deaths due to COVID-19 increasing, vaccines reducing: Rahul Gandhi"Vaccines are decreasing and Covid deaths are increasing. The Central government policy - Divert attention, spread untruth, make noise by h...
19 May, 2021, 01.59 PM IST
What is the Moderna COVID vaccine? Does it work, and is it safe?Boston-based pharmaceutical company Moderna announced a new supply agreement with Australia for 25 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine. T...
16 May, 2021, 01.23 PM IST
Aviation Ministry permits Telangana government to use drones for delivery of vaccinesThe ministry on Twitter said it has granted conditional exemption to the Telangana government from the Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Rules...
30 Apr, 2021, 01.56 PM IST
US advises its citizens to avoid travelling to India due to COVID spikeThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) on Monday released travel recommendations by destination. It uses science-based Trav...
20 Apr, 2021, 11.09 AM IST
Vaccines may need regular updates as coronavirus evolves, say scientistsIn the research, virologists from Charite -- Universitatsmedizin Berlin in Germany studied the genetic evolution of the four currently know...
27 Mar, 2021, 04.09 PM IST
Can we avoid another coronavirus pandemic?Trials have been on in Europe and Latin America since December, and the results could be out as early as next month. The good news is that,...
22 Feb, 2021, 11.10 AM IST
Oxford/AstraZeneca jab effective against UK Covid variant, finds studyOxford University scientists who developed the ChAdOx1-nCoV19 vaccine have found that it remains effective against at least one of the new ...
07 Feb, 2021, 04.22 PM IST
No reason to think any new strain of virus is vaccine resistant: UK PM Boris JohnsonHe made the comment in parliament when asked for an update on government efforts to test vaccines against new strains.
06 Jan, 2021, 06.34 PM IST
Unicef launches Covid-19 vaccine market dashboardThe dashboard provides a regularly updated overview of the global research and development pipeline, the projected production capacity, pub...
22 Dec, 2020, 12.52 PM IST
Pakistan to start coronavirus vaccination drive from April 2021Parliamentary Secretary on Health Nausheen Hamid said the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government has approved funds to purchase the vaccine do...
03 Dec, 2020, 04.30 PM IST
If everything goes well India would get COVID-19 vaccine by the year's end, says Dr Harsh VardhanThree COVID-19 vaccine candidates, including two indigenous ones, are in different phases of development in India.
23 Aug, 2020, 04.28 PM IST
Sushant Singh Rajput was most-searched topic in June. Indians also asked Google: When will coronavirus end?Other trending topics included the solar eclipse and Father's Day.
03 Jul, 2020, 01.47 PM IST
It's humanity against the virus, British PM tells COVID-19 global summitThe Coronavirus Global Response International Pledging Conference was co-hosted by the UK and eight other countries and organisations inclu...
04 May, 2020, 04.31 PM IST