Vaccine

October 15, 2021

US FDA backs half-dose Moderna booster for adults at risk

Moderna has presented a data showing a sudden rise in the proportion of vaccinated people getting COVID-19 in July and August, seven months after the vaccine rollout began.

October 12, 2021
Get vaccinated if you want to play Australian Open, minister tells players

Victoria state, of which Melbourne is the capital, has introduced a vaccine mandate for all professional athletes but authorities have yet to clarify whether athletes from overseas or other Australian states must also vaccinate.
October 10, 2021
India to export 40 lakh Sputnik Light doses to Russia

Hetero and Dr Reddy's Laboratories, the Indian partner of Russian sovereign wealth fund RDIF, markets the Sputnik range of vaccines globally.
October 07, 2021
WHO backs malaria vaccine rollout for Africa's children in major breakthrough

Since 2019, 2.3 million doses of Mosquirix have been administered to infants in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi in a large-scale pilot programme coordinated by the WHO.
October 07, 2021
India reports 22,431 new COVID-19 cases, 318 deaths

The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been below 30,000 for 13 straight days.
October 07, 2021
WHO recommends offering world's 1st malaria vaccine to African children

The malaria vaccine known as Mosquirix was developed by GlaxoSmithKline in 1987.
October 01, 2021
Merck's oral pill shows promise against hospitalisation due to Covid

Molnupiravir, co-developed with Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, is administered orally and works by inhibiting the replication of the coronavirus inside the body.

Vaccine

US FDA backs half-dose Moderna booster for adults at risk

Get vaccinated if you want to play Australian Open, minister tells players

India to export 40 lakh Sputnik Light doses to Russia

WHO backs malaria vaccine rollout for Africa's children in major breakthrough

India reports 22,431 new COVID-19 cases, 318 deaths

WHO recommends offering world's 1st malaria vaccine to African children

Merck's oral pill shows promise against hospitalisation due to Covid

Dengue vaccine important, working closely with trials: ICMR chief

Give a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine jab to elderly population

Study shows 37% infected patients diagnosed with at least one long-Covid symptom