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The company says its stents are made of biodegradable material, and are an alternative to the traditional metal stents (Bloomberg)

Expert panel to review Meril’s price exemption bid for stent

2 min read . 30 Jan 2019
Oxford covid vaccine is one of 10 around the world in the most advanced phase III of trials

South Korea begins review of Oxford covid vaccine

1 min read . 02:51 PM IST
FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, file photo, a nearly full moon rises, with an office building in the foreground, in downtown Kansas City, Mo. The moon’s shadowed, frigid nooks and crannies may hold frozen water in more places and in larger quantities than previously suspected, good news for astronauts at future lunar bases who could tap into these resources for drinking and making rocket fuel, scientists reported Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) (AP)
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More water on the moon? New finding deepens puzzle

2 min read . 12:26 PM IST
The US FDA authorized Oxford covid vaccine trial to resume last week

Covid vaccine race: Oxford stays near front despite delay in US trial

4 min read . 11:19 AM IST
The study is also the first of its kind to distinguish between fossil fuel-related and other human-made sources of air pollution. (AP)

Exposure to air pollution increases Covid-19 deaths by 15% worldwide: Study

5 min read . 08:54 AM IST
People pratice dancing in the Passage des Jacobins prior to a nighttime curfew in Paris on October 26, 2020. (AFP)

Asymptomatic Covid-19 sufferers lose antibodies sooner: Study

1 min read . 06:05 AM IST
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (Bloomberg)

US disease expert Anthony Fauci says covid vaccine verdict likely by year-end

1 min read . 26 Oct 2020
AstraZeneca, which is developing the vaccine with Oxford University researchers, is seen as a frontrunner in the race to produce a vaccine to protect against COVID-19

Prepare for Oxford covid vaccine next month, UK hospital told: Report

1 min read . 26 Oct 2020
Last week, Johnson & Johnson said it plans to restart a large late-stage trial of the vaccine that had been paused due to safety concerns

Johnson & Johnson sees covid-19 vaccine available as soon as January

7 min read . 26 Oct 2020
The WHO study also found there was no increase in possible maternal bacterial infections when treating pregnant women with dexamethasone in low-resource settings

Covid drug can also save preterm babies

3 min read . 26 Oct 2020
The Oxford covid vaccine is considered a frontrunner in the race to protect the global population from Covid-19

Oxford covid vaccine seen effective in elderly people: Report

1 min read . 26 Oct 2020
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO). (REUTERS)

WHO chief warns against 'vaccine nationalism', says it will prolong the pandemic

2 min read . 26 Oct 2020
AstraZeneca resumed the US trial of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine after approval by regulators (REUTERS)

AstraZeneca says Oxford vaccine deal allows it to take up to 20% on top of costs

1 min read . 24 Oct 2020
India may pay the price for non-adherence to appropriate covid-19 behaviour with winter setting in, says health minister Harsh Vardhan. ht (MINT_PRINT)

Next 3 months will help determine the situation of Covid in India: Vardhan

2 min read . 23 Oct 2020
Covaxin is currently in the phase II clinical trial in the country (AFP)

Covaxin likely to be at least 60% effective, says Bharat Biotech

2 min read . 23 Oct 2020
Dr Randeep Guleria, director of AIIMS (Photo: Mint)

India needs a sustainable healthcare system post pandemic too: AIIMS director

3 min read . 23 Oct 2020
The states and union territories have been asked to submit a list of key workers and vulnerable groups who will receive the vaccine first (REUTERS)

COVID-19 vaccine: Centre to procure directly; priority group to get it first

2 min read . 23 Oct 2020
It still remains difficult to predict which children are likely to carry more or less virus, as per the scientists.

Why asymptomatic kids have low Covid levels compared to those with symptoms

3 min read . 23 Oct 2020
Stocks of seasonal flu vaccine are also low in some European cities amid worries about the risk of a potentially lethal 'twindemic'. (AP)

As COVID-19 cases spike, pneumonia vaccine demand jumps

3 min read . 23 Oct 2020
FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker of the free influenza vaccination programme holds a flu vaccine inside a tram, as the global spread of the the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Vienna, Austria, October 1, 2020. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo (REUTERS)

Germany prepares for coronavirus vaccination before year-end: Report

1 min read . 23 Oct 2020

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