Covid-19 Vaccine

The decision to administer Remdesivir or use any other investigational therapy must be taken by a medical professional and the drug must be administered only in a hospital setting, said the 'Revised guidelines for home isolation of…

Grappling with unprecedented spike in Covid cases, Karnataka is facing another challenge, of tracking and tracing of anywhere between 2,000 to 3,000 Covid positive patients who have "gone missing", state Revenue Minister, R. Ashoka revealed…

A single dose of a Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccine against coronavirus disease can reduce transmission by up to 50 per cent, finds a study.The study led by UK's Public Health England (PHE) showed that people who took the first dose of either…

As limited stock of Tocilizumab is available in the country, the Centre has made interim allocation of injection to the states.In letter dated April 27 to states, Joint Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals, Navdeep Rinwa Aand Rajiv…

Pediatricians across the globe are getting millions of queries from parents about the routine vaccinations for toddlers and children during the coronavirus pandemic. Though the second wave of the infection has brought our country to a…

One in four people experience mild, short lived systemic side effects like headache, fatigue and tenderness after receiving either the Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccine, according to a new study published in the journal Lancet Infectious…

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, is covered in tiny spike proteins. This spike protein can bring about long-term gene expression changes, finds a new cell study that can explain why some Covid-19 patients -- referred to as Covid…

Amid the oxygen crisis that has hit the country including Delhi following the second wave of coronavirus, a camp has been set up in the national capital near the Jangpura-Bhogal area where Covid-infected patients are being provided oxygen.…

Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.He briefed the PM on the efforts being undertaken by IAF to help in the Cover-19 related situation.Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria informed the Prime Minister that…

The Medical Oxygen Plant (MOP) technology, developed by DRDO for On-Board Oxygen Generation for LCA, Tejas by DEBEL, DRDO will now help in fighting the current crisis of oxygen for COVID-19 patients. The oxygen plant is designed for a…