US to stop financial support of global vaccine alliance Gavi, health secretary saysRobert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that the U.S. will halt funding to Gavi. He cited safety issues with vaccines as the reason. Gavi refuted t...
25 Jun, 2025, 08.54 PM IST
Top vaccine official resigns from FDA, criticises Robert F. Kennedy Jr for promoting misinformation, liesFDA's top vaccine official Dr. Peter Marks resigned, criticizing U.S. health leadership for letting misinformation influence vaccination sa...
29 Mar, 2025, 10.02 PM IST
Covishield vaccine: Plea filed in SC seeking formation of expert panel to study side-effects, risk factorsA petition filed in the Supreme Court seeks the formation of a medical panel from AIIMS, Delhi to study Covishield's side effects. It deman...
01 May, 2024, 01.15 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
Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine just received full FDA approval. Here's what it meansIn early August, a Wall Street Journal report stated that India was in talks to buy 50 million doses of Pfizer and German partner BioNTech ...
24 Aug, 2021, 10.52 AM IST
No sign of Pfizer, Moderna Covid vaccines in breast milk: StudyThe study, published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, offers the first direct data of vaccine safety during breastfeeding and could allay co...
20 Jul, 2021, 03.49 PM IST
No scientific evidence of Covid vaccination causing infertility in men, women: Health ministryThe ministry said it has clarified in the FAQs (frequently asked questions) posted on the website that none of the available vaccines affec...
21 Jun, 2021, 07.40 PM IST
Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine effective but some data lacking - WHO expertsThe assessment came shortly after WHO SAGE experts had voiced "very low confidence" in data provided by Chinese state-owned drugmaker Sinop...
05 May, 2021, 08.54 PM IST
WHO experts voice "very low confidence" in some Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine data"We are very confident that 2 doses of BBIBP-CorV are efficacious in preventing PCR confirmed COVID19 in adults (18-59 years)," the documen...
05 May, 2021, 04.32 PM IST
Covid-19 vaccine safe, based on scientific evidence, AstraZeneca reassures the worldIt further said that, a review of available safety data of more than 17 million people vaccinated in the European Union (EU) and UK with it...
15 Mar, 2021, 02.03 PM IST
UK regulator to fast-track vaccine updates to combat new Covid variantsMHRA said this is because authorised COVID-19 vaccines that are modified in response to new variants will not need a brand new approval o...
04 Mar, 2021, 10.06 PM IST
Do high-risk groups get priority over others? Emergency use of a Covid-19 vaccine explainedDuring a health crisis, the FDA can loosen its normal scientific standards.
23 Nov, 2020, 03.02 PM IST
Pfizer, BioNTech say their COVID-19 vaccine is more than 90% effectivePfizer and German partner BioNTech SE are the first drugmakers to show successful data from a large-scale clinical trial of a coronavirus v...
09 Nov, 2020, 06.37 PM IST
Covid-19: Decision on allowing Serum Institute to resume clinical trials likely todayPharma giant AstraZeneca on Saturday said that the clinical trials for their Oxford Covid vaccine have resumed in the UK following confirma...
14 Sep, 2020, 07.18 AM IST
Russia registers the world's first Covid-19 vaccine, Putin says his daughter was given a shotSpeaking at a government meeting on Tuesday, Vladimir Putin said that the vaccine has proven efficient during tests, offering a lasting imm...
14 Aug, 2020, 09.18 AM IST
Scientists sceptical about Russia's Covid vaccine, cite lack of evidence for efficacyWhile the country hopes to start mass-producing the vaccine by October and plans to offer the first doses to essential workers, many in the...
12 Aug, 2020, 06.26 PM IST
- WHO notice silent on safety issues with Shan5 vaccine
Shan5 is described as a pentavalent vaccine since it is to protect babies from five diseases — Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Haemophilus ...
17 Mar, 2010, 05.23 AM IST