COVID-19 vaccine

In a significant move, pharma giant AstraZeneca has withdrawn its Covid-19 vaccine world-wide, days after it was reported that the British pharmaceutical company admitted that the vaccine can cause rare side effects. The vaccine,…

African countries have acquired 818 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines so far, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said in the latest weekly briefing. The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of…

Phnom Penh: Cambodia on Thursday started providing the fifth dose of a Covid-19 vaccine to priority groups across the country, Health Ministry spokeswoman Or Vandine announced. The priority groups include political leaders, health…

Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is unlikely to have been vaccinated against COVID-19, South Korea's spy agency was quoted as saying Thursday. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) said in a closed-door briefing to lawmakers it…

London: The weakened immune systems of blood cancer patients can improve after they receive a third Covid-19 vaccination, finds a new study. Patients with lymphoma have defects in their immune system that restrict their response to…

Washington: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering approving a fourth dose of a Covid-19 vaccine later in the year, the Wall Street Journal reported. Citing people familiar with the matter, the report claimed that the…

Washington: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has scheduled a virtual meeting of its advisors on February 15 to discuss the request for emergency use authorization (EUA) of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for use in children 6…

Washington: Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine has received full approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The vaccine, named Spikevax, is approved for use in people ages 18 and older, Xinhua news agency reported. Spikevax…

Hong Kong: Despite low absolute risk, there is an increased relative risk of carditis a type of heart inflammation associated with Covid vaccine developed by US drugmaker Pfizer and China's CoronaVac, researchers have found. The…

Bhubaneswar: The vaccination rate is low in five districts of Odisha, informed Family Welfare Director and Odisha vaccination in charge Dr. Bijay Panigrahi on Wednesday. The districts include Gajapati, Sundergarh, Cuttack, Angul and…