Monkeypox: demand for vaccines is outstripping supply – this is what’s causing the shortages

Vaccines currently being administered are from emergency stockpiles for accidental or deliberate release of smallpox

India’s monkeypox outbreak may not be linked to European superspreader events

NIV-Pune finds evidence of another lineage in Kerala samples; it suggests a distinct cluster of human-human transmission, possibly unrecognised …

AVRA Technology Award–2021 presented to Bharat Biotech chairman

Need to create an ecosystem where India innovates and not copies, says awardee Krishna M Ella

Parliamentary Digest (July 29, 2022): 100 million kids get their first Covid vaccine dose

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Is the COVID-19 vaccine story over?

India claims vaccines are no longer an issue in the battle against COVID-19, but a host of developing nations would disagree

Can nasal vaccines shield against breakthrough infections?

New study argues that nasal vaccines may be necessary to achieve more robust immunity and protection from reinfection by future variants

Africa’s 1st malaria vaccine: Global alliance Gavi announces $160 million support for rollout

International support will facilitate increased vaccine access to children 

Vaccines to prevent antimicrobial resistance: Accelerate trials for priority candidates, says WHO

Over 60 vaccines against antibiotic-resistant pathogens in clinical development stage  

Clever coronavirus: Spike mutations help Omicron dodge antibodies

Research findings can help developers of vaccines, treatments understand what part of novel coronavirus to target    

COVID-19 fallout: 25 million children missed routine vaccinations last year

India among countries where maximum number of children missed diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis shots

WHO’s urgent call: World needs new antimicrobial resistance vaccines

Urges equitable and global access to existing vaccines as well  

Experts suggest updating vaccines for new variants. How does it work & what are the challenges?

It is easier to update certain vaccine platforms than others, say experts

COVID-19 vaccines work well with all body weights BUT underweight, obesity remain risk factors

A group of UK researchers compare how those vaccinated from across various categories fared against the novel coronavirus  

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