A COVID-19 encore with monkeypox
A familiar pattern is emerging in the battle against monkeypox with the US and Europe grabbing scarce vaccine supplies
Between hype and hope on Zika
Bharat Biotech's patent claim on vaccines to fight Zika is riddled with holes and rivals abroad are surging ahead
African vaccines: Local manufacturers are struggling to access the market — what must change
Current procurement systems for vaccines in the region does not leave much room for African companies
Uncanny truth about germs
Building immunity may be a matter of keeping company with microbes, argue some immunologists
Proactive regulators key to safe biopharmaceuticals
Healthcare policymakers should devise suitable policies to strengthen the regulatory infrastructure in order to keep substandard drugs from being …
COVID vaccines and pregnancy: a review of the evidence shows they are safe
Pregnant women’s immune response to the vaccine is similar to the response of women who are not pregnant, research suggests
Did a drug manufacturer and Philippino officials turn a blind eye to a lethal anti-dengue vaccine?
60 school children have died due to an anti-dengue vaccine, Dengvaxia, provided by a government-run immunisation program in spite of the …
COVID: A two-year journey through lockdowns, lives lost and life-saving research
During this period, there have been over 433 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, including over 6 million deaths, reported to the World Health …
We know vaccines are the way out of COVID-19, but how are India’s numbers stacked
India is adding the most to the pandemic’s tally now; yet, the vaccination drive has lost steam before any significant gains
Being humans: How do we look back at COVID-19 lockdown a year since
What has the disruption taught us? Has the lack of socialisation made us better humans or worse? What will the future be like when we have more …
Nasal vaccines promise to stop the COVID-19 virus before it gets to the lungs – an immunologist explains how they work
While the exact mechanisms by which nasal vaccines work in people have not been thoroughly studied, researchers believe they work analogously to …
COVID-19 vaccines: India needs to rise
India has to work hard to defend its position as the global hub of vaccine production
Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: How vaccines can help reduce India’s AMR burden
The vaccine provides an indirect but significant benefit at scale to preventing the emergence of AMR
Is the COVID-19 vaccine story over?
India claims vaccines are no longer an issue in the battle against COVID-19, but a host of developing nations would disagree
Phonological problems: Why the name of a COVID-19 vaccine matters
The issue of nomenclature and confusion due to sound-alike and name-alike vaccines doesn’t find any mention in Covid-19 vaccination strategy;…
Access to viral hepatitis diagnosis and treatment is still limited: WHO
In Africa, less than eight countries provide subsidised testing and treatment for viral hepatitis
Global spread of vaccine-derived polio still a high risk: WHO
Recommends declaring transmission as a national public health emergency, ensuring vaccinations for travellers and residents
Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman’s work on mRNA vaccines wins Nobel Prize for Medicine 2023
Such vaccines have saved millions of lives and prevented severe disease in many more, allowing societies to open and return to normal conditions
Vaccines without needles: New shelf-stable film could revolutionise how medicines are distributed worldwide
A research group claims to have developed a method to stabilise live viruses and other biological medicines in a rapidly dissolving film that …
Moderna’s brazen patent grab on a COVID-19 jab
The US administration is finally putting its foot down on the appropriation of public research by drug firms
Nobel Prize 2023: Katalin Kariko, Drew Weissman awarded for work that led to effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19
Kariko and Weissman eliminated critical obstacles on the way to clinical applications of mRNA, paving the way for speedy development of mRNA …
Self-sufficient Africa: Rwanda gets continent’s first unit for mRNA vaccine production
Containers of mRNA mobile factories called Biontainers to boost African vaccine production
‘Stranger Things’ shows how conspiracy theories take hold and do harm
The show's conspiracy leanings point out how easily people can be influenced during times of uncertainty
COVID is surging in the world’s most vaccinated country. Why?
Seychelles needs to conduct urgent genome sequencing and surveillance to see what contribution variants of concern are making and whether the …
Polio eradication: we are not there yet
On the occasion of World Polio Day, we take a look at the challenges that three countries are facing in eradicating this debilitating disease
