Mixing Covishield, Covaxin shows better immunogenicity: ICMR study

A study by Indian Council of Medical Research involving 98 people, 18 of whom had inadvertently received Covishield as first dose and Covaxin as the second in Uttar Pradesh, showed that combining......

Hyderabad firm develops next-gen XBB1.5 Covid vax, awaits trial nod

The move comes at a time when Omicron and its sub-variants have remained the dominant strains in circulation for close to two years now. Most of the vaccines available and administered in......

Does India have enough vaccine reserves to combat another Covid wave?

Vaccine makers in India have a limited stockpile of doses, even as COVID-19 threatens to rear its head this winter season, reports Sohini Das. IMAGE: A beneficiary is being inoculated with a......

Why Covishield Production Has Resumed

IMAGE: Adar Poonawalla, CEO, Serum Institute of India. Photograph: ANI Photo   With only 146 sites conducting vaccinations in India and a few hundred vaccine shots administered every day,......

Olympic-bound shooter Manu receives first dose of COVID vaccine

IMAGE: Manu Bhaker, 19, was administered the Covishield vaccine at the Community Health Centre (CHC) in Dhakla village in Jhajjar, Haryana. Photograph: Manu Bhaker/Twitter India's ace shooter Manu......