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Topic: Covid vaccine

Seed funding cancelled & the ghost of ‘Howdy Trump’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Panel formed by Siddaramaiah finds no link between COVID-19 vaccines & Hassan cardiac-related deaths

Expert team, headed by Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences & Research head, has instead said that vaccine has shown to be ‘protective’ against cardiac events.

AstraZeneca withdraws Covid vaccine worldwide, cites commercial reasons

Firm says vaccine has been superseded by updated ones that fight new variants & is no longer being made, supplied. Earlier, it had said its vaccine can cause a rare, dangerous side effect.

How safe is AstraZeneca Covid vaccine & why there is no need to panic — some key questions answered

51 cases have been lodged in a UK court against biopharma company over claims that its Covid vaccine caused death and injury in several cases.

AstraZeneca reaffirms Covid vaccine’s safety amid rare side effect concerns

AstraZeneca recently acknowledged that its Covid vaccine Covishield & Vaxzevria 'can, in very rare cases, cause Thrombosis Thrombocytopenia Syndrome'.

WHO introduces new parallel process to speed up COVID-19 vaccine, medicine approvals

WHO's current recommendation development and prequalification (PQ) or Emergency Use Listing (EUL) assessment processes are being expedited for COVID-19 products.

India records 628 fresh Covid-19 cases, active caseload jumps to 4,054, says Health Ministry

Number of people who have recuperated from the disease has risen to 4.44 crore while national recovery rate stands at 98.81%, according to health ministry website.

Hungarian and US scientists win Nobel Prize in Medicine for mRNA Covid vaccine work

Scientists Katalin Kariko & Drew Weissman from Hungary and US respectively won the prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries enabling the development of mRNA Covid-19 vaccines.

$2.6 billion of Covid vaccine scheme for world’s poorest left to spend as pandemic wanes

The COVAX Initiative is set to wind up this year and the organisations running it, as well as respective donors, are planning on ways to utilise the remaining money.

US Covid vaccine requirement for international travellers to end May 11, says White House

The process will aim to end vaccination requirements for Head Start educators, CMS-certified healthcare facilities, and certain noncitizens at the land border.

On Camera

SC’s stray dog order lit a match in Delhi. Are they a menace or companions?

The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?