DCGI approves Covaxin for emergency use in age group between 12 and 18 years
The approval from DCGI came nearly 10 weeks after the subject expert committee of central drugs standard control organisation (CDSCO) recommended Covaxin’s use in children...
US court reinstates Biden’s vaccine mandate for big businesses
An appeals court in the United States has reinstated President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for large businesses. Friday’s ruling by the Sixth US Circuit Court of...
U.S. FDA advisers weigh Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in children
An expert panel will weigh the authorization of Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) and BioNTech's (22UAy.DE) COVID-19 vaccine for U.S. children aged 5 to 11 on Tuesday as it prepares to vote...
India celebrates 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses with song and dance
India celebrated the milestone of administering 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses on Thursday, with the government promoting the achievement in song and video even as...
Heart inflammation risk from mRNA shots: Here’s how countries are responding
After reports of rare heart inflammation cases among adolescents following the Pfizer vaccine shot, some countries have tweaked their vaccination programmes for teens. The countries...
Johnson & Johnson vaccine boosters increase antibodies: Data
The Johnson & Johnson (J&J) company is saying that a booster shot of its COVID-19 vaccine sharply increased levels of antibodies, according to interim data...
A Nurse Lost Both Her Unvaccinated Parents To Covid. She Still Won’t Get The Shot
A nurse who lost both her parents to Covid-19 says she does not regret their decision not to get the vaccine, but that she resents...
New York Becomes First US City To Make Corona Vaccine Mandatory For Restaurant-Gym Entry
Cases of the delta variant of the coronavirus are increasing rapidly in the US. Meanwhile, New York City announced on Tuesday that employees and customers...
EU okays Moderna Covid jab
Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine could become the second shot okayed for adolescent use in the European Union after regulators on Friday recommended approving it for 12...
EMA positive on mixing of vaccines, says two doses ‘vital’ against Delta variant
The EU drug regulator on Wednesday said that both shots of a two-dose Covid-19 vaccine are vital for protection against the highly contagious Delta variant....