COVID-19: Over 3 lakh IMA members offer service in Govt vaccine program Medical Dialogues Bureau1 Dec 2020 9:30 AM ISTIn a letter to the prime minister on Sunday, the IMA said all its members will offer their services voluntarily and free of charge.
Covid-19: PM Modi to virtually interact with 3 teams of vaccine developers MD Bureau30 Nov 2020 9:15 AM ISTExpressing pride in the fact that India's indigenous vaccine development has progressed at such a rapid pace so far, PM Modi had stressed that India...
All set for Covid-19 vaccine delivery: Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar Farhat Nasim27 Nov 2020 9:00 AM IST"The government has identified 29,451 session sites (vaccination sites) and 10,008 vaccinators as per the norms of the Universal Immunization...
AIOCD asks chemists to ensure cold chain system for COVID vaccine storage, distribution Farhat Nasim25 Nov 2020 7:33 PM ISTNew Delhi: Chemist body, All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD) recently wrote to all its members, asking them to ensure that their...
USFDA calls for Advisory Committee Meeting on December 10 to discuss Pfizer Covid Vaccine approval Ruchika Sharma22 Nov 2020 10:45 AM ISTNew Delhi: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has scheduled a meeting of its Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC)...
Details for Covid vaccine database: Maharashtra Health Dept asks MMC to reach out to allopathy doctors MD Bureau22 Nov 2020 10:15 AM ISTMumbai: In an attempt to prepare a digital covid vaccine database, the State public health department has asked Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) to...
Govt mulls strategy to procure Pfizer Covid vaccine despite cold storage challenges Farhat Nasim19 Nov 2020 5:28 PM ISTThe arrangement of cold chains for storing the vaccine developed by Pfizer at a low temperature of minus 70 degrees Celsius is a big challenge and it...
Over 100 scientists join hands with UN to bust Covid-19 vaccine myths Medical Dialogues Bureau18 Nov 2020 11:08 AM ISTNew Delhi: Under a UN initiative, over 100 scientists have joined hands to tackle the issue of misinformation around Covid-19 vaccines and build...
After Pfizer, Moderna Covid vaccine shows 94 percent efficacy MD Bureau17 Nov 2020 4:00 PM ISTBoth Moderna and Pfizer, BioNTech use the 'mRNA' technology which means the vaccine is not embedded with the virus itself and therefore no risk of...
Pfizer Covid vaccine has extraordinarily high degree of efficacy, close to 95 percent: Fauci Medical Dialogues Bureau16 Nov 2020 4:08 PM ISTNew Delhi: The success of Pfizer Inc.'s Covid-19 vaccine trial may help persuade more people to get inoculated amid a surge in new coronavirus cases,...
Health Ministry excludes anti parasitic drug ivermectin from Covid protocol Medical Dialogues Bureau11 Nov 2020 9:15 AM ISTIvermectin medicine is an inexpensive and safe drug that is used for the treatment of international parasites and scabies.
Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine found 90 percent effective against Covid19 MD Bureau10 Nov 2020 4:15 PM ISTPfizer Chairman and CEO Albert Bourla called the development "a great day for science and humanity."
