Pfizer bivalent vaccine reduces Covid-related death risk by 68% in older people: Study5,69,519 eligible participants were identified between September 27, 2022, and January 25, 2023. Of those, 1,34,215 (24 per cent) participa...
14 Apr, 2023, 01.16 PM IST
What you need to know about getting Bharat Biotech's nasal vaccine iNCOVACCBharat Biotech has recently introduced its intranasal Covid vaccine, which will be given as a booster dose, as concerns about the Covid BF....
28 Dec, 2022, 12.12 PM IST
WHO: Covid vaccine boosters should start with most vulnerableThe agency said its expert vaccine group assessed the increasing data about booster doses and noted the waning of immune protection over ti...
21 Jan, 2022, 09.30 PM IST
Covid vaccine booster provides effective antibody protection against Omicron: Lancet studyA third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine increases the level of antibodies that can effectively neutralise the Omicron variant of coronavirus, ...
20 Jan, 2022, 12.50 PM IST
Covid vaccine booster shot wait to get longer if you test positiveFrom January 10 healthcare workers, front line workers and persons aged 60 years and above with co-morbid conditions will be eligible for t...
08 Jan, 2022, 07.15 AM IST
Time for allowing COVID-19 vaccine booster shots is now: P ChidambaramThe former Union minister said there is enough research and scholarly writing to conclude that booster shots are an imperative. "The Lancet...
22 Dec, 2021, 09.49 PM IST
Dear government, the time for Covid vaccine booster dose is nowDespite an impressive rollout, India still lags in vaccinating its population. About 1 billion Indians are 18 years or older, and currently...
22 Dec, 2021, 09.48 AM 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
EU regulators: J&J vaccine booster OK to give after 2 monthsThe recommendations by the agency's human medicines committee give countries more flexibility as they roll out or accelerate booster campai...
15 Dec, 2021, 06.35 PM IST
Pfizer booster shot 95.6 pc effective against Covid-19In a tweet BioNTech said, "95.6% relative vaccine efficacy against #Covid19 after a booster shot with our #mRNA vaccine, during a period wh...
21 Oct, 2021, 04.38 PM IST
J&J files for authorization of COVID-19 vaccine boosterJ&J said its submission includes data from a late-stage study that found a booster of its vaccine given 56 days after the primary dose prov...
05 Oct, 2021, 04.30 PM IST
Am I fully vaccinated without a COVID-19 vaccine booster?US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says you're fully vaccinated two weeks after receiving a second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna...
30 Sep, 2021, 11.26 AM IST
Moderna chief executive sees pandemic over in a year: Newspaper"If you look at the industry-wide expansion of production capacities over the past six months, enough doses should be available by the midd...
23 Sep, 2021, 11.13 AM IST
USFDA advisers recommend vaccine boosters for Americans aged 65+The panel also recommended that the FDA include healthcare workers and others at high risk of occupational exposure to the virus that cause...
18 Sep, 2021, 11.11 PM IST
Pfizer on track for US vaccine boosters, Moderna lagging, Anthony Fauci saysAsked on CBS' "Face the Nation," about President Joe Biden's goal to give booster shots starting Sept. 20, Fauci said that "in some respect...
05 Sep, 2021, 10.20 PM IST
US to recommend COVID vaccine boosters at 8 months: SourcesAn announcement on the U.S. booster recommendation was expected as soon as this week, according to two people familiar with the matter who ...
17 Aug, 2021, 05.08 PM IST
World Health Organization head seeks vaccine booster moratoriumWHO officials say the science is unproven about whether giving booster shots to people who have already received two vaccine doses is effec...
04 Aug, 2021, 07.46 PM IST