A COVID-19 encore with monkeypox

A familiar pattern is emerging in the battle against monkeypox with the US and Europe grabbing scarce vaccine supplies

COVID-19 vaccine update: How much is the world lagging behind in vaccination

COVAX expects to reach its target of two billion doses in the first quarter of 2022

Between hype and hope on Zika

Bharat Biotech's patent claim on vaccines to fight Zika is riddled with holes and rivals abroad are surging ahead

African vaccines: Local manufacturers are struggling to access the market — what must change

Current procurement systems for vaccines in the region does not leave much room for African companies

Proactive regulators key to safe biopharmaceuticals

Healthcare policymakers should devise suitable policies to strengthen the regulatory infrastructure in order to keep substandard drugs from being …

Uncanny truth about germs

Building immunity may be a matter of keeping company with microbes, argue some immunologists

COVID vaccines and pregnancy: a review of the evidence shows they are safe

Pregnant women’s immune response to the vaccine is similar to the response of women who are not pregnant, research suggests

Did a drug manufacturer and Philippino officials turn a blind eye to a lethal anti-dengue vaccine?

60 school children have died due to an anti-dengue vaccine, Dengvaxia, provided by a government-run immunisation program in spite of the …

Simply put: COVID-19 vaccine exploration

Vaccine woes continue

COVID: A two-year journey through lockdowns, lives lost and life-saving research

During this period, there have been over 433 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, including over 6 million deaths, reported to the World Health …

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

Being humans: How do we look back at COVID-19 lockdown a year since

What has the disruption taught us? Has the lack of socialisation made us better humans or worse? What will the future be like when we have more …

What will help us live with COVID-19 in the future?

A combination of both vaccines or drugs would be needed 

Simply put: Turtle pace

Nasal vaccines promise to stop the COVID-19 virus before it gets to the lungs – an immunologist explains how they work

While the exact mechanisms by which nasal vaccines work in people have not been thoroughly studied, researchers believe they work analogously to …

COVID-19 vaccines: India needs to rise

India has to work hard to defend its position as the global hub of vaccine production

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

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;…

Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: How vaccines can help reduce India’s AMR burden

The vaccine provides an indirect but significant benefit at scale to preventing the emergence of AMR

Access to viral hepatitis diagnosis and treatment is still limited: WHO

In Africa, less than eight countries provide subsidised testing and treatment for viral hepatitis

Global spread of vaccine-derived polio still a high risk: WHO

Recommends declaring transmission as a national public health emergency, ensuring vaccinations for travellers and residents

US govt data shows 62% of pregnant black women not vaccinated for flu, pertussis

Low trust levels among black adults for vaccines, doctors

Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman’s work on mRNA vaccines wins Nobel Prize for Medicine 2023

Such vaccines have saved millions of lives and prevented severe disease in many more, allowing societies to open and return to normal conditions

Vaccines without needles: New shelf-stable film could revolutionise how medicines are distributed worldwide

A research group claims to have developed a method to stabilise live viruses and other biological medicines in a rapidly dissolving film that …