Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine becomes first to get emergency authorisation

UK government gives nod on basis of interim results, vaccine to be made available by next week  

Polio eradication: we are not there yet

On the occasion of World Polio Day, we take a look at the challenges that three countries are facing in eradicating this debilitating disease

Simply Put: Playing catch-up with COVID-19 vaccines

Simply put: COVID-19 vaccines hoarding

Simply Put: Stocking COVID-19 vaccines

Can one vaccine fight multiple strains of the novel coronavirus?

The new platform targets fusion peptides in SARS-CoV-2

Simply Put: Motivating vaccines

Simply Put: Dry your tears, Africa

COVID-19 variants vs vaccines: How it works and what to expect

How the entry of the new variants impacts the global efforts to curb the pandemic

Simply put: The (side) effects of COVID-19 vaccine

Coronavirus update: ICMR sets Aug 15 date for COVID-19 vaccine launch

COVID-19 vaccines: A mad scramble

Inequitable distribution amid acute shortage has derailed the global vaccination drive against COVID-19. We need to act fast to win the race …

Charging Indians for COVID-19 vaccines is bad, letting vaccine producers charge what they like is unconscionable

Most other nations, including Australia, the US, UK, Germany, France and China, are providing vaccines free of cost to all.

COVID-19 vaccines: India’s 2021 challenge

India has enhanced its global standing by supplying COVID-19 vaccines to rich and poor countries alike. It must now scale up its manufacturing by …

COVID-19: Phase 3 of vaccine developed by Chinese researchers underway, says Lancet

The Ad5-vectored COVID-19 vaccine tested on people above 55 years of age, is considered a step up from another vaccine being developed by the UK

What we know so far about COVID-19 vaccine: A comprehensive guide by academic experts

With so much at stake, it’s not surprising that COVID-19 vaccines have become a public and political obsession. The good news is that …

Phase 1 human trials of Oxford University encouraging: Lancet

The sample size will have to be expanded across demography to check safety and efficacy  

World’s first vaccine for honeybees gets conditional nod in US

Bacterial disease American foulbrood is fatal, routinely ravages colonies

Simply Put: Magic box of COVID-19 vaccines

What are these ‘cancer vaccines’ I’m hearing about? And what similarities do they share with COVID vaccines?

Rather than preventing disease, these vaccines are a personalised treatment for cancer, to combat disease

COVID-19 vaccine deaths: Kerala HC wants compensation guidelines from Centre

Will file detailed progress report in 2 weeks, said central counsel on August 10, 2022

With omicron reinfections, are we back to square one of the pandemic?

Case surge may not be as bad as during India's 2nd wave but lot depends on govt interventions, citizen behaviour, say experts

G20 countries have key to vaccine equity, ending COVID-19 pandemic: WHO chief at health meet

G20 leaders need to fulfill their dose-sharing pledges by September-end 2021, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged countries at health meet in Rome

Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine: What do WHO recommendations say

Health workers at high risk of exposure and older people — including those aged 65 or older — should be given priority for Oxford / …

Childhood immunisation begins to pick up post-pandemic, finds UN data

Recovery slow and unequal; coverage was 84% in 2022, down from 86% pre-pandemic