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
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 / …
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy worries Centre, appeals beneficiaries to shun it
‘Covaxin recipients being followed-up with phone calls, Covishield’s have to report adverse events on their own’
Haphazard COVID-19 vaccine donations useless for Africa, WHO flags
Countries should be informed 4 weeks in advance, shots should have at least 10-month shelf-life
Kenya’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout has got off to a slow start: The gaps, and how to fix them
Kenya is currently accessing vaccines exclusively through the COVAX facility, and yet supply to this initiative has been dogged by vaccine …
COVID-19 vaccine update: AstraZeneca vaccinations should continue, benefits outweigh risks, says WHO
Strategic advisory group of experts on immunization called the one-dose Janssen shot as a safe and lifesaving addition to Pfizer, Moderna and …
COVID-19 vaccine update: South Africa may return Serum Institute of India doses
The WHO has approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus jab for emergency use. This means the vaccine can be rolled out globally
Measles outbreak in Mumbai: 164 cases reported since September
Measles is a highly contagious viral infection associated with high mortality in children under 2 years
Why Africa’s push to make vaccines should look further than COVID-19
Africa’s segmented markets, and often small economies, are at odds with the fact that vaccines are mostly produced in large quantities to …
COVID-19 vaccines: What the world needs & what we have
While 168 countries are currently administering COVID-19 vaccines, the distribution remains skewed
Nigeria at sixes and sevens on COVID-19 vaccine rollout
Nigeria plans to vaccinate 40% of its citizens before end of 2021 and 70% by end of 2022
Scientists propose Controlled Human Infection Model studies
In CHIM, researchers infect healthy participants with a weakened strain of a pathogen in a controlled setting to learn more about the infection …
Anti-vaccine poster boy: Is Andrew Wakefield the most hated man in modern medicine?
Anti-vaccine 'hero' Andrew Wakefield was stripped of medical credentials in '98. Now his film has been pulled from Tribeca film festival
Infographic: Do we need a booster dose?
Omicron, the most common COVID-19 strain in the world today, has dramatically reduced the efficacy and duration of vaccine protection
COVID-19 vaccines for all: Decoding global tenders by states
At least a dozen Indian states have floated or will float tenders for procuring vaccines and will also bear the cost
COVID-19 vaccines: How Pfizer and Moderna’s 95% effective mRNA shots work
Should we expect the pandemic to be over once a vaccine is available for public use? Not exactly. A vaccine will not be perfect, and it takes …