2 years, 9 months ago

Canada authorises first plant-based COVID-19 vaccine

Canadian regulators said Thursday Medicago's two-dose vaccine can be given to adults ages 18 to 64, but said there's too little data on the shots in people 65 and older. The decision was based on a study of 24,000 adults that found the vaccine was 71% effective at preventing COVID-19 — although that was before the omicron variant emerged. While numerous COVID-19 vaccines have been rolled out around the world, global health authorities are looking to additional candidates in hopes of increasing the worldwide supply. Quebec City-based Medicago is developing plant-based vaccines against multiple other diseases, and the COVID-19 vaccine may help spur more interest in this new method of medical manufacturing.

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Covishield Side Effects: Doctors' Group Urges Govt to Review All Covid Vaccines

News 18

In the wake of pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca admitting in a UK court that its Covid vaccine can cause blood clots in rare cases, a group of doctors on Thursday expressed deep concern over the safety of the Covishield vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India. At a press conference, the doctors, under the banner of the Awaken India Movement, …

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Stopped manufacturing Covishield since December 2021, says Serum Institute

Hindustan Times

Pune-based Serum Institute of India stopped manufacturing its anti-Covid-19 vaccine Covishield in 2021, according to a statement issued by the company on Wednesday after British-Swedish pharmaceutical manufacturer AstraZeneca announced it was withdrawing its vaccine against Covid, Vaxzevria, due to “commercial reasons” as demand for it decreased globally. Consequently, since December 2021, we have stopped the manufacturing and supply of additional …

1 year, 2 months ago

Scientists whose work on mRNA paved the way for first COVID-19 vaccines win Nobel Prize

LA Times

Dr. Drew Weissman, left, a physician-scientist, and biochemist Katalin Karikó won the Nobel Prize in medicine for discoveries that enabled the creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 and that could be used to develop other shots in the future. “This year’s Nobel Prize recognizes their basic science discovery that fundamentally changed our understanding of how mRNA interacts with the immune …

1 year, 6 months ago

First Omicron-specific mRNA vaccine from India approved by regulators

The Hindu

India’s first indigenous mRNA vaccine for the Omicron variant, GEMCOVAC-OM, developed by Pune-based Gennova Biopharmaceuticals Ltd, was approved under emergency use guidelines by the Drug Controller General of India late Monday. Gennova CEO Sanjay Singh said that by the time his company got regulatory approvals for GEMCOVAC-19, the demand for primary doses was largely met by other vaccines, however there …

1 year, 8 months ago

India restarts Covid vaccine production as new infections soar 30% in one day

The Independent

India is ramping up its vaccine production following a rapid surge in Covid-19 cases driven by a new subvariant dubbed Arcturus. The country recorded 10,158 news Covid cases on Thursday, a 30 per cent surge in one day, according to the federal health ministry data. The company stopped manufacturing Covishield in December 2021 due to dwindling demand and a low …

2 years, 3 months ago

China Approves World's First Inhalable Covid-19 Vaccine

News 18

Chinese drug regulators have approved the world’s first inhalable Covid-19 vaccine, made by Tianjin-based manufacturer CanSino Biologics, boosting the company’s share price by seven percent on Monday. The National Medical Products Administration gave the go-ahead for the vaccine for emergency use as a booster, the company said in a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Sunday. Scientists in …

2 years, 3 months ago

US CDC endorses updated Covid boosters, shots to begin soon

India Today

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday endorsed updated Covid-19 boosters, opening the way for a fall vaccination campaign that could blunt a winter surge if enough Americans roll up their sleeves. The CDC’s advisers struggled with who should get the new boosters and when because only a similarly tweaked vaccine, not the exact recipe, has been …

2 years, 5 months ago

Will Americans have the right COVID-19 vaccine this fall? Maybe

LA Times

A man walks underneath the marquee of the Alex Theatre in Glendale. Determining which recipe should go into those doses to induce optimal protection — the vaccine’s “composition” — is an exercise in educated guesswork. Getting a timely and accurate fix on all this “is truly a challenge, and it is science at its hardest,” Dr. Peter Marks, the U.S. …

2 years, 5 months ago

COVID-19 cases rising nearly everywhere in the world, WHO reports

LA Times

Adm. Rachel Levine, the Department of Health and Human Services assistant secretary for health, watches a pediatric vaccination in Miami on June 28. The worldwide number of new coronavirus cases rose by 18% in the last week, with more than 4.1 million cases reported globally, according to the World Health Organization. The United Nations health agency said in its latest …

2 years, 7 months ago

Africa's COVID vaccine production line in jeopardy

The Hindu

Trisha shakes her head when asked if she's vaccinated. 'A massive setback for Africa's plans' In the absence of orders or commitments, Aspen is considering the repurposing of two COVID-19 production lines for the manufacture of other products. "The continent would lose its only existing COVID vaccine manufacturing capacity," Nicolaou says. Africa's major public health body, the Africa Centers for …

2 years, 7 months ago

New plant-based Covid vaccine 70% effective against variants: Study

India Today

A new plant-based Covid-19 vaccine is nearly 70 per cent effective against symptomatic disease caused by five variants of the coronavirus, according to results of the human clinical trial of the preventive. The study, published on Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine, shows that the vaccine efficacy was 69.5 per cent against any symptomatic Covid-19 caused by five …

2 years, 7 months ago

'New plant-based COVID-19 vaccine 70% effective against variants'

Firstpost

The vaccine developed by researchers at Canadian biotechnology company Medicago contains coronavirus-like particles produced in plants which are combined with an adjuvant that helps vaccines work better Toronto: A new plant-based COVID-19 vaccine is nearly 70 per cent effective against symptomatic disease caused by five variants of the coronavirus, according to results of the human clinical trial of the preventive. …

2 years, 9 months ago

Covid cases rise globally, over 180 crore vaccines administered in India | 10 points

India Today

Fresh cases of Covid are again spiking globally, especially in parts of Asia. Here's the latest Covid-19 updates from across the world: GERMANY, FRANCE, UK REPORT RISE IN CASES On Thursday, South Korea reported a record 6.2 lakh new cases in a country of 50 million, the highest single-day tally logged in any nation except the US. OVER 30 FIRMS …

2 years, 9 months ago

Corbevax safe for kids, offers high antibody levels, says Biological E CEO | EXCLUSIVE

India Today

India's third homegrown Covid-19 vaccine, Corbevax, is safe and offers good immunogenicity and higher antibody levels than some other vector vaccines, said Mahima Datla, managing director of Biological E. Limited on Wednesday. THE CORBEVAX CONTROVERSY Asked how effective the vaccine will be against Omicron, the latest strain to emerge which drove the third wave in, Datla said it was a …

2 years, 9 months ago

Inhalable vaccine for COVID-19 a step closer

China Daily

A logo of China's vaccine specialist CanSino Biologics Inc is pictured on the company's branch office building in Shanghai, China, Feb 25, 2022. An inhaled COVID-19 vaccine developed by CanSino Biologics has entered late-stage clinical trials, with data suggesting it is eligible to apply for emergency use in China, the company's chief scientist said. Zhu said clinical data shows that …

2 years, 9 months ago

Pfizer vaccine less effective against Covid19 in kids aged 5-11: Study

India TV News

Highlights The effectiveness of the Pfizer vaccine for children waned quickly during the Omicron surge in US Effectiveness against hospitalisation in children from age 5 to 11 dropped substantially dropped Vaccine effectiveness fell more slowly for smaller children as it did for older children The effectiveness of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children waned quickly during the Omicron surge in …

2 years, 10 months ago

Canada authorises first plant-based COVID-19 vaccine

India TV News

Highlights Canada has become the first country to authorize use of a plant-based COVID-19 vaccine Medicago's two-dose vaccine can be given to adults ages 18 to 64, Canadian regulators said The decision was based on a study of 24,000 adults Canada has become the first country to authorize use of a plant-based COVID-19 vaccine. Canadian regulators said Thursday Medicago's two-dose …

2 years, 10 months ago

Real-world data shows domestic vaccines effective against new variants

China Daily

People receive COVID-19 vaccines at a temporary vaccination site in Nan'an district of Chongqing, Southwest China, March 27, 2021. Real-world studies in China have shown domestic COVID-19 vaccines are effective in reducing severe cases and deaths against the Delta and Omicron variants, a leading health expert said on Saturday. Shao Yiming, a member of the country's vaccine development expert panel, …

2 years, 10 months ago

India’s first mRNA COVID-19 vaccine likely to be rolled out by April

The Hindu

Data from human trials of India’s first homegrown mRNA COVID-19 vaccine are likely to be presented to authorities for evaluation by the end of the month, and company officials are aiming to roll out the product before April, two senior scientists connected to the Department of Biotechnology told The Hindu. The mRNA vaccine being developed by Pune-based Gennova Biopharmaceuticals is …

2 years, 10 months ago

A different COVID-19 vaccine debate: Do we need new shots?

LA Times

A technician inspects filled vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the company’s facility in Puurs, Belgium. to believe that any kind of vaccination is going to protect people from infection, from mild symptomatic disease, forever.” If the goal is preventing serious illness, “we may not need to be doing as much fine-tuning of the vaccines every time a new …

2 years, 10 months ago

Production of one-dose vaccine starts in Shanghai

China Daily

A medical worker administers a booster shot of COVID-19 vaccine to a local resident at a temporary vaccination site in Beijing, Nov 29, 2021. The production of a single-shot COVID-19 vaccine made by CanSino SPH Biologics Inc, the first novel coronavirus vaccine producer in Shanghai, was launched in the city on Thursday. "The vaccine, named Convidecia, is the only single-dose …

2 years, 11 months ago

COVID: Omicron concerns rise in India as virus rages in other parts of the world

The Hindu

AS the COVID-19 pandemic surges again with a new virus variant, Omicron in most of Western Europe and the United States of America, concerns have arisen in India regarding preparedness, the need for booster vaccination doses, immune response of the vaccinated, vulnerability of the non-vaccinated as well as immunisation against the virus for children. I also think that the data …

3 years, 1 month ago

110 Countries Recognise Covishield, Covaxin; Govt Plans to Expand CoWIN to Blood Banks, Kids Vaccination

News 18

So far 110 countries have agreed to mutual recognition of COVID-19 vaccination certificates with India, official sources told PTI on Thursday. The digital platform, which currently captures vaccination data of adult Indian citizens and helps schedule inoculation appointments, can be extended to record data on child immunization as well as blood banks, according to R. S. Sharma, chief executive officer …

3 years, 1 month ago

Corbevax Samples Cleared by Kasauli Lab, Paving Way for Stockpiling, Vaccine May Hit Market in December

News 18

A batch of Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical firm Biological E’s Covid vaccine Corbevax has been cleared by the country’s apex testing laboratory in Himachal Pradesh, paving the way for the manufacturer to start stockpiling, News18.com has learnt. The Central Drugs Laboratory in Kasauli on Tuesday cleared the first lot of Corbevax vaccine, which was sent for testing before Biological E can kickstart …

3 years, 2 months ago

Japanese drugmaker to launch first-ever plant-based COVID vaccine

India TV News

Japanese pharmaceutical group Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma is planning to launch the first-ever plant-based Covid-19 vaccine in the world, which will likely to be of low-cost, easier to transport as well as store than the conventional jabs, the media reported. "As with seasonal flu, we don't expect demand to suddenly disappear and there is still much uncertainty regarding emerging variants," Toshifumi …

3 years, 2 months ago

PAHO says it is buying more COVID vaccines for Americas

Al Jazeera

WHO’s Americas branch says it is in ‘advanced’ talks with vaccine manufacturers to buy additional doses. The Pan American Health Organization has said it is pushing to secure additional COVID-19 vaccines for residents of the Americas amid huge discrepancies in vaccination rates between countries in the region. PAHO Director Carissa Etienne said vaccine donations, including through the United Nations-backed COVAX …

3 years, 3 months ago

More US studies show COVID vaccines protect from serious illness

Al Jazeera

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has presented data showing unvaccinated people are four-and-a-half times more likely to contract COVID-19 and 11 times more likely to die from it than those fully vaccinated. While protection remained strong against Delta, the study also confirmed an increase in milder COVID-19 infections among fully vaccinated people, which the authors said …

3 years, 3 months ago

COVID: Brazil bans use of Chinese vaccines made at unauthorised plant

India TV News

Brazil has banned the distribution of millions of Chinese Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines as the plant in which they were made is not authorised by the Latin American country's health regulator. In a statement on Saturday, ANVISA, a regulatory body of the Brazilian government, said it has "determined the precautionary interdiction of batches of CoronaVac vaccine, prohibiting the distribution and use …

3 years, 3 months ago

EU to return millions of doses of J&J’s Covid-19 vaccine imported from Africa

Live Mint

The European Union will return to Africa millions of doses of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine that it received from a plant in South Africa, following criticism by health activists that the bloc was taking away shots from a continent that has the lowest immunization rate in the world. Strive Masiyiwa, who heads the African Union’s Vaccine Acquisition Task Team, …

3 years, 3 months ago

'Vaccination-on-wheels' starts in Karnataka to boost inoculation drive in remote areas

India Today

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai flagged off a mobile clinic, called "vaccination-on-wheels", to inoculate people against Covid-19 in remote areas on Thursday. The mobile clinic, launched by Narayana Health City hospital in association with Volvo group, will provide easy vaccine accessibility to people in rural and semi-urban areas in Karnataka. Dr Devi Prasad Shetty, founder and chairman of Narayana Health, …

3 years, 4 months ago

What is being done to distribute COVID-19 vaccines globally?

Associated Press

LONDON — What is being done to distribute COVID-19 vaccines globally? Several groups are working to get shots to poor countries, but they’re falling far short of what’s needed to curb outbreaks around the world. Without enough purchased vaccines, COVAX is now relying on donated shots from wealthy countries, but most of the pledged doses won’t be delivered this year. …

3 years, 4 months ago

China's vaccines can protect against COVID-19 variants: CDC researcher

China Daily

Doses of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine against the coronavirus disease are seen. China's COVID-19 vaccines can provide protection against different novel coronavirus mutations, Shao Yiming, a researcher at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said on July 31. It is normal to have breakthrough infections - people who test positive after being fully immunized - because no vaccine …

3 years, 4 months ago

China's vaccines can protect against COVID-19 variants: CDC researcher

China Daily

3 years, 4 months ago

‘Breakthrough’ COVID-19 cases rising in L.A., but the vaccinated are still protected, data show

LA Times

Visitors to the Grand Central Market in Los Angeles were mostly masked on Tuesday. Los Angeles County has seen a rise in “breakthrough” coronavirus cases as of late, but data continue to show those who are vaccinated for COVID-19 enjoy vigorous protection — even from the contagious Delta variant — and are far less likely to be hospitalized should they …

3 years, 4 months ago

FDA is letting troubled COVID vaccine factory restart, company says

LA Times

A vial of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine is used at a pop-up clinic in the Staten Island. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is allowing the problem-plagued factory of contract manufacturer Emergent BioSolutions to resume production of COVID-19 vaccine, the company said Thursday. The lapses at the Bayview factory have hampered J&J’s efforts to be a major player in …

3 years, 4 months ago

Major medical groups call for employers to mandate Covid-19 vaccines for health care workers

CNN

CNN — As the number of Covid-19 cases surges in the United States, more than 50 health and medical groups – including the American Medical Association, the American College of Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Public Health Association – issued a joint statement calling for all health care and long-term care employers to mandate employees be …

3 years, 5 months ago

Canada vs Zimbabwe: Two divergent paths of COVID vaccination

Associated Press

HARARE, Zimbabwe — When mother-of-three Amanda Wood heard that hundreds of coronavirus shots were available for teens, only one thing prevented her from racing to the vaccination site at a Toronto high school — her 13-year-old daughter’s fear of needles. Canada was also the only G7 country to secure vaccines in the first round of deliveries by a U.N.-backed effort …

3 years, 5 months ago

Chinese covid vaccine found inferior to Pfizer shot in study

Live Mint

Sinovac Biotech Ltd.’s vaccine was less potent than Pfizer Inc.’s shot at stopping Covid-19 in Chile where the two shots were used simultaneously, the first real-world analysis comparing a China-made inoculation against an mRNA has found. Researchers found CoronaVac was 66% effective in preventing Covid-19 among fully vaccinated adults, versus 93% for the jab made by Pfizer and its partner …

3 years, 6 months ago

CureVac Covid-19 jab only 47% effective; Netherlands planned on 10.7 million doses

NL Times

The Covid-19 vaccine from the German pharmaceutical company CureVac is only 47 percent effective, interim results of a late stage clinical trial showed. "While we were hoping for a stronger interim outcome, we recognize that demonstrating high efficacy in this unprecedented broad diversity of variants is challenging," said CureVac chief executive Franz-Werner Haas. The European Union pre-ordered 225 million doses …

3 years, 6 months ago

Win a cow, avoid COVID: Philippines tempts vaccine hesitant

Al Jazeera

Philippines is battling one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in Southeast Asia but many are reluctant to get the jab. Manila, Philippines – Last week, after ignoring her brother’s advice for months, Fannie Taladro Pestaño hurried to a school campus near her home in Las Piñas City, a suburb of the Philippines’ capital Manila, to line up for her first …

3 years, 6 months ago

Hyderabad-based Biological E to manufacture Canadian firm Providence's COVID 19 vaccine

Firstpost

Hyderabad-based Biological E Limited has signed a deal with Canadian biotechnology company Providence Therapeutics Holdings Inc for its COVID-19 vaccine. We hope to provide India and other countries yet another option to ramp up their efforts towards achieving herd immunity against COVID-19,” said Mahima Datla, Managing Director of Biological E in a statement. According to the statement, the terms for …

3 years, 6 months ago

Only a global effort can tame COVID-19

The Hindu

India has been witnessing an unprecedented surge in COVID-19 cases, largely due to the new variants. By June-July, in the best-case scenario, the combined production capacity of the two companies is expected to rise to 158 million doses per month. In its attempt to enhance the production of Covaxin from 12.5 million doses to 58 million doses a month, the …

3 years, 7 months ago

COVID-19 vaccine: Covaxin effective against Indian, UK COVID-19 strains, says Bharat Biotech

Firstpost

The study was conducted in collaboration with the National Institute of Virology and Indian Council of Medical Research, Bharat Biotech said Bharat Biotech on Sunday said its COVID-19 vaccine ‘‘Covaxin’’ has been found to be effective against coronavirus strains found in India and the UK. Citing a study published in peer-reviewed medical journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, the Hyderabad-based vaccine major …

3 years, 7 months ago

EU Agency Says Covid Vaccines Like Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna 'Promising' Against Double variant

News 18

Coronavirus vaccines using mRNA technology like Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna appear able to “neutralise” the variant of Covid-19 behind India’s outbreak, the EU’s drug watchdog said on Wednesday. “The data seems to be rather reassuring on the fact that at least the messenger RNA vaccines will be able to neutralise this variant, at least to an extent that will guarantee sufficient …

3 years, 7 months ago

348,421 fresh Covid-19 cases, 4,205 deaths reported in India in 24 hours

Hindustan Times

India reported 348,421 fresh infections of the coronavirus disease and 4,205 deaths due to the virus on Wednesday, according to the Union health ministry dashboard. This means that the Covid-19 recovery rate has increased to 82.75 per cent and the active cases comprise 16.16 per cent of the total infections. Chief minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday urged the …

3 years, 7 months ago

COVID-19: Kejriwal urges Centre to share vaccine formula with other companies to scale up production

India TV News

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday suggested that the Centre share the anti-COVID-19 vaccine formula of the two manufacturers with other companies in the country to scale up production. At 19.10 per cent, the positivity rate is the lowest since April 16, when it stood at 19.7 per cent, according to government data. The positivity rate has remained above …

3 years, 7 months ago

US approves Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine for kids between 12 and 15 years of age

Hindustan Times

US health regulators have approved Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine for people between 12 and 15 years of age, making it the first for children. In a trial involving 2,260 participants, none of those given the vaccine contracted Covid-19 while 16 among those given a saline placebo tested positive. Calling the emergency use authorisation “significant step” in the fight against the epidemic, …

3 years, 7 months ago

Covid-19 vaccine deserts: Some countries have no jabs at all

India Today

At the small hospital where Dr. Oumaima Djarma works in Chad’s capital, there are no debates over which coronavirus vaccine is the best. The first vaccine that comes along that has authorization, I will take it.” While wealthier nations have stockpiled vaccines for their citizens, many poorer countries are still scrambling to secure doses. While the total of confirmed COVID-19 …

3 years, 7 months ago

Vaccinated people can't 'emit' vaccine particles for unvaccinated to inhale: Fact check

India Today

CLAIM: Pfizer admits in its Covid-19 clinical trial protocol document that vaccinated people can “shed” the vaccine, emitting materials that can spread to unvaccinated people by inhalation or skin contact. The document says any exposures during pregnancy should be reported, and defines such cases broadly to include instances where a pregnant woman is exposed to the vaccine “by inhalation or …

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Russia claims it developed first cancer vaccine in big breakthrough, says 'will distribute for free'

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India working on developing cheap treatment for blood cancer in children

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India is taking a major step towards making CAR-T cell therapy, a cutting-edge cancer treatment for certain types of blood cancers, affordable and accessible to its citizens. Under the central government’s National Biopharma Mission, supported by the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council, researchers at Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, have started the country's first clinical trial for this advanced therapy in …

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Health Experts Warn of Bird Flu's Pandemic Threat

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Paris: Health experts have been sounding the alarm about the potential pandemic threat posed by bird flu, which has been showing signs of mutating as it spreads among cows and infects people in the United States. The deadly bird flu variant H5N1 first emerged in China in 1996, but over the last four years it has sp More than 300 …

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Sudden deaths among youth not linked to Covid vaccines, JP Nadda tells Parliament

India Today

Union Health Minister JP Nadda informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday that a study by the Indian Council of Medical Research has conclusively shown that Covid-19 vaccination does not increase the risk of unexplained sudden death among young adults in India. The study also identified several factors that increased the risk of sudden death, including a history of Covid-19 hospitalisation, …

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Britain needs a ‘vaccine taskforce’ to prepare for the next pandemic, Lords warn

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Coronavirus FAQ: I didn't get the latest COVID vaccine. Should I? And if so ... when?

NPR

Coronavirus FAQ: I didn't get the latest COVID vaccine. Plus, "potentially preventing any COVID infection keeps you from being sick, getting long COVID and making someone sick who could really be at risk," says Jeffrey Townsend, a professor of evolutionary biology and head of a lab at the Yale School of Public Health that has been studying COVID throughout the …

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A twice-yearly shot could help end AIDS. But will it get to everyone who needs it?

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HPV vaccine makers eye growth overseas

China Daily

A medical staff member injects domestically produced bivalent HPV vaccine to a girl in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, in May 2023. According to its latest financial report, in the first three quarters, Beijing-based Wantai Biopharm, a major HPV vaccine producer in China, reported revenue of 1.95 billion yuan, down 60.8 percent year-on-year, while net profit stood at 267 million yuan, a …

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HPV vaccine makers eye growth overseas

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"Bad news for public health": Jay Bhattacharaya, Trump's pick to lead NIH, got COVID-19 all wrong

Salon

By most accounts, President-elect Donald Trump bungled the federal response to COVID-19, publicly downplaying concern about a virus that he privately admitted was “deadly stuff.” “It’s going to disappear. One day — it’s like a miracle — it will disappear,” Trump said in Feb. 2020, at the same time he was admitting to journalist Bob Woodward that the virus was …

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An Idaho regional health department banned COVID vaccines. Will others follow?

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Last month, the board of a regional public health department in Idaho voted to ban its department from providing COVID-19 vaccines to residents in six counties. “They also act as a safety net for accessibility and affordability to vaccines, given that 1 in 3 Americans don’t have a primary health care provider.” She added such a trend is an “incredibly …

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PopVax Announces that the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases will Conduct and Sponsor the U.S.-based Phase I Clinical Trial of PopVax’s Next-Generation mRNA-LNP COVID-19 Vaccin

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WHO warns of measles resurgence as cases exceed 10 million in 2023

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The disease killed 107,500 people in 2023, most of them under the age of five. Approximately 10.3 million people caught measles last year, a 20 percent increase compared with 2022, a new study estimates. “The measles vaccine is our best protection against the virus, and we must continue to invest in efforts to increase access.” Measles is one of the …

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First bivalent mRNA vaccine candidate against RSV goes under clinical trial

China Daily

The world's first bivalent mRNA vaccine candidate against respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, kicked off Phase I clinical trial in China on Wednesday, as an adult received a shot at a clinical research center of a major Shanghai hospital. "Official figures showed that RSV caused more than 80 percent of respiratory viral infection cases in infants and young children in …

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Canada detects first presumptive human bird flu case, teen infected

India Today

Canada has detected its first presumptive case of H5 bird flu in a person, a teenager in the western province of British Columbia, health officials said on Saturday. H5 bird flu is widespread in wild birds worldwide and is causing outbreaks in poultry and US dairy cows, with several recent human cases in US dairy and poultry workers. Bird flu …

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‘Rare event’: Canada records its first human bird flu case

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A teenager from British Columbia tested positive for the H5 avian flu, and health authorities are investigating. Canada has confirmed its first human case of bird flu after a teenager tested positive for the virus, according to health authorities. 1/ The Office of the Provincial Health Officer in British Columbia has reported a presumed human case of H5 avian influenza …

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One-third of Americans don’t trust the COVID vaccines, survey finds

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Across the U.S., 35% of adults reported that they did not trust COVID-19 vaccines, without much variation across years 2021-2023, according to a survey published in the journal Vaccine: X this week. Vaccine hesitancy is one piece of a growing distrust in public health exacerbated by the government’s pandemic response that many experts fear will only deepen with the new …

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Chinese scientists achieve possible breakthrough in plant diseases

China Daily

Working model of immune control mediated by an important immune network ROD1-OsTIR-EPA. "Since specific sensors can only defend plants against specific pathogens, achieving effective broad-spectrum disease resistance against multiple pathogens has become a crucial topic in plant immunity research," Wan said. Another study published concurrently on the same journal, titled "A canonical protein complex controls immune homeostasis and multipathogen resistance", …

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Chinese scientists achieve possible breakthrough in plant diseases

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Don’t wait for a holiday surge. Now is a good time to get your flu and COVID-19 vaccines

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — If you missed the early fall push for flu and COVID-19 vaccines, it’s not too late. “Why not get a vaccine that’s going to help you reduce that risk?” Who needs a fall COVID-19 or flu vaccination? In addition, the CDC is recommending that people 65 and older get a second COVID-19 shot six months after their fall …

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Urgent vaccines needed for hepatitis C, HIV, 15 more pathogens: WHO

India Today

The World Health Organisation has identified 17 pathogens as top priorities for vaccine development. The findings in a study, published in eBioMedicine, specify how important vaccine research and development are for three diseases - malaria, HIV and tuberculosis - that claim 2.5 million lives every year. PATHOGENS IDENTIFIED IN THE WHO STUDY The pathogens on WHO's list fall into three …

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‘Dire implications’: Experts warn Trump could spark global health crisis with latest idea

Raw Story

Over the weekend Donald Trump said he is considering a ban on not just vaccine mandates, but vaccines themselves—an extension of his embrace of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He is expected to put RFK Jr., a known AIDS denialist and anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist and purveyor of vaccine misinformation who has likened the use of vaccines to the "holocaust," in charge …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

India to undertake mega study of covid-19 samples to help prepare for future pandemics

Live Mint

New Delhi: The Department of Biotechnology plans to undertake a study of thousands of samples and clinical material collected during covid-19 to help Indian scientists understand the susceptibility of individuals and changes in metabolic activity that will be useful in fighting future pandemics. The department will give the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium, a consortium of 54 laboratories, the mandate to …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

An Idaho health department isn't allowed to give COVID-19 vaccines anymore. Experts say it's a first

The Independent

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Norovirus vaccine: What is it, when could it be available and will it be on the NHS?

The Independent

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2 months ago

Norovirus: World-first vaccine to combat the misery of winter vomiting bug on trial in Britain - and could cut the 'burden on the NHS'

Daily Mail

A world-first vaccine for the vomiting bug norovirus is being trialled in the UK amid hope it could cut the 'burden on the NHS', the Health Secretary has said. Wes Streeting said the virus places the health service under 'huge strain' every winter and costs taxpayers around £100million a year UK Health Security Agency chiefs received 1,237 lab-confirmed reports of …

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2 months ago

Global Pandemic Threat: 100 Days to Save Lives

Hindustan Times

A modelling study suggests that if a vaccine for SARS-CoV-2 had been developed within 100 days, an estimated 8.3 million deaths could have been averted globally. The study also estimated that productivity losses due to illness amounting to almost $1.4 trillion and $63 billion of hospitalisation costs would have been averted globally.

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

10,000 Long Covid patients on benefits, more may follow

Dutch News

Some four years after the beginning of the Covid pandemic some 10,000 Long Covid sufferers are living on benefits because they are unable to work or work fulltime, figures from state benefits agency UWV have shown. Some 9,746 people are on invalidity benefit because of complications following an infection while another 1,246 have health problems associated with Long Covid but …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

10,000 Long Covid patients on benefits, more may follow

Dutch News

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

California’s COVID surge is finally over. But expect another spike in the coming months

LA Times

California’s protracted summer COVID surge has finally ended, a welcome window that provides a key opportunity to prepare for yet another expected resurgence of transmission this autumn and winter, doctors say. “We have an updated COVID vaccine, an updated flu vaccine, an RSV vaccine — all of those can help protect ourselves, our families, our communities.” California New COVID subvariant …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Free COVID tests are back. Here's how to order a test to your home

The Independent

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

The US is mailing Americans COVID tests again. Here’s how to get them

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Americans can once again order COVID-19 tests, without being charged, sent straight to their homes. The website has been reopened on the heels of a summer COVID-19 virus wave and heading into the fall and winter respiratory virus season, with health officials urging Americans to get an updated COVID-19 vaccine and their yearly flu shot. U.S. regulators approved …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

COVID-19 variants becoming immune-evasive, China CDC says

China Daily

The dominant COVID-19 variants in China have not shown significant changes in their pathogenicity, but novel strains are becoming increasingly immune-evasive, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday. "We have not observed obvious changes in the pathogenicity of offshoots of XDV and JN.1," the China CDC said. The China CDC added that emerging strains are evolving …

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3 months ago

Global vaccine alliance GAVI to buy 500,000 doses of mpox vaccine

Associated Press

DAKAR, Senegal — The global vaccine alliance Gavi will buy 500,000 doses of mpox vaccine to battle outbreaks of the disease in African countries, the organization said on Wednesday. Since the beginning of the year, there have been over 25,000 confirmed mpox cases and 723 related deaths, the vast majority in Congo, and the World Health Organization declared it a …

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3 months ago

Global vaccine alliance GAVI to buy 500,000 doses of mpox vaccine

The Independent

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3 months, 1 week ago

What to know about the available Covid-19, flu and RSV vaccines

CNN

CNN — It’s that time of year when any cough or sniffle could be Covid-19, flu or RSV — but there are ways to fend them off. Last year was the first year that the US had vaccines available to protect against all three major respiratory viruses — Covid-19, flu and RSV — but vaccine uptake was low for the …

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3 months, 1 week ago

CDC says mpox vaccine boosters aren’t needed in the US as questions emerge around waning immunity

CNN

CNN — As a deadly mpox outbreak continues to spread in Africa and other parts of the world, questions are emerging about whether some vulnerable people in the United States may need booster doses of the mpox vaccine. “I’ve literally had people call me and say, ‘Should I get a booster, because it’s been two years?’ and my suggestion right …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Bharat Biotech collaborates with US-based Alopexx to develop antimicrobial vaccine

Hindustan Times

Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech on Wednesday announced its collaboration with US-based Alopexx Inc for development and commercialisation of the latter’s broad-spectrum anti-microbial vaccine in India and other low-income countries, which experts feel could be a game-changer in tackling the growing anti-microbial resistance threat. This collaboration aligns with our mission to provide safe, affordable, and high-quality vaccines to combat infectious diseases globally,” …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Chinese mpox vaccine to undergo clinical trial

China Daily

China Daily| Updated :2024-09-11 The country's top drug regulator has cleared a mpox vaccine developed by Chinese drugmaker Sinopharm for clinical trial on Monday, which could be the nation's first experimental dose to battle the deadly disease, according to the company. The domestic vaccine candidate, created by the Shanghai Institute of Biological Products and administered by Sinopharm, is expected to …

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$The first 100,000 doses of mpox vaccine reach Congo. But it’s a fraction of what is needed$

3 months, 2 weeks ago

The first 100,000 doses of mpox vaccine reach Congo. But it’s a fraction of what is needed

The Hindu

The first batch of mpox vaccine arrived in Congo’s capital on Thursday, September 5, 2024, the country’s authorities said, three weeks after the World Health Organization declared mpox outbreaks in 12 African countries a global emergency. About 380,000 doses of mpox vaccines have been promised by Western partners such as the European Union and the United States, Dr. Jean Kaseya, …

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$The first 100,000 doses of mpox vaccine reach Congo. But it’s a fraction of what is needed$

3 months, 2 weeks ago

The first 100,000 doses of mpox vaccine reach Congo. But it’s a fraction of what is needed

Associated Press

KINSHASA, Congo — The first batch of mpox vaccine arrived in Congo’s capital on Thursday, the country’s authorities said, three weeks after the World Health Organization declared mpox outbreaks in 12 African countries a global emergency. The 100,000 doses of the MVA-BN vaccine, manufactured by the Danish company Bavarian Nordic, have been donated by the European Union through HERA, the …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

For people without insurance, updated Covid-19 shots are no longer free of charge at pharmacies

CNN

CNN — The rollout of updated Covid-19 vaccines has begun in the United States, but for the first time, the shots will no longer be free of charge for people without insurance at their local pharmacy. Last year, as the shots transitioned to the commercial market, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Bridge Access Program provided free Covid-19 …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

New COVID-19 vaccines targeting JN.1 variant under review by Therapeutic Goods Administration

ABC

Australia's national drug regulator is evaluating the safety and efficacy of two new COVID-19 vaccines designed to provide better protection against new variants of the virus. While there is no longer much circulation of the original JN.1 variant in Australia, Professor Esterman said the new vaccines — targeting JN.1 — would likely still prove highly effective. While TGA approval isn't …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Recent breakthrough in COVID-19 vaccination: Indian Immunologicals Ltd unveils first needle-free booster vaccine

Hindustan Times

In a recent development, Hyderabad-based Indian Immunologicals Ltd in collaboration with Griffith University in Australia has made a significant breakthrough in COVID-19 vaccination technology. Indian Immunologicals Ltd unveils first needle-free booster vaccine “This accomplishment signifies a major step forward in our battle against COVID-19. According to the press release, the innovative vaccine sports an attenuated formulation that uses advanced codon …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

The new COVID vaccine is out — but you might not want to rush to get it

Raw Story

The FDA has approved an updated covid shot for everyone 6 months old and up, which renews a now-annual quandary for Americans: Get the shot now, with the latest covid outbreak sweeping the country, or hold it in reserve for the winter wave? “Covid is still very transmissible, very new, and people congregate inside in air-conditioned rooms during the summer,” …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Covid-19 infections pose a greater risk to heart than vaccines: Study

India Today

As concerns have risen about Covid-19 vaccines in increasing the risk myocarditis, a study have revealed that Covid-19 infections is more harmful for the heart than the vaccines. A recent study published in JAMA sheds light on this issue, revealing that the likelihood of developing myocarditis, a condition where the heart muscle becomes inflamed, often due to an immune response, …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Most people are confused’: What to know about the latest Covid shot

Politico

Even the Democratic National Convention turned into a superspreader event. And despite the virus’ prevalence — and the persistent threat of long Covid — public health officials are contending with a myriad of obstacles as they try to boost the population’s defenses, including dwindling enthusiasm for the shots, lackluster testing and the end of a program meant to help the …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Indian Immunologicals Ltd develops needle-free COVID-19 intranasal booster vaccine in collaboration with Australian university

The Hindu

Hyderabad-headquartered vaccine manufacturer Indian Immunologicals Ltd, in partnership with Griffith University, Australia has developed a needle-free intra-nasal booster vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, a press release from the company stated. According to the press release, codon de-optimisation involves decreasing the frequency of underrepresented codon pairs without changing the amino acid sequences. K. Anand Kumar, managing director, Indian Immunologicals Limited said as per …

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