Flu season is here, and here’s everything Americans need to know about who should get vaccinated, eligibility, safety updates, and where to get flu shotAs respiratory illnesses rise, flu shots are available for most Americans. A small change this year removes thimerosal from all flu vaccine...
30 Oct, 2025, 03.15 AM IST
When should you get a flu shot? Costs, timing, and CDC advice for kids, pregnant women, seniors, and health workersBest time to take a flu shot: Last year's severe flu season prompted health officials to investigate a potential link to a rare brain compl...
23 Oct, 2025, 11.31 AM IST
Why Indians skip the flu vaccine despite risksIn India, the quadrivalent influenza vaccine (QIV) faces low uptake due to limited awareness and high costs, despite being recommended for ...
12 Sep, 2025, 01.21 PM IST
Moderna plans to lay off 10% of workforce to cut costsModerna is set to reduce its global workforce by roughly 10%, aiming for under 5,000 employees by year's end, as it accelerates cost-cuttin...
31 Jul, 2025, 08.58 PM IST
Moderna layoffs: U.S. Pharma giant announces massive job cuts, to have less than 5,000 employees, MRNA stocks sinkModerna had said earlier this year it expects operating costs to be between $4.7 billion and $5 billion for 2027. MRNA stock, which has los...
31 Jul, 2025, 08.53 PM IST
Unlike Pfizer, Moderna can meet 2023 COVID forecast, analysts sayModerna, the COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer, is poised to meet its 2023 sales target as it taps into the private market. Analysts suggest th...
01 Nov, 2023, 04.00 PM IST
You may not need a fourth Covid vaccine now but a flu shotPublic health experts suggest that a fourth dose of the Covid vaccine is unnecessary for now. With only 220 million people taking the third...
26 Jul, 2023, 12.20 AM IST
What's worse than a pandemic? A twindemicOne reason to get more serious about flu is its cost, both economically and in human terms. Annual costs of treating influenza (routinely i...
23 Jul, 2021, 12.44 PM IST
Swine flu scare: No policy on preventive vaccination for H1N1The swine flu vaccines cost anywhere between Rs 400 and Rs 1,000 per shot and in the last few days there has been a sudden increase in thei...
19 Feb, 2015, 11.45 AM IST
Cadila Pharma working on super-bug NDM-1; soon to commercialize India's first VLP vaccineRajiv Modi, Chairman and managing director of Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd said "The VLP technology flu vaccine would be commericialised with...
28 Nov, 2013, 10.18 PM IST
- Sick chickens come home to roost: Deadly infection avian influenza or bird flu is present in our country
What are the chances that a chicken infected with bird flu will land on your plate? Zero.What are the chances that a bird flu infection wil...
03 Dec, 2012, 07.16 AM IST
- Bharat biotech launches India's first Swine flu vaccine
Bharat Biotech today announced the launch of India's first indigenously developed cell culture H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine.
18 Oct, 2010, 05.44 PM IST
Single-dose swine flu vaccine in the worksContrary to what was earlier expected, the vaccine against H1N1 may not be multi-dose, as results from a pilot study of Novartis H1N1 candi...
04 Sep, 2009, 01.51 AM IST
- Private Hospitals disinclined for swine flu treatment: Ministry
Even though the Centre had planned to extend swine flu testing and treatment facility to the private sector, the union health ministry clai...
14 Aug, 2009, 08.16 PM IST
- Demand for preventive kits on rise
A vaccine for the H1N1 virus is yet to be out, but those looking for preventive care are queuing up at medical stores for swine flu kits.
11 Aug, 2009, 03.10 AM IST
- IBM joins fight against bird flu
Avian flu may not have hit the American shores yet but it is undoubtedly engaging the interest of Big Blue (IBM).
13 Feb, 2007, 04.20 PM IST
- Glaxo's bird flu drug to hit market next year
A bird flu vaccine for humans that uses only a very low dose of active ingredient has proved effective in clinical tests and could be mass ...
27 Jul, 2006, 12.24 AM IST