Study reveals COVID-19 vaccine can help people with heart failure live longer
May 13, 2024, at 04:32 am
Heart failure patients who are vaccinated against COVID-19 have an 82% greater likelihood of living longer than those who are not vaccinated, according to research presented today at Heart Failure 2024, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).
AstraZeneca admits in court papers that its COVID-19 vaccine can cause rare side effects
Apr 30, 2024, at 02:24 pm
AstraZeneca has confirmed in court documents that its COVID-19 vaccine, developed in collaboration with the University of Oxford, can cause a rare side effect called thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS), according to a report released in a British newspaper.
Over one million lives were saved in Europe due to COVID-19 vaccines, says WHO
Jan 17, 2024, at 11:03 pm
COVID-19 vaccines saved at least 1.4 million lives in Europe – “irrefutable” proof of the power of these inoculations, the regional head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
Oct 02, 2023, at 09:08 pm
Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman got the Nobel Prize for Medicine for developing effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 since the pandemic started in 2020.
Health Canada expects increase in COVID-19 cases, reviews 3 new vaccines
Aug 30, 2023, at 04:59 am
Toronto/IBNS: With signs of the COVID-19 caseload poised to grow in the weeks ahead, three new vaccines are being reviewed by Health Canadadesigned to specifically target the XBB.1.5 Omicron subvariant now in widespread circulation.
Study finds obesity accelerates loss of COVID-19 vaccination immunity
May 12, 2023, at 11:06 pm
The protection offered by COVID-19 vaccination declines more rapidly in people with severe obesity than in those with normal weight, scientists at the Universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh have found.
India gets its first covid nasal vaccine iNCOVACC manufactured by Bharat Biotech
Jan 26, 2023, at 10:11 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya and Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh Thursday launched the world's first COVID-19 intranasal vaccine, iNCOVACC.
Bharat Biotech's intranasal COVID-19 vaccine to be launched on Republic Day
Jan 22, 2023, at 11:37 pm
Bhopal: Hyderabad-based vaccine maker Bharat Biotech is all set to launch its intranasal COVID-19 vaccine iNCOVACC on January 26, the company's chairman and managing director Krishna Ella said here on Saturday.
Health Canada approves Moderna’s updated COVID-19 vaccine for Omicron variant
Sep 03, 2022, at 05:03 am
Toronto/IBNS: Moderna’s updated COVID-19 vaccine targeting the Omicron variant has been formally approved by Health Canada.
Corbevax vaccine approved by DCGI as heterologous Covid-19 booster dose
Jun 04, 2022, at 10:40 pm
Hyderabad: Biological E. Limited (BE), a Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical and vaccines company, on Saturday announced that its Corbevax Covid-19 vaccine has been approved by the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) as a heterologous COVID-19 booster dose to individuals aged 18 years and above after 6 months of administration of primary vaccination (two doses) of Covaxin or Covishiled vaccines for restricted use in emergency situation.
COVID-19 vaccine access in conflict areas remains critical
Apr 12, 2022, at 09:54 pm
New York: Although safe and effective COVID-19 vaccinations are available, the pandemic is still far from over, and countries affected by conflict are in danger of being left behind, the UN Security Council heard on Monday.
WHO warns against blanket boosters, as vaccine inequity persists
Dec 24, 2021, at 07:54 pm
New York: Blanket COVID-19 vaccine booster programmes could prolong the pandemic and increase inequity, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday.
UN agency begins COVID vaccine rollout for 7,500 stranded migrants in Yemen
Dec 16, 2021, at 08:48 pm
New York: The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has begun a COVID-19 vaccination campaign for migrants stranded in Yemen. The goal is to inoculate around 7,500 people at its Migrant Response Points in Aden and Ma’rib.
Dec 14, 2021, at 08:21 pm
London: Researchers from the University of Oxford have analysed the impact of the Omicron COVID-19 variant of concern on one of the immune responses generated by vaccination.
COVID-19: WHO says countries can now use one or two courses of the Janssen vaccine
Dec 11, 2021, at 09:03 pm
Countries “can now consider” using one or two courses of the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine, otherwise known as the Johnson & Johnson, or J&J shot, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday.
COVID-19: Pfizer vaccine shows 100 percent efficiency in adolescents after 4 months
Nov 24, 2021, at 03:03 pm
New York: Pfizer Inc.and BioNTech SE have announced topline results from a longer-term analysis of the safety and efficacy of their COVID-19 vaccine in individuals aged between 12 through 15 years, where it was found that two-dose series showed 100 percent efficiency against the virus after four months.
More than 21.65 cr unused vaccines available with states, UTs, says Centre
Nov 20, 2021, at 11:08 pm
New Delhi: The Centre on Saturday said 129 crore (1,29,90,13,890) vaccine doses have been provided to states and UTs so far through Govt of India (free of cost channel) and through direct state procurement category.
Clinical trial results show Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is safe for children aged between 5 to 11
Sep 20, 2021, at 10:28 pm
New York: Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE on Monday announced results from a Phase 2/3 trial showing a favorable safety profile and robust neutralizing antibody responses in children 5 to 11 years of age using a two-dose regimen of 10 µg administered 21 days apart, a smaller dose than the 30 µg dose used for people 12 and older.
Only 2% of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered in Africa
Sep 15, 2021, at 04:14 pm
New York: More than 5.7 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered globally, but only 2% of them in Africa, said World Health Organization (WHO) chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday.
North Korea rejects Chinese COVID-19 vaccine
Sep 04, 2021, at 06:03 pm
UNICEF said on Thursday that North Korea has rejected around three million doses of a Chinese Covid-19 vaccine.
Vaccine inequity causes ‘dangerous divergence’ in COVID survival rates – UN agency heads
Aug 28, 2021, at 09:14 pm
New York: The global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines is progressing at “two alarmingly different speeds”, UN agency leaders said in a statement on Friday, noting that less than two per cent of adults are fully vaccinated in most low-income countries compared to almost 50 per cent in high-‑income nations.
Vaccine inequity causes ‘dangerous divergence’ in COVID survival rates – UN agency heads
Aug 28, 2021, at 05:40 pm
New York: The global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines is progressing at “two alarmingly different speeds”, UN agency leaders said in a statement on Friday, noting that less than two per cent of adults are fully vaccinated in most low-income countries compared to almost 50 per cent in high-‑income nations.
Zydus Cadila receives emergency approval for use on children above 12 years
Aug 21, 2021, at 04:29 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Zydus Cadila has received approval for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of its COVID-19 vaccine, ZyCoV-D, from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) to be administered on children and adults 12 years and above.
Spanish doctors call for vaccinating pregnant women against COVID-19 after three deaths reported
Aug 02, 2021, at 11:05 pm
Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: Spanish doctors called on regional authorities to accelerate the immunization of pregnant women following three reported cases of fatalities from COVID-19 in the category during the last month.
Jul 14, 2021, at 03:35 am
Bangkok: Thailand authorities have decided to mix Oxford's AstraZeneca with China's Sinovac vaccine to combat rising COVID-19 cases in the country.
One dose of Sputnik V reduces mortality rate in people aged over 60 by 70-80 pc: Study
Jun 26, 2021, at 02:18 pm
Buenos Aires/Sputnik: Even one dose of the Sputnik V or AstraZeneca vaccines against the coronavirus reduces the mortality rate in people aged over 60 years by 70-80 percent, a study the Argentine Ministry of Health said.
91 countries now offer COVID-19 vaccinations to refugees, says UNHCR
Jun 25, 2021, at 03:29 pm
New York: UN refugee agency UNHCR, on Thursday welcomed the growing number of countries that have offered COVID-19 vaccines to refugees before urging others to do the same.
COVID-19 cases drop for seventh week, but deaths fall less slowly: WHO
Jun 15, 2021, at 09:24 pm
New York: The number of new COVID-19 cases reported to the UN health agency has declined for seven weeks in a row, in what the top official there called on Monday “the longest sequence of weekly declines during the pandemic so far”.
WHO warns of ‘two-track pandemic’ as cases decline but vaccine inequity persists
Jun 08, 2021, at 11:06 pm
New York: Even though COVID-19 cases and deaths have declined in recent weeks, the world is facing a “two-track pandemic”, the UN’s top health official said on Monday in his ongoing campaign to get more vaccines to developing countries.
Moderna and Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccines approved in the Maldives
Jun 08, 2021, at 01:04 am
Authorities in the Maldives have given emergency use approval to Covid-19 vaccines of Moderna and Johnson & Johnson--both of them are already approved by the World Health Organization (WHO).