HEALTH

Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine expands to General Practice services in UK

8:41 pm January 7, 2021

London : Supplies of the Oxford University vaccine produced by AstraZeneca began expanding to General Practice (GP) led services in the UK from Thursday to make it easier to protect care home residents and other vulnerable people against COVID-19, the British government said. As part of a phased rollout since the jabs received regulatory approval last month, the vaccine has been […]

All Indian vaccines being developed for storage at 2-8 degree Celsius: DBT Secy

9:47 pm January 5, 2021

New Delhi: All Indian vaccines being developed against the coronavirus will have to be stored at 2-8 degrees Celsius as the logistics have been worked out while considering temperature as a factor, Department of Biotechnology Secretary Renu Swarup said on Tuesday. Swarup said Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin and Oxford AstraZeneca’s Covishield have robustly undergone immunoassay lab tests. “(For) all our […]

UK becomes world’s first to roll out Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine as cases surge

11:08 pm January 4, 2021

London : The UK on Monday began rolling out the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19, becoming the first nation to inoculate people with the cheaper and easy-to-handle jab outside of trials. The Oxford vaccine, which also has a tie-up with the Serum Institute of India, was first administered to Brian Pinker, an 82-year-old Oxford-born dialysis patient. Pinker is […]

Delhi has less than a day’s stock of Covaxin for 45-plus age group: Atishi

Bharat Biotech hits outs at critics, says carried out ‘200 pc honest’ trials of corona vaccine

10:36 pm January 4, 2021

Hyderabad : Amid questions raised by industry experts and opposition parties on the emergency approval to its coronavirus vaccine Covaxin without publication of efficacy data, Bharat Biotech’s chairman on Monday hit out at critics saying his firm had carried out ”200 per cent honest clinical trials”. Speaking to reporters at a virtual press conference, Krishna Ella said his firm has a […]

IIT Delhi, Ayurveda institute to develop herbal wound dressing, fumigation device for wound healing

7:16 pm January 4, 2021

New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) here and the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) have joined hands to work on seven collaborative projects including development of herbal wound dressing, a fumigation device for aiding wound healing and a herbal formulation to reduce the harmful effects of reusing cooking oil ”The amalgamation of […]