Coronavirus

New Delhi: Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical company Biological E has sought permission from the Drugs Controller General of India  (DCGI) to conduct the phase-3 clinical trials for its Covid-19 vaccine Corbevax as a single booster dose for those who have been fully vaccinated with Covishield or Covaxin....

New Delhi: India is all set to touch the target of 100-crore vaccine doses October 14 and the government has started preparing for a 'mega event', a top Health Ministry source said. The source told IANS that the target of 100 crore vaccine doses will...

London: AstraZeneca's long-acting antibody combination is both able to prevent and treat Covid-19, according to the phase three results released Monday. The drug, AZD7442, is a combination of two antibodies -- tixagevimab (AZD8895) and cilgavimab (AZD1061) -- which is derived from B-cells donated by convalescent...

Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 23.75 crore, while the deaths have surged to more than 48.4 lakh and vaccinations soared to over 6.44 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update Sunday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and...

New Delhi: India logged 18,166 new coronavirus infections taking the country's total tally of Covid-19 cases to 3,39,53,475, while the active cases declined to 2,30,971, the lowest in 208 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll climbed to...

As winter looms and hospitals across the US Continue to be deluged with severe cases of COVID-19, flu season presents a particularly ominous threat this year. We are researchers with expertise in vaccination policy and mathematical modelling of infectious disease. Our group, the Public Health...

Brasilia: Brazil's overall Covid-19 death toll, which is currently the second highest in the world after the US, has topped the 600,000 mark, according to health authorities. As of Saturday, the toll stood at 600,425 after 615 fresh fatalities were reported in the last 24...

United Nations: The World Health Organisation is “deeply concerned” that Covid-19 vaccines that have proven to be effective and have been approved by the global health body for emergency use are not being recognised in all countries, an official said Thursday. Addressing a press briefing,...

New Delhi: The Covid pandemic is not over yet and hence, people should not lower their guard, AIIMS Director, Dr Randeep Guleria, said Wednesday. Appearing in an information video series by the Health Ministry titled 'Covid Gurukool', he said that the second Covid surge still...

New Delhi: The WHO will take a call on granting Emergency Use Listing (EUL) status for Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin next week, the global health body said Tuesday. "WHO & an independent group of experts are scheduled to meet next week to carry out...