Tag: Covid vaccine

As SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing Covid-19, evolves it tends to mutate and bring new variants as well as cause changes to the spike protein -- a fact that can render the current vaccines targeting the protein ineffective. ....

Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, the first two jabs authorised for emergency use against Covid-19 by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), produce immune responses that are both strong and potentially long-lasting, finds a study. ....

Bollywood actor Vidya Balan, who is currently being lauded for her role in Amit Masurkar's 'Sherni' acknowledges that "the coronavirus pandemic put a tremendous amount of pressure and stress on our healthcare workers". Despite this, "they continue to work tirelessly, giving us the best of care -- a reality we don't see often unless we visit a hospital or a healthcare facility," Vidya tells IANSlife. ....

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his ‘biased attitude towards some states regarding the supply of Covid vaccines. ....

Italy has authorized the Moderna Spikevax coronavirus vaccine for minors aged between 12 and 17, the country's health authority said on Wednesday. ....

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has ruled out introducing new laws that would allow employers to mandate Covid-19 vaccines. ....

Vaccine nationalism by developed countries would prolong the Covid-19 pandemic, when it could be ended in a matter of months by sharing doses and scaling up manufacturing equitably, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. ....

A study conducted by the King George's Medical University (KGMU) here on 56 resident doctors who got infected twice in a gap of 5-6 months, has revealed that even a single dose of vaccine can provide a shield against severe illness after contracting Covid.....

An 84-year-old Kerala woman was administered two doses of the Covid vaccine within a gap of 30 minutes. ....

The mRNA Covid vaccine developed by Pfizer has been found to be safe, well-tolerated, and has shown robust neutralising antibody responses in children aged 5 to 11 years, the US drug maker said on Monday. ....