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Dose by dose: Story of India’s vaccine evolution
This article is authored by Deepak Kapur, chairman, Rotary International India’s National PolioPlus Committee (RI-INPPC).
Published on Apr 28, 2025 06:13 PM IST
Deepak Kapur
How India can catch the next wave of growth in biosimilars, biologics, & vaccine
This article is authored by Manoj Panicker, general manager, South Asia, Cytiva.
Published on Nov 27, 2024 02:19 PM IST
Are you ignoring these signs of viral pneumonia? Here are vaccines that can help
Viral pneumonia: The signs of the hidden lung threat you need to know about and vaccines that can help
Updated on Sep 05, 2024 06:35 PM IST
Zarafshan Shiraz, New Delhi
Breakthrough in COVID-19 vaccination: IIL unveils first ever needle-free booster
A Hyderabad-based vaccine manufacturer has achieved a breakthrough in COVID-19 vaccination technology by developing a needle-free booster vaccine
Published on Sep 02, 2024 09:03 AM IST
Aadrika Sominder
Why flu vaccines are needed before summer ends and rainy season begins?
Parents should not skip the flu vaccination for children, fearing side effects. Here's why flu vaccines are needed before summer ends and rainy season begins?
Published on May 03, 2024 08:10 PM IST
Zarafshan Shiraz, New Delhi
The flu season is approaching. Are you prepared? Here's what doctor suggests
In India the flu virus circulation peaks during the monsoon season, with secondary peaks during the winter months from November to February. Here's what you need to know since the winter influenza symptoms are the same as Covid-19
Updated on Nov 14, 2022 08:15 AM IST
Zarafshan Shiraz, Delhi
Flu shot linked to lower risk of stroke: Research
A total of 41.4% of those who had a stroke had received the flu shot, compared to 40.5% of those who did not have a stroke.
Published on Sep 08, 2022 11:00 AM IST
ANI | | Posted by Tapatrisha Das, Minneapolis
Monsoon health tips: Know about anti-viral vaccines for flu, typhoid, mosquitoes
The downside to monsoon is that it brings several communicable illnesses. Get your kids vaccinated with these anti-viral vaccines before or during monsoon to prevent dengue, chikungunya, malaria, typhoid, hepatitis A, influenza and other infections amid Covid-19
Updated on Jun 23, 2022 01:34 PM IST
Zarafshan Shiraz, Delhi
Row over England flu shots prompts fear of Covid-19 vaccine ‘chaos’
The NHS Confederation, which represents health care organizations, said family doctors are under “phenomenal strain” -- carrying out around 1.25 million appointments a day while preparing to deliver a Covid-19 vaccination program “at very short notice.”
Updated on Nov 25, 2020 07:05 PM IST
Bloomberg | Posted by Kanishka Sarkar
Singapore halts usage of South Korean flu vaccine as precaution
South Korea reported that 48 have died after getting flu shots, but said it would carry on with the state-run vaccination programme as they found no direct link between the deaths and the shots.
Published on Oct 26, 2020 01:55 PM IST
Singapore | Reuters | Posted by Srivatsan K C
Vaccines against Covid-19 may not need to be administered annually: WHO Official
The RDIF is producing the Sputnik V vaccine in conjunction with its developer, the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology.
Published on Oct 17, 2020 03:03 PM IST
Moscow | Asian News International
Novavax to explore combined influenza/Covid-19 vaccine for use post pandemic
The flu vaccine, NanoFlu, met the primary and secondary goals in late-stage comparison study with Sanofi’s influenza vaccine Fluzone Quadrivalent earlier in the year.
Published on Oct 13, 2020 07:04 PM IST
Reuters | Reuters| Posted by Susmita Pakrasi
Researchers trial inhaled versions of Oxford and Imperial Covid-19 vaccine candidates
The Oxford and Imperial vaccines are both being tested in trials through intramuscular injection, but scientists from Imperial said that vaccines delivered via inhalation could potentially deliver a more specialised response.
Published on Sep 15, 2020 10:42 AM IST
Reuters | Reuters| Posted by Susmita Pakrasi
Scientists, drugmakers and traders react to AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine trial pause
“This is a routine action which has to happen whenever there is a potentially unexplained illness in one of the trials,” AstraZeneca said in an emailed statement.
Published on Sep 09, 2020 06:44 PM IST
London | Reuters| Posted by Susmita Pakrasi
Flu season will be a test run for the US’s biggest-ever vaccine campaign
With fears of a flu surge colliding with the coronavirus pandemic, health authorities are looking at how one vaccine effort can inform the other.
Updated on Aug 19, 2020 02:20 AM IST
Bloomberg | Posted by Kanishka Sarkar
Common food additive may weaken defenses against influenza
When a person is infected with influenza virus, helper T cells direct other parts of the immune system and help coordinate an appropriate response, while killer T cells hunt down infected cells and clear them from the body.
Updated on Apr 08, 2019 12:42 PM IST
Asian News International | Asian News International, Washington D.c
Flu vaccines that target this protein can help better protection against the disease
According to a new research conducted by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, influenza vaccines that better target the influenza surface protein called neuraminidase (NA) could offer broad protection against various influenza virus strains and lessen the severity of illness.
Updated on Apr 08, 2018 05:08 PM IST
Asian News International, Washington D.C. | HT Correspondent