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TopicCovid-19 vaccine

Topic: Covid-19 vaccine

Are US kids safe? New vaccine approval process puts public health at risk, say ex-FDA officials

Dr Peter Marks, who resigned earlier this year as the FDA's vaccine chief, described the proposal as part of Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr’s ‘anti-vaccine playbook’.

COVID-19 vaccines linked to cardiac-related deaths? Siddaramaiah, Biocon founder Shaw spar on X

Health ministry has issued statement highlighting that extensive studies by ICMR and AIIMS, New Delhi have established there is no link between COVID-19 vaccines and sudden deaths.

Modi photo missing from Covid vaccine certificates due to model code, say health ministry officials

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s photo was also removed from Covid-19 vaccination certificates issued in 5 poll-bound states in 2022 at EC's directions.

Nobel in Medicine 2023: How Katalin Karikó & Drew Weissman’s work helped save millions during pandemic

Hungarian biochemist Kariko & American immunologist Weismann won for research in mRNA, which enabled vaccine development for Covid. This followed decades of struggle.

‘Vaccines: Injecting Hope’ — science exhibition narrates story of India’s Covid journey

The exhibition also showcases an art installation, which was commissioned by the British Council as part of the ‘India/UK Together Season of Culture’.

‘Less likely’ Putin would’ve struck Ukraine if Trump was Prez, says political scientist Bremmer

In an 'Off The Cuff' conversation with Shekhar Gupta, political scientist Ian Bremmer discusses trends in global leadership, the Russia-Ukraine war & major crises facing the world.

R&D investment in Indian biotech tripled in 2021 to cross $1 billion, says govt report

Released by Union minister Jitendra Singh, 'India Bioeconomy Report 2022' says country's biotech sector attained $80 billion in value in 2021, 14.1% growth over 2020.

Covid vaccines likely saved 20 million lives, cut potential toll by half, says Lancet study

Imperial College London team says if WHO’s vaccine targets had been achieved, ‘1 in 5 of the estimated lives lost due to Covid in low-income nations could have been prevented’.

Corbevax maker says ‘too much dependence on MNCs, focus on new tech’ behind vaccine inequity

Corbevax co-developer Dr Peter Hotez says the vaccine will 'make up for lost time' in race to immunise millions and its patent was waived in the spirit of 'decolonisation'.

How Corbevax and Covovax, the two vaccines newly approved in India, fight Covid

India granted emergency-use authorisation to two new Covid vaccines, Corbevax and Covovax, this week. Both use proteins of the coronavirus to induce an immune response.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.