Covid vaccine to be distributed under special programme: Officials

As a controversy raged over Bharatiya Janata Party's election manifesto promising free coronavirus vaccine for everyone in Bihar, government officials on Thursday said the vaccine, once ready, will......

Centre says door-to-door vaccination not possible

The Centre told the Bombay high court on Tuesday that a door-to-door COVID-19 vaccination programme for senior citizens, specially-abled, bed-ridden and wheelchair-bound people is......

If NEGVAC okays door-to-door vaccine, go ahead: Bombay HC

The Bombay high court on Thursday said it was disheartened and disappointed with the Centre's insensitivity and with the Mumbai civic body for not starting door-to-door Covid-19 vaccination for......

Covaxin gets nod for use in children above 12 years with riders

The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted emergency use authorisation to indigenously-developed Bharat Biotech's Covaxin for children above 12 years with certain conditions, official......

How India is gearing up to distribute Covid-19 vaccine

A model being considered is to have a combined cold chain approach - where the agricultural cold chain would be combined with vaccine cold chains. As we inch closer to getting a vaccine for......

How govt plans to distribute Covid-19 vaccine

The procurement and distribution will be centralised though  the government is yet to take a call on the initial number of doses that will be procured. India plans to create a digital......

Panel may clear cervical cancer vaccine trials

The three-member expert committee of the health ministry may give a clean chit to the agencies that conducted observational clinical trials on the safety and efficacy of cervical cancer vaccines......

Pharma sector in alarm over govt's cure

The government plans to rationalise trade margins for many other medical devices, besides stents and knee implants. Price cap and regulatory clampdown: These are the twin factors that kept the......