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Should Govt Continue Covid Vax Drive?

India has covered enough population with vaccine and infection, but protein vaccines should remain available on payment basis for elderly and those with comorbidities. IMAGE: A healthcare worker......

Covid: WHO classifies Eris as 'variant of interest'

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has classified the EG.5 strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus circulating in different parts of the world, including India, as a 'variant of interest' but said it did......

India's first nasal Covid vax to be launched on Jan 26

Homegrown vaccine maker Bharat Biotech will launch its intranasal COVID-19 vaccine iNCOVACC, the first of its kind in India, on January 26, the company's chairman and managing director Krishna Ella......

COVID: 'India is safe for the present'

'Viral infections rise in winter and better care needs to be taken in the next few months.' IMAGE: A resident receives a nasal spray vaccine as a second booster dose against COVID-19 in Beijing.......

Omicron overtakes Delta; less severe but not mild: WHO

Omicron is quickly overtaking the Delta variant of COVID-19 and becoming dominant around the world, a senior World Health Organisation (WHO) official has warned, with the global health agency......

Over 400 top-level posts lie vacant in the Income Tax department

Due to the vacancies 18 chief commissioners are holding additional charges going up to eight in some cases. Amid economic uncertainties owing to the pandemic, the government’s key revenue......

Why India's healthcare system is near collapse today

An analysis of Budget speeches made by finance ministers over 75 years also offers a glimpse of how low on the priority list healthcare has featured for the political class and policy-makers, which......

What's behind Bharat Biotech's Zika 'hype'?

Bharat Biotech started work on developing a vaccine against Zika way back in 2014, but the timing of its announcement has created a flutter in the market. When Bharat Biotech recently......

Flu: India safe but ill-equipped on epidemic drugs

Swine flu was first reported in Mexico, SARS and bird flu in China, but India surprisingly escaped being ground zero for any. China: SARS in 2002-2003 and bird flu in 1996, both in the southern......

Serum launches tetanus-diphtheria vaccine

Serum Institute of India has introduced the country's first indigenous tetanus and diphtheria combination vaccine - Td-Vac for adults in the domestic market.This combination vaccine for combating......

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