Experts back OTC access to NRT across all formats and dosages, including 2 mg and 4 mg, as India struggles with a Tobacco quit success rate under 5%The report highlights the significant economic burden of tobacco use, particularly among low-income households, and underscores how reducin...
08 May, 2026, 06.48 PM IST
Experimental pancreatic cancer drug appears to dramatically improve one year survival ratesA groundbreaking study published in Nature Medicine reveals that the experimental drug Elraglusib, when combined with standard chemotherapy...
08 May, 2026, 02.50 PM IST
Media report claiming shortage of pneumococcal vaccines 'ill-informed', says Union health ministryThe report, which quoted health officials including Maharashtra's State Immunisation Officer, stated that a tendering delay has led to the ...
08 Oct, 2022, 12.42 PM IST
Number of Omicron cases increasing rapidly, but there is no need to panic: NK Arora Chair, India’s COVID-19 working groupThe purpose of an additional booster dose is for different objectives. Additional doses are usually offered to those who are likely to have...
02 Jan, 2022, 11.21 PM IST
Consider booster dose for those above 40: INSACOG"Vaccination of all remaining unvaccinated at-risk people and consideration of a booster dose for those 40 years of age and over, first tar...
03 Dec, 2021, 04.41 PM IST
Delhi needs 1.5 crore COVID vaccine doses to fully inoculate eligible population: AtishiAs per data from the Delhi government on Saturday, over 1.39 crore of the 1.50 crore eligible population in Delhi have received at least on...
05 Sep, 2021, 08.30 AM IST
Single dose of Sputnik V Covid vaccine triggers strong antibody response: StudyThe new study, published on Tuesday in the journal Cell Reports Medicine, examined whether a single dose would achieve greater public healt...
14 Jul, 2021, 01.23 PM IST
Centre scales down projections for COVID-19 vaccine availabilityThis is less than the 2.16 billion vaccines doses that it had projected for the same time period in a presentation in May. The government h...
29 Jun, 2021, 08.58 AM IST
New study says single dose of Covishield sufficient for Covid infected peopleThe study was designed to assess the immunological memory response in patients.
15 Jun, 2021, 01.43 PM IST
View: Deploy our best diplomats to get surplus vaccines stock from rich countriesInoculation is taming the spread of Covid in the rich world. Outside the rich world, in India included, vaccine shortages continue to escal...
27 May, 2021, 11.26 PM IST
Organ transplant recipients vulnerable to COVID-19 even after vaccination: StudyThe researchers found that only 98 of the 658 study participants -- 15 per cent -- had detectable antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 at 21 days after...
10 May, 2021, 01.14 PM IST
'Hue & cry' about Centre being partisan in vaccine allocation a 'farce': Harsh Vardhan"Hue and cry by certain states about partisanship by the Union government is just a farce, an attempt to hide their own incompetence. Mahar...
08 Apr, 2021, 09.00 PM IST
EU to get 107 million COVID vaccine doses by end of March, 30 million from AstraZenecaUnder contracts signed with drugmakers, the bloc had expected to receive 120 million doses by the end of March from Anglo-Swedish firm Astr...
31 Mar, 2021, 04.55 PM IST
Israel begins virus inoculation drive as infections surgeIsrael on Sunday began its coronavirus inoculation drive, aiming to vaccinate some 60,000 people a day in a bid to stamp out the illness th...
20 Dec, 2020, 12.26 PM IST
President Trump set to sign vaccine decree after questions raised on supplyPresident-elect Joe Biden will meanwhile announce his appointments and nominations for his health team as he continues to push ahead with t...
08 Dec, 2020, 11.30 PM IST
Indian vaccine makers - Serum and Gennova - set to host over 20 foreign diplomats this weekThe move comes as the Indian government thinks that it has sufficient doses of vaccine for its population and can also supply to other nati...
25 Nov, 2020, 08.47 AM IST
Activists urge India to push for fair allocation of Covid-19 vaccine under COVAXThis week member states of the World Health Organisation including India have to send in their comments on their position regarding an agre...
17 Jul, 2020, 04.16 PM IST