NEW YORK: US-based pharmaceutical major Moderna's experimental vaccine, mRNA-1273, designed to protect against Covid-19 virus, was generally well tolerated and prompted neutralising antibody activity...
LONDON: Wendy Barclay, chairwoman in influenza virology at Imperial College London, has said that coronavirus particles can remain infectious in the air for more...
MUMBAI: In a major boost to the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation and Maharashtra government's morale, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has lauded their success over...
GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it was launching an initiative to help 1.3 billion global tobacco-users quit the habit during the...
NEW YORK: A top adviser to US President Donald Trump has blamed the politicisation of COVID-19 treatment and a "hydroxy hysteria" fueled by the...
BEIJING: Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac has received approval for starting phase-3 clinical trial of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, CoronaVac, in Brazil. This study will recruit...
WASHINGTON: The overall number of global COVID-19 cases has surpassed the 11 million mark, while the deaths have soared to more than 524,000, according...
NEW DELHI: India's COVID-19 cases soared by over 20,000 in a day for the first time taking the country's total tally to 6,25,544 on...
GENEVA: A World Health Organization (WHO) expert said that the recently publicized swine flu in China was not new and that it's under close...
NEW DELHI: In what can be good news for citizens, Union Health Secretary Preeti Sudan and ICMR Director-General Dr. Balram Bhargava have told the...