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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 . Updated: 30 Jan 2019

A vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is seen. (Photo: Reuters)

Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine best prevents hospitalization, CDC study indicates

2 min read . Updated: 18 Sep 2021

Black children who have their appendixes removed have higher rates of complication and rupture than white children (Photo: AP)

Black children more likely to have appendectomy complications, study finds

1 min read . Updated: 18 Sep 2021

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Biden administration to extend Affordable Care Act sign-up period by 30 days

3 min read . Updated: 18 Sep 2021

If the FDA follows the advisers’ recommendation, U.S. health officials would still be able to target third doses at people at highest risk of getting seriously ill or dying from Covid-19 (AP)

US FDA panel backs Pfizer's Covid-19 booster for 65 and up, rejects broad use

3 min read . 06:27 AM IST

The whipsaw of renewed gloom from the Covid-19 Delta variant following the burst of optimism from spring vaccinations makes the current pandemic phase more grueling than past ones, psychologists say (Photo: iStock)

Adults are throwing tantrums—in restaurants, planes, at home. Blame the pandemic

4 min read . Updated: 17 Sep 2021

Many parents across the US are racing to put their children in Covid-19 vaccine trials to try to protect them from the virus sooner rather than later. (Photo: Bloomberg)

Parents seek out Covid vax trials for children ahead of official authorization

5 min read . Updated: 16 Sep 2021

FDA says covid-19 vaccines remain effective without boosters

6 min read . Updated: 16 Sep 2021

Entrepreneurs fear fallout should Medicare proposal falter

3 min read . Updated: 16 Sep 2021

The PregCovid registry was established to document clinical presentations, pregnancy outcomes and mortality of pregnant and post-partum women with covid-19.

Preterm delivery, hypertensive disorders common covid complication in pregnancy

1 min read . Updated: 16 Sep 2021

The cloth masks many children used last year aren’t as effective against the current strain, scientists say (AFP)

Finding a good children’s mask is even harder this fall as Delta variant surges

4 min read . Updated: 16 Sep 2021

A health worker draws a dose of the Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE Covid-19 vaccine (Bloomberg)

Pfizer says Covid-19 vaccine efficacy erodes over time

1 min read . Updated: 15 Sep 2021

Covid-like infections: Almost two dozen bat species that can be infected by coronaviruses dwell in an area of Asia more than six times the size of Texas, with southern China and parts of Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Indonesia deemed the riskiest for spillovers. (AFP)

Thousands of Covid-like infections show risk of next pandemic

3 min read . Updated: 15 Sep 2021

There has been a sharp uptick in walk-ins at vaccination centres and assisted registrations via the 1075 helpline in the country. On 1 September, India administered over 10 million vaccine doses on a single day. (Photo: AP)

How India scaled its Covid vaccination drive

8 min read . Updated: 15 Sep 2021

In August, the Biden administration indicated boosters would be available for the wider population starting Sept. 20 (Photo: AFP)

Does everyone need a Covid-19 booster shot? Here’s what scientists say

4 min read . Updated: 14 Sep 2021

Booster dose of Covid-19 vaccines: Countries like France have started distributing third jabs to the elderly and people with compromised immune systems, (AFP)

Booster dose of Covid-19 vaccines not needed yet: Lancet study

1 min read . Updated: 14 Sep 2021

Survey from Maharashtra and Delhi shows that about 50-75 per cent of children have developed antibodies (HT)

Covid-19: 71% of children in sero survey show antibodies, says PGIMER

1 min read . Updated: 14 Sep 2021

The government has agreed to supply Covishield doses to the firms for a comparator study

Clinical trials of Gennova, Bio E vax pick up pace

2 min read . Updated: 14 Sep 2021

If Covid vaccine booster are introduced too soon or too broadly, there could also be additional side-effect risks, the US FDA experts say (Bloomberg)

COVID-19 vaccine boosters not needed for most, top FDA and WHO scientists say

2 min read . Updated: 13 Sep 2021

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UK health service trials new ‘quick, simple’ blood test to detect cancers early

4 min read . Updated: 13 Sep 2021

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