Monkeypox not public health emergency of international concern yet. Do we need to update our understanding of this label?

Emergency Committee meeting indication enough of how serious the monkeypox outbreak is

Update COVID-19 vaccine to target omicron variants: Advisory panel to USFDA

Unclear which combination of updated vaccine will work best; body expected to decide by July

Millions of doses set to expire by September as India’s COVID-19 vaccination drive stagnates

Share of population completely vaccinated grew just 5 percentage points since April

Polio virus in sewage sample again: This time in UK

The detection signals spread between closely-linked individuals who were administered an oral polio vaccine overseas 

India finally gives in on TRIPS waiver

The WTO agreement on a limited patents waiver merely restates exemptions already available under existing rules

India needs to revise COVID-19 response strategy, flag experts

Let-ups in vaccination campaigns, COVID-19 protocol implementation observed

COVID-19: Omicron's stealthy behaviour behind reinfections in people with immunity, says new study

People infected with initial strains had less sustained antibody response to omicron, scientists find

Current monkeypox nomenclature is stigmatising: Experts

Scientists in advanced discussion with World Health Organization to adopt neutral language for monkeypox

Why Maharashtra, Kerala are still adding 2 of 3 new COVID-19 cases in the country

These two states have become the bellwether for what is to come with cases typically rising here before other regions  

Monkeypox outbreak brings focus back on smallpox vaccines. But which countries have stock?

Smallpox vaccination was discontinued after smallpox was eradicated in the 1980s

Cases of Buffalopox, India's latest emerging viral threat, underline need to understand evolutionary biology

West India has seen multiple outbreaks of buffalopox that belongs to the same family of viruses as monkeypox

Monkeypox continues to spread in non-endemic countries, no deaths reported yet

That no patient has travel history to endemic area has experts worried

Making COVID-19 vaccines in Africa: Advances and sustainability issues

Demand, market for locally produced vaccines critical for sustainability of 15 COVID-19 vaccines manufacturing facilities

Measles cases double in 1st 2 months of 2022: What does this warn us of

Conditions ripe for serious outbreaks of vaccine-preventable illnesses: WHO, UNICEF 

Gir awaits locally made CDV vaccine for lions, experts divided on outcome

Lions vaccinated earlier still in captivity; experts fear similar fate this time as well

Are booster doses for COVID-19 vaccines the new normal?

Making boosters integral to India’s containment strategy can trigger medical, ethical dilemmas 

Phonological problems: Why the name of a COVID-19 vaccine matters

The issue of nomenclature and confusion due to sound-alike and name-alike vaccines doesn’t find any mention in Covid-19 vaccination strategy;…

COVID-19 has suppressed influenza for now, but it will return with greater severity: Study

COVID-19 appropriate behaviour will delay competition among existing influenza lineages which will eventually expand, compete and once again …

‘Compromise’ on TRIPS waiver is a sellout

Tough new conditions emerge in the compromise deal to ease WTO intellectual property barriers to production of COVID-19 medical tools

COVID-19: Vaccine inequity persists as 2.8 billion people yet to receive even one dose

Low-income countries will also have to spend more to achieve 70% vaccination target

COVID-19 surge: Why has China not attained herd immunity despite high vaccination coverage?

Germany, South Korea, Vietnam are also reporting increase in COVID-19 cases despite extensive vaccination

SARS-CoV-2 changes classic feature of virus becoming endemic: Shahid Jameel

Shahid Jameel, former head of the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium, speaks to DTE about how a virus mutates, the trajectory of COVID-19,…

COVID-19: 6 African countries to receive technology needed to produce mRNA vaccines

South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa warns that unless Africa has a vaccine market, manufacturing vaccines will soon collapse  

New studies explore waning immunity and vaccine efficacy against long COVID

One deals with general efficacy and another is on vaccine effectiveness in preventing or reducing the chances of long COVID

Why Europe is the epicentre of COVID-19 protests

The reasons for the protests were wide-ranging