Vaccine

A single dose of the monkeypox vaccine provides 78% protection against the virus, according to data from England released on Tuesday that health officials said was the strongest evidence yet of its effectiveness. Monkeypox cases have…
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Amid worries over four monkeypox cases in India, vaccine-maker Adar Poonawalla said today that the Serum Institute of India is spending its own funds to import a few million doses of a Danish smallpox vaccine which can be used to treat…
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AstraZeneca said its antibody-based cocktail to prevent and treat COVID-19 was shown to retain neutralising activity against omicron coronavirus variants, including the highly contagiouos BA.2 sub-variant, in an independent lab study. Data…
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India’s drug regulator has granted restricted emergency use authorisation to Serum Institute of India’s COVID-19 vaccine Covovax for the 12-17 years age group subject to certain conditions, official sources said on Wednesday. It is the…
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Moderna Inc. Chief Medical Officer Paul Burton said he suspects the new omicron coronavirus variant may elude current vaccines, and if so, a reformulated shot could be available early in the new year. “We should know about the ability of…
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