Delhi offers free booster dose for eligible beneficiaries in government centres"In order to give the benefit of precaution dose to all eligible beneficiaries in Delhi, the same will be available for 18 to 59 years' age...
21 Apr, 2022, 10.55 PM IST
Covid-19: Why you may be vaccinated but still not fully safeNearly 30% of those vaccinated against Covid in India may not be as safe as they think. Multiple studies show protection offered by two dos...
01 Apr, 2022, 11.12 AM IST
India considers widening COVID booster effort to all adults, sources sayIndia is considering making all adults eligible for booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Mon...
21 Mar, 2022, 12.34 PM IST
England to roll out fourth Covid shot: NHSThe latest booster shot will be made available to care home residents, people aged over 75 and the immunosuppressed.Around five million peo...
21 Mar, 2022, 01.02 AM IST
CII for additional 1% CSR levy in Budget to provide Covid vaccine booster shotsCII has also urged state governments to lift the pandemic-induced restrictions on economic activity, arguing that the occupancy rate of hos...
23 Jan, 2022, 03.37 PM IST
No booster plan yet for 45-plus with conditionsWhile India has followed a step-wise graded approach in offering vaccination to various age groups. For the precaution doses though, there ...
19 Jan, 2022, 06.37 AM IST
Shakti Kapoor gets Covid booster shot, followed by a musical evening with friendsFor the evening with friend, the actor was filmed playing his guitar.
15 Jan, 2022, 03.30 PM IST
Study shows booster dose of Covaxin has neutralising effect on Omicron, Delta variants: Bharat BiotechThe study conducted at Emory University demonstrated that subjects who received a booster dose of Covaxin (BBV152) six months after getting...
12 Jan, 2022, 07.35 PM IST
Dharmendra gets his Covid booster shot, shares a message with fansThe drive to give booster shot began as the whole world battles a spike in Covid cases.
12 Jan, 2022, 07.33 PM IST
Pfizer study shows COVID-19 booster can be co-administered with pneumonia shotThe data provides evidence supporting the potential to administer pneumonia shot, PREVNAR 20, and the company's COVID-19 vaccine at the sam...
12 Jan, 2022, 06.19 PM IST
View: If you've got it flaunt it, but use it, and you lose itWhether its typewriters or vaccines, it’s a Cache-22 of conspicuous non-consumption.
18 Dec, 2021, 11.00 PM IST
Can Covid vaccines work as boosters? Here's what researches have to sayIf boosters don’t work well against the variant, vaccine developers will need to make new shots.
03 Dec, 2021, 05.33 PM IST
Bookings open for UK's expanded COVID booster vaccinesThe UK's health service will open up for over-40s to book in their COVID-19 booster vaccine dose from Monday, as the UK government warned t...
21 Nov, 2021, 04.44 PM IST
Fighting Covid: Should you mix or match your booster shot and how should you decide which one to pick?Many people are confused about whether they should switch vaccines for the booster dose or stick with the one they know.
04 Nov, 2021, 08.44 AM IST
FDA advisory panel endorses booster doses of Johnson & Johnson's single-shot COVID-19 vaccineThe agency's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted unanimously on Friday, 19-0, to recommend authorisation of t...
16 Oct, 2021, 11.11 AM IST
US: FDA backs Pfizer COVID-19 boosters for seniors, high-riskThe FDA authorized booster doses for Americans who are 65 and older, younger adults with underlying health conditions and those in jobs tha...
23 Sep, 2021, 08.54 AM IST
COVID: vaccine boosters are likely to increase protection against variants - new researchIn particular, past infection plus two doses of vaccine increased the chances of neutralising the beta and gamma variants. The level of neu...
28 Aug, 2021, 09.46 AM IST