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US gets 3rd vaccine against highly contagious Respiratory virus RSV. How India can benefit from these

Approval for Moderna’s mRESVIA is the 1st time an mRNA vaccine has been approved for a disease other than Covid. This could be crucial for India where RSV's a major public health challenge.

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.

After Covid, mRNA vaccine for cancer? US researchers report initial success against melanoma

Mice treated with the mRNA vaccine, delivered like ones for Covid, showed reduction in tumours & long-term immune memory, says study by Tufts University researchers published in PNAS.

Sputnik maker wages Twitter war over ‘low efficacy’ of mRNA vaccines, says its booster can help

Sputnik cites pre-print papers, claims its vaccine produces longer efficacy compared to mRNA vaccines like Pfizer or Moderna.

Delta variant may have led to reduced vaccine efficacy among US health workers, new study finds

Researchers at University of California San Diego Health find that vaccine efficacy in US health workers dipped from 90% to 65.5%, recommend continued use of masks & intensive testing.

Benefits of Covid vaccines outweigh risk of one-sided facial paralysis, Lancet study says

The researchers from University of Hong Kong also noted that the mechanism by which Covid vaccination can — in very rare instances — lead to the condition remains unclear.

Second mRNA vaccine shot safe for people who had allergic reactions to first shot: US study

Of the 189 patients who participated in the study, 130 received the Moderna vaccine, while 59 got the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Second dose was administered to 159 subjects.

New Covid vaccine could make copies of itself in your body, protect you at very low doses

saRNA vaccines function similar to mRNA vaccines with the additional benefit of lowering dose requirements and making production more scalable.

mRNA vaccines could cause heart inflammation in rare cases, studies in JAMA suggest

According to the two studies, there is a link between mRNA-based vaccines and the heart condition myocarditis. But experts caution that the link between the two does not establish causality.

GlaxoSmithKline, CureVac team up to develop vaccines to tackle Covid variants

The immunisations may be used to protect people who haven’t been inoculated or as booster shots if immunity from other vaccines wanes.

On Camera

Swraj Paul was the original NRI powerbroker. Helped Indira’s return, shaped India Inc

When he was asked why he was so loud in his criticisms of Indian industry when his purpose could be better served by a shrewder approach, he said, “Because I am a Punjabi, not a Marwari”.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

Indian firm joins hands with US manufacturer to locally develop all-terrain vehicles for armed forces

Under joint venture, JSW Sarbloh Motors will indigenise and manufacture TX range ATVs in Chandigarh. The first India-assembled unit is expected by early 2026.

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?