COVID-19 boosters should start with most vulnerable: WHO Medical Dialogues Bureau23 Jan 2022 9:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: At a press briefing on 21 January, the UN health agency said it was now recommending booster doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine,...
COVID-19 vaccination for children below 15 to start only after scientific evidence, says Centre Medical Dialogues Bureau22 Jan 2022 9:15 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Union Health Ministry will decide about COVID-19 vaccination for children less than 15 years of age only after scientific evidence,...
Protecting people with cancer from COVID-19: New recommendations from cancer guidelines organization Hina Zahid22 Jan 2022 9:00 AM ISTPLYMOUTH MEETING, PA - The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) published significant updates to the expert consensus recommendations on...
Moderna to come up with combined COVID, flu booster by 2023 MD Bureau21 Jan 2022 10:00 AM ISTWashington: US drugmaker Moderna is working on a combined Covid-19 and flu booster shot, which could be available in some countries by fall 2023 at...
More than 50 lakh healthcare, frontline workers, 60 years plus-given Precaution Dose: Health Minister Medical Dialogues Bureau19 Jan 2022 9:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday said over 50 lakh healthcare and frontline workers and citizens aged 60 years or above...
Pfizer oral COVID pill Paxlovid approved in Canada Dr. Divya Colin18 Jan 2022 4:33 PM ISTNew Delhi: Canada on Monday approved Pfizer Inc's oral antiviral treatment for mild to moderate cases of COVID-19 in adults, but said global supply...
India's Gennova developing Omicron-specific COVID-19 vaccine Dr. Divya Colin18 Jan 2022 10:15 AM ISTNew Delhi: India's Gennova Biopharmaceuticals is working on an Omicron-specific mRNA COVID-19 vaccine candidate, it told Reuters on Monday, after a...
4th mRNA vaccine against COVID 19 approved for kidney transplant patients Dr. Nandita Mohan15 Jan 2022 4:25 PM ISTCovid 19 is known to cause multiorgan failure in most of its patients, Kidney trasplants have also increased their commplications are directly...
JnJ COVID booster 85 percent effective against Omicron hospitalisation: SAMRC Ruchika Sharma15 Jan 2022 11:00 AM ISTJohannesburg: A Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine booster shot is 85% effective in protecting against being hospitalised by the Omicron variant for...
Covishield 3rd dose increases antibody response against Omicron: Study Roshni Dhar14 Jan 2022 5:38 PM ISTA third dose of AstraZeneca's Covid vaccine, named Covishield in India, increases antibody response to the new vaccine-evading Omicron variant,...
Fourth dose of mRNA-based vaccine may be warranted in some kidney transplant recipients Hina Zahid14 Jan 2022 8:15 AM ISTKidney transplant recipients receiving immunosuppressive drugs have impaired immune responses to messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 vaccines ....
Moderna to report COVID vaccine data for children aged 2-5 in March Ruchika Sharma13 Jan 2022 4:35 PM ISTNew Delhi: Moderna Inc said it expects to report data from its Covid-19 vaccine trial in children aged between 2 to 5 years in March."If the data is...
