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What is Disease X? WHO panel to debate on deadly virus that could kill 20 times more than Covid-19Disease X: The cause of mysterious Disease X is currently unknown, yet it is considered a serious microbial threat. The World Health Organi...
What is Disease X? Here's all we know about the next pandemic that could kill 50 million peopleFormer Chair of the UK Vaccine Taskforce, Kate Bingham, has warned that the next pandemic could be deadlier than COVID-19, potentially clai...
India's vaccination journey shows it leads global fight against pandemic"The airline will have to go through the whole process starting with proving flights, where the airline will have to demonstrate its abilit...
UK to roll out life-saving COVID-19 treatment which was given to Donald TrumpThe treatment was used as part of the suite of experimental medicines given to Trump when he tested positive for COVID-19 last year.
Pfizer pushes for third shot as Delta drives global outbreaksPfizer and BioNTech said they expected that a third dose will perform well against the strain, and that they would be seeking authorization...
Explained: How Delta variant, first found in India, is spreading rapidly around the worldThe highly transmissible variant, first identified in India in late-2020, is behind the fresh surge being reported in countries like the UK...
Indian-origin COVID-19 response professionals in Queen's Birthday Honours spotlightKolkata-born Divya Chadha Manek has been honoured with an Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to the government during the COVID...
Nothing in data to prevent easing lockdown in the UK: Prime Minister Boris JohnsonSpeaking at 10 Downing Street here, he struck a note of caution as there are clear signs the there is a rise in infection rates from the so...
Indian variant still under investigation in UK, not yet of concern: Boris Johnson"The Indian variant is still just a variant under investigation, not a variant of concern," he said, adding that experts are currently look...
New COVID vaccine shows 'strong immune response' in early UK trialsUK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said that the promising Phase I and II results mean that the Valneva vaccine, being developed at Livingsto...
Booster shot for India: Novavax vaccine shows 90% efficacy, J&J 66%Novavax said its NVX-CoV2373 demonstrated a 90% efficacy in phase 3 trials in the UK, taking it closer to approval by the UK health authori...
Delays over pricing holds back India’s vaccine rolloutWhile distribution in other nations started soon after approval with pricing deals signed ahead of time, New Delhi and Serum Institute have...
PM Modi says mobile technology to be used for COVID-19 vaccination driveSpeaking at the India Mobile Congress, he said mobile technology has enabled benefits worth billions of dollars to reach the deserving and ...
UK regulator reviews Pfizer/BioNtech COVID-19 vaccineThe joint vaccine, produced by American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and German biotech firm BioNTech, had recently claimed to be 94 per cen...
Should millennials and Gen Z get the coronavirus vaccine first?The U.K.’s National Vaccine Taskforce spread its bets early on, putting in orders for 340 million vaccine doses among six different vaccine...
COVID-19: UK vaccine chief hopes for positive Oxford and Pfizer data in early December"If I put on my rose-tinted specs, I would hope that we will see positive interim data from both Oxford and from Pfizer/BioNTech in early D...
Mounting a fightback: Covid-19 vaccine developers reach last leg of trialsAs US regulators tighten the scrutiny around approvals, companies have announced their intention to put their trial data in public domain f...
Experts warn of second wave as Covid-19 cases rise in UKPeter Openshaw said the new “rule of six” restrictions on large gatherings which comes in force from Monday is extremely crucial.
UK government urges Indians, ethnic minorities to sign up for COVID-19 vaccine trialsA targeted recruitment programme broadcast in Gujarati, Punjabi, Bengali and Urdu is among the measures being deployed to reach out to diff...
UK government strikes 90 million dose deal for two potential COVID-19 vaccine candidatesIf the vaccines are found safe and successful in clinical trials, both could be delivered to the UK in mid-2021 and would be given first to...