COVID-19 vaccine

Washington: American biotechnology company Moderna said on Tuesday that its Covid-19 vaccine showed promise in a lab setting against coronavirus variants, including the highly contagious Delta variant first identified in India. The…

New York: Covid-19 vaccines are highly effective in preventing severe infections or death, but patients with multiple myeloma -- a type of blood cancer --- are immunocompromised and often on immunosuppressive therapy. The mRNA-based…

Jakarta: Indonesia has set a target of administering two million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine daily in August in efforts to curb the surge in the number of new cases, according to President Joko Widodo. In a statement on Saturday,…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Director of Health, Dr. Bijay Kumar Mohapatra, backed the study conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on the efficacy of the Covid-19 vaccines. Addressing mediapersons, Mohapatra said that the…

Houston: At least 153 staff at a hospital in the US city of Houston who refused to comply with the Covid-19 vaccine mandate have resigned or were fired, the media reported. In a report on Wednesday, The Texas Tribune said that the…

New Delhi:  AstraZeneca said new data from Public Health England (PHE) demonstrated COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca, offers high levels of protection against the Delta variant (B.1.617.2; formerly the ‘Indian variant). AstraZeneca vaccine…

Geneva: Between 30 to 40 countries are unable to provide second doses of a Covid-19 vaccine, especially those expecting jabs from AstraZeneca, officials of the World Health Organization (WHO) said. "We have a huge number of countries…

Wellington: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Friday received her first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine in Auckland. Ardern said the vaccine was "easier than getting the flu jab", reports Xinhua news agency. "I never wanted to…

Hyderabad:  Bharat Biotech dispatched its Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin to nine states through the government of India and to 16 states through the respective state governments. Company's co-founder and joint managing director Suchitra Ella…