Vitamin D alone cannot treat or prevent COVID-19, suggests NICE Medha Baranwal23 Dec 2020 10:30 AM ISTLondon, UK: There is insufficient evidence that intake of vitamin D alone can prevent or treat COVID-19 infection, according to leading health bodies....
Bombay HC asks Centre whether private practitioners on COVID duty are entitled to Rs 50 lakh insurance cover Garima22 Dec 2020 4:43 PM ISTMumbai: Seeking clarification as to whether private healthcare providers, who served during the COVID-19 pandemic and died after contracting the...
Pfizer, BioNTech COVID vaccine gets EU regulatory nod, inoculation to start from Dec 27 Ruchika Sharma22 Dec 2020 2:00 PM ISTAmsterdam: Europe's medicines regulator on Monday approved the use of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by U.S. company Pfizer and its German partner...
Dr Reddys, Russia together to produce Sputnik V vaccine for COVID-19: Russian envoy Ruchika Sharma22 Dec 2020 11:32 AM ISTSputnik V vaccine has shown 92 percent efficacy in preventing COVID-19, according to the interim trial results announced by the country's health...
Health Ministry calls for emergency meeting over mutant COVID strain in UK Medical Dialogues Bureau22 Dec 2020 9:15 AM ISTExperts from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the World Health Organisation (WHO)...
Takeda Pharma Chief asks transparency in virus vaccine rollout Ruchika Sharma21 Dec 2020 1:52 PM ISTTokyo: Pharmaceutical firms must be "very transparent" about the risks and benefits of vaccines in efforts to end the coronavirus pandemic, the head...
Adar Poonawalla says govt need to indemnify vaccine makers against all lawsuits Ruchika Sharma21 Dec 2020 1:29 PM ISTNew Delhi: Vaccine manufacturers need to have protection against all lawsuits for their vaccines especially during a pandemic, Serum Institute of...
Study finds no significant association between COVID-19 and Guillain-Barre syndrome Hina Zahid20 Dec 2020 1:26 PM ISTNeuroscientists at UCL have found no significant association between COVID-19 and the potentially paralysing and sometimes fatal neurological...
India needs Rs 80,000 crore for COVID-19 vaccine distribution in 2021: Serum Institute of India MD Bureau20 Dec 2020 10:15 AM ISTDr. Satish D. Ravetkar added that India would further have to ensure adequate power supply that could help maintain the temperature required to keep...
Russian Covid Vaccine Sputnik V: India to produce 300 million doses in 2021 MD Bureau20 Dec 2020 9:45 AM ISTMoscow: India will produce about 300 million doses of the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in 2021, the head of the Russian Direct Investment...
JnJ enrolls about 45,000 participants for COVID vaccine late-stage trial Ruchika Sharma20 Dec 2020 9:15 AM ISTJ&J said it plans to submit an emergency use authorization application to the USFDA in February if the data from the study is safe and effective.
Pfizer applies for Japenese approval for COVID vaccine Ruchika Sharma20 Dec 2020 9:00 AM ISTTokyo: Drugmaker Pfizer Inc said on Friday it had applied for approval in Japan for its COVID-19 vaccine, which is already being administered in the...
