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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

FILE PHOTO: A health worker receives an injection with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Fuentelarreina primary healthcare centre in Madrid, Spain January 18, 2021. REUTERS/Sergio Perez/File Photo (REUTERS)

Can Covid-19 vaccines be mixed and matched?

1 min read . 21 Jan 2021

Inside views of the production and processing unit of Serum Institute of India (SII) in Pune

South Africa to pay $5.25 a dose for AstraZeneca vaccine from India's SII

1 min read . 21 Jan 2021

In this file photo the Pfizer/BioNTEch coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine is pictured. (AFP)

Can Covid-19 vaccines be mixed and matched?

1 min read . 21 Jan 2021

Health workers collect swab sample from suspected people for COVID-19 testing in New Delhi.

New tool to calculate Covid-19 transmission risk in poorly-ventilated places

2 min read . 21 Jan 2021

Oxford preparing vaccine versions to fight Covid 19 virus variants (AFP)

Oxford working on vaccine versions to fight Covid 19 virus variants

2 min read . 21 Jan 2021

Around 50 countries have started vaccination campaigns, with more than 40 of them being high-income states. (AFP)

Don't panic, you'll get Covid-19 vaccine, says WHO

2 min read . 21 Jan 2021

FILE PHOTO: A health worker receives an injection with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Fuentelarreina primary healthcare centre in Madrid, Spain January 18, 2021. REUTERS/Sergio Perez/File Photo (REUTERS)

How alarming are these covid-19 vaccine scares?

5 min read . 21 Jan 2021

Empty vials of the Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) vaccine (REUTERS)

COVID-19 vaccine: Russia files Sputnik V registration in Europe

1 min read . 20 Jan 2021

A doctor administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine (AFP)

Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine likely to foil mutant, new study shows

1 min read . 20 Jan 2021

A health worker performs a trial run of the COVID-19 vaccine delivery system in New Delhi, India, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. India will kick off the coronavirus vaccination drive on Jan. 16 to stem the pandemic in the world’s second-most populous country. A Health Ministry statement says that priority will be given to the healthcare workers and the frontline workers, estimated around 30 million. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) (AP)

Misinformation blamed for slow start to India vaccine drive

3 min read . 20 Jan 2021

FILE PHOTO: The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China, is seen in an illustration released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. January 29, 2020. Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM/CDC/Handout via REUTERS/File photo (via REUTERS)

New research reveals best symptom of Covid-19

2 min read . 20 Jan 2021

India has given emergency use authorisation to two COVID-19 vaccines being manufactured in the country - Covishield and Covaxin. (REUTERS)

Covaxin recipients to be followed-up for 3 months after 2nd dose: ICMR

1 min read . 20 Jan 2021

The COVID-19 positivity rate has also seen a deep dip with the increase in number of testing infrastructure. (REUTERS)

Number of people vaccinated against COVID-19 more than double number of active

2 min read . 19 Jan 2021

Photo: Bloomberg

South Africa’s new Covid-19 strain is 50% more infectious

1 min read . 19 Jan 2021

Sero-positivity means a positive result for antibodies in a blood test (AP)

Smoking-vegetarianism-covid link not fully understood: Scientists

5 min read . 19 Jan 2021

On Saturday, samples from a dead owl in the Delhi zoo had tested positive for avian influenza. (Photo: PTI)

Bird flu: Red Fort shut till Jan 26 after sample of dead crow tests positive

1 min read . 19 Jan 2021

A healthcare worker draws blood from a motorist. (AFP)

A new Covid-19 challenge: Mutations rise along with cases

4 min read . 19 Jan 2021

FILE PHOTO: World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. (REUTERS)

WHO hints at signs of ‘vaccine nationalism’

3 min read . 19 Jan 2021

For months, Gilead Sciences’s remdesivir and the generic steroid dexamethasone have been used on the front lines after being shown to reduce hospital stays and improve recovery speeds (Photo: Reuters)

Covid-19: What’s working in coronavirus treatments and what isn’t

4 min read . 18 Jan 2021

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