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Russian President Vladimir Putin says that a coronavirus vaccine developed in the country has been registered for use and one of his daughters has already been inoculated. (PTI Photo)

Russia has developed coronavirus vaccine, claims Putin, says his daughter received dose

Russian authorities have said that medical workers, teachers and other risk groups will be the first to be inoculated

11 Aug 2020 3:43 PM

DCGI gives nod to Serum Institute for phase 2, 3 trials of Oxford COVID-19 vaccine. (AP Photo)

Serum-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine gets DCGI grant for human trials in India

The panel had also recommended that the clinical trial sites which have been proposed for the study be distributed across India

03 Aug 2020 9:09 AM

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), addresses a press conference about the update on COVID-19 at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. (AP)

The effects of the pandemic will be felt for decades to come: WHO

The agency also said the effects of the pandemic 'will be felt for decades to come' in an emergency WHO committee reviewing the pandemic

02 Aug 2020 12:25 PM

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifiesduring a House Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing on a national plan to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (AFP)

Don't look for a mass nationwide vaccination right away: Fauci

Looking ahead, Fauci said he's 'cautiously optimistic' that US will have a vaccine by the end of this year

01 Aug 2020 3:10 PM

Nurse Kathe Olmstead, right, gives volunteer Melissa Harting, of Harpersville, N.Y., an injection as the world's biggest study of a possible COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc. (AP)

China-backed hackers targeted COVID vaccine firm Moderna: US security official

Moderna’s vaccine candidate is one of the earliest and biggest bets by the Trump administration to fight the pandemic

31 Jul 2020 4:44 PM

Leon McFarlane, a research technician, uses a centrifuge on blood samples from volunteers in the laboratory at Imperial College in London. (AP)

UK to immunize citizen with experimental COVID-19 vaccine

The vaccine is still in early stages of trial, but scientists hope to have enough safety data to start inoculating people in October

31 Jul 2020 8:54 AM

US to pay Pfizer, BioNTech $1.95 billion for COVID-19 vaccine. (AFP Photo)

Pfizer, BioNTech reach $1.95 billion COVID-19 vaccine deal with US

The contract for 100 million doses of the vaccine amounts to a $39 price tag for what is likely to be a two-dose course of treatment

23 Jul 2020 10:19 AM

A lab technician wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) takes reagent bottles to perform vaccine tests. (AFP)

Bangladesh allows late-stage trial of China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine

Sinovac has been looking for volunteers outside of China as the number of coronavirus cases there has dwindled

20 Jul 2020 5:57 PM

A medical person wearing protective equipment holds swab samples at a medical facility in Moscow on July 16, 2020. (AFP)

Russia to mass-produce its experimental COVID-19 vaccine

The first human trial of the vaccine, a month-long test on 38 people, ended this week, and Phase III trial is set to begin in August

16 Jul 2020 8:26 PM

An online post by SinoPharm shows pictures of workers it says got vaccinated with a COVID-19 vaccine candidate and the words "Giving a helping hand in forging the sword of victory." (AP)

Chinese firm SinoPharm boasts about using workers to 'pre-test' vaccine

The company’s claim that 30 ‘special volunteers’ rolled up their sleeves for pre-test without a government approval raises ethical concerns

16 Jul 2020 1:02 PM

Indian pharmaceutical company Zydus started human studies for its potential COVID-19 vaccine. (AP Photo)

Zydus begins human trials for potential COVID-19 vaccine

In the human trials, Zydus will enrol over 1,000 subjects across multiple clinical study sites in India

15 Jul 2020 10:34 AM

Zydus Cadila's potential covid drug may begin human clinical trials

India’s 'first' indigenous COVID-19 vaccine candidate Covaxin had also got the nod for human clinical trials recently

03 Jul 2020 11:01 AM

India's first COVID-19 vaccine gets nod for human trials. (AFP Photo)

Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine gets nod for human trials

Human trials are scheduled to start across the country in July, developed and manufactured in Bharat Biotech’s facility in Hyderabad

30 Jun 2020 4:12 PM

Indian firm Panacea aims to make COVID-19 vaccine. (AFP Photo)

Panacea Biotech to partner with US firm Refana for COVID-19 vaccine

The collaboration aims to make more than 500 million doses of vaccine candidate, with over 40 million doses to be available early next year

10 Jun 2020 12:07 PM

A lab technitian works on blood samples at the Cesar Garayar support hospital in the city of Iquitos, in the Amazon basin. AP Photo

Veena Das: Corona policy must factor in scientific uncertainty

It is well known among historians of epidemics that management of crises produced by epidemics have led to vast extensions of state power

24 May 2020 7:25 PM

After Trump’s repeated claims of using hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, two drugs that he endorsed in treating the coronavirus, the Food and Drug Administration in the US had to warn people that both hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine can cause dangerous abnormalities. PTI Photo

Covid19 pandemic and a case of miracle cures

Grossly incorrect politicians and others make a mockery of medicine by sharing bizarre and life-threatening suggestions to tackle COVID-19

29 Apr 2020 6:35 PM

Pune's Serum Institute of India's Covid vaccine to be out in the market by October, but only if human trials are successful . (Photo: Serum Institute of India)

Indian firm to test Covid vaccine in 3 weeks; if successful, drug won't be patented

If human clinical trials are successful, product will be out in the market by October

26 Apr 2020 1:55 PM

A boy reacts to a swab test during lockdown to control the spread of the new coronavirus in Ahmedabad. AP Photo

Scientists identify six potential drugs to tackle coronavirus outbreak

After assaying thousands of drugs, researchers found of the six that appear to be effective in inhibiting the enzyme

10 Apr 2020 3:33 PM

In Wuhan, people volunteer for coronavirus vaccine’s clinical trial

The trial, led by experts from the Academy of Military Medical Sciences, gained its approval on March 16

25 Mar 2020 6:54 PM

Trials for vaccine against Covid19 begins

The trial began at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (KPWHRI) in Seattle

17 Mar 2020 2:05 PM

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