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This development comes at a time when Bharat Biotech is under criticism in India for not sharing data from its phase 3 clinical trials almost six months after the company’s vaccine was included in India’s immunization programme (Photo: Twitter@BharatBiotech)

FDA rejects emergency use authorization for Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin jab

2 min read . Updated: 11 Jun 2021

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Hospitals say the cap on charge will make it unviable for them to offer vaccination outside their premises. (Photo: Reuters)

Costly jabs, service fee cap make vaccinations unviable: Hospitals

3 min read . Updated: 10 Jun 2021

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The positivity rate, or the share of tests turning positive, peaked at more than 22% in early May and has since declined to 3.8%, even lower than the first-wave peak of 8.6%

Virus curve dives below 2020 peak after nine weeks

2 min read . Updated: 09 Jun 2021

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The trial is part of a wider program called Recovery meant to test a range of existing drugs for effectiveness against Covid (Photo: AP)

Covid-19: Aspirin doesn’t help patients survive in large, says UK study

1 min read . Updated: 08 Jun 2021

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PM Modi said ‘many states’ sought return to system in place before 1 May

Free vaccines for all adults from 21 June

3 min read . Updated: 08 Jun 2021

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The FIR has been lodged at Beta 2 police station in Greater Noida against five named persons and some unidentified residents of the society (Photo: HT)

Noida housing society gets covid vaccines meant for Aligarh, FIR lodged

1 min read . Updated: 07 Jun 2021

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Serum has authorization for Covishield, a version of the vaccine co-developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca (Photo: Bloomberg)

Serum Institute seeks regulatory nod to make Sputnik V

1 min read . Updated: 03 Jun 2021

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The Centre’s claim is likely based on the expectation that it will be able to procure 2.16 bn doses between Aug and Dec, although manufacturers’ estimates put it at 1.65 bn (Photo: Bloomberg)

India needs to boost vaccinations six-fold to meet year-end target

2 min read . Updated: 03 Jun 2021

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A woman gets inoculated in Mumbai on Monday (Photo: AP)

SC questions Centre over dual pricing policy for covid shots

3 min read . Updated: 01 Jun 2021

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Among possible causes being investigated is that the vaccine triggers an unusual antibody response in rare cases. So far, risk factors like age or gender have not been singled out ( Photo: Reuters)

Explainer: How worried should we be about blood clots linked to Astra, J&J shots

3 min read . Updated: 27 May 2021

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Long-haul Covid kids: Coronavirus proving more serious risk to children

6 min read . Updated: 25 May 2021

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Doctors battling to save lives amid a dearth of effective treatments are turning to the drugs they have on hand — and a lot of those are antibiotics that other countries wouldn’t use for Covid-19 (Photo: PTI)

Antibiotics for Covid patients worsen India’s superbug plight

3 min read . Updated: 25 May 2021

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The study met its primary goal of showing that immune responses to the vaccine in 12 to 17 year-olds were as good as those produced in adults, and no significant safety concerns were observed (Photo: Reuters)

Moderna shot effective in teens, opening path for clearances

2 min read . Updated: 25 May 2021

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Photo: Hindustan Times

Covid transmission risk from dead person: What AIIMS forensic chief says

2 min read . Updated: 25 May 2021

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Former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb noted that it is unlikely the world will ever know for sure whether Covid-19 escaped from the lab unless there's a whistleblower (Photo: AFP)

Evidence of Covid originating from Chinese lab continues to grow: Ex-FDA chief

2 min read . Updated: 25 May 2021

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The drug will be marketed in India by Cipla and the second batch will be made available by mid-June (Photo: Reuters)

Covid antibody cocktail used to treat Trump launched in India, costs ₹59750/dose

1 min read . Updated: 24 May 2021

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Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province (Photo: AFP)

Wuhan lab researchers sought hospital care before Covid-19 outbreak: Report

2 min read . Updated: 24 May 2021

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The test works much like a standard breathalyzer test that police might use to see if an erratic driver is drunk

Singapore approves Covid breath test with 1-minute result

1 min read . Updated: 24 May 2021

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Much work lies ahead for Boris Johnson to get Britain back on track (AFP )

Johnson’s bleak house Britain

4 min read . Updated: 23 Dec 2020

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Passengers wearing face masks as a preventive measures against the Covid-19 in New Delhi (AFP)

Covid-19: Delhi records 2,706 fresh cases; positivity rate dips to below 4%

1 min read . Updated: 06 Dec 2020

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