WB 95-year-old woman beats COVID-19
KOLKATA: A 95-year-old patient has successfully recovered from COVID-19 in Tapan Sinha Memorial Hospital in Kolkata, West Bengal. The woman named Nandarani Acharya, was tested...
Centre to provide over 10 lakh vaccine doses to states, UTs in next 3 days
NEW DELHI: The central government will provide more than 10 lakh vaccine doses to states and Union Territories in the next three days, informed...
India needs to achieve zero new transmission of HIV to end AIDS Harsh Vardhan at UNGA
NEW DELHI: India has ably demonstrated that strong political leadership is most critical to address inequalities and gaps in epidemic response, said Union Health...
Ramdev lauds centralised vaccination drive announcement, says will take jab soon
HARIDWAR: Lauding Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement of centralised COVID-19 vaccination drive for all adults and administering Covid vaccines free of cost at government...
Efficacy of Covaxin, Covishield, Sputnik V more or less equivalent Guleria
NEW DELHI: Data available till now shows clearly that efficacy of all vaccines -- whether Covaxin, Covishield or Sputnik V -- are more or...
Cannot compel China to give more info on COVID-19 origins, says WHO official
GENEVA: A top World Health Organization official on Monday said that the WHO cannot compel China to divulge more data on the origins of...
WHO warns against overpriced vaccines, substandard COVID products
GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday of the danger of buying overpriced vaccines from intermediaries, reminding those countries should buy vaccines...
Bihar Covaxin trials on children begin at Patna's AIIMS
PATNA: Patna's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has started the paediatric trials for the COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Bharat Biotech, Covaxin. Covaxin...
Centre books 30 cr doses of second made-in-India Covid vaccine from Hyderabad-based Biological-E
NEW DELHI: The health ministry has finalised arrangements with Hyderabad-based vaccine manufacturer Biological-E to book 30 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses, set to be manufactured...
Russia's single-dose Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine approved for use in Mauritius
MOSCOW: The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) on Wednesday announced the approval of the Russian single-dose Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine by the Mauritius Health...