Lifecycle of COVID-19: Yet another omicron sub-variant has countries on high alert
XBB.1.5 shows how dynamic and wide-reaching SARS-CoV-2 variant evolution is, says expert
India’s new COVID-19 vaccination milestone in figures
How many people have been fully vaccinated and how many are yet to get a single shot?
Lateral Thoughts: A paradigm change in clinical trials
The rich and famous are clamouring to get the ‘experimental’ COVID-19 vaccine
COVID-19 vaccines for 15-18 year olds; boosters for healthcare, frontline workers, senior citizens with comorbidities
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces next step of vaccination even as entire adult population is yet to be fully vaccinated
COVID-19 shows why African data is key for the continent’s response to pandemics
African public health practitioners have amassed a wealth of experience of managing epidemics
WATCH: How Serum Institute of India is pricing Covishield
Vaccination against COVID-19 will undergo major modifications next month. Here’s a quick glance.
Why the US and its allies are stupid to turn COVID-19 vaccination into a geopolitical power play
The COVID-19 pandemic demands that all nations cooperate to vaccinate the entire global population—a goal that can’t be achieved …
Only 2 cases of poliovirus in 2021 so far: WHO
At least 129 cases reported from January-October 2020; the disease will continue to be classified as a public health emergency of international …
COVID-19 vaccine update: Nearly 35 million jabs administered in India so far
Xi Jinping announces he will start regular visa services for those administered the China-made vaccine; no such vaccine is, however, available in …
India declared polio free; no new case in 3 years
Children in the country will, however, continue to be vaccinated against the disease to maintain immunity
No COVID-19 vaccine before 2021, Centre puts out then deletes
Sentence in question inadvertently included: PIB official; Things are contextual, says author of original article
Consider updating COVID-19 vaccine composition to include omicron: WHO to authorities
The only other precedent we have for updating vaccines regularly based on the circulating strain is for flu. But the comparison may not be fair
COVID-19: Trump’s promise fuels anti-vaxx movement
Anti-vaccine theories inspire fear in the general population, undermining a coordinated effort to defeat the virus
First 2 phases of Russian vaccine trial indicate safety and efficacy: Study
Two formulations of the vaccine have been developed: One could be introduced through global supply chain and other in hard-to-reach regions
Are some states under-reporting pentavalent vaccine deaths?
RTI reponse of Union health ministry shows states with better health track record have reported higher number of vaccine deaths
Vaccines to prevent antimicrobial resistance: Accelerate trials for priority candidates, says WHO
Over 60 vaccines against antibiotic-resistant pathogens in clinical development stage
Rwanda and Senegal will host Africa’s first COVID-19 vaccine plants: What’s known so far
Only Tunisia, Senegal, Egypt, Ethiopia, and South Africa have varying capabilities to produce and fill or finish vaccines
Grotesque profits in the time of COVID-19
Vaccine equity goes for a toss as US recommends booster shots, while Pfizer and Moderna revenues soar by billions of dollars
We know vaccines are the way out of COVID-19, but how are India’s numbers stacked
India is adding the most to the pandemic’s tally now; yet, the vaccination drive has lost steam before any significant gains
Lateral Thoughts: Healthy ageing was never so attractive
Accessing COVID-19 vaccine is logistically difficult for the old and sick
Wealthy nations starved the developing world of vaccines. Omicron shows the cost of this greed
10 high-income countries will be sitting on more than 870 million excess doses by end of 2021
COVID-19 vaccine: Oxford-AstraZeneca up to 90% effective in late stage trial
Adenovirus vaccine can be stored at 2-8°C; company to apply for emergency authorisation
COVID-19: What will be a fair policy to distribute vaccine
No country is safe if only its own citizens are inoculated; the question of equitable distribution of a vaccine is as much a global concern as it …
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
Vaccine hope
While Africa gets its first vaccine to fight malaria, India is still in the early stages of clinical trials