Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Pfizer seeks US approval of Covid vaccine for children under 5

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WASHINGTON: Pfizer and BioNTech said Tuesday they are seeking emergency authorization from US health regulators for use of their Covid vaccine for children aged over six months and under five years. If the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorizes the two-shot regimen, it will become the first Covid vaccine available to this age group in … Read more

New vaccine stable at refrigerator temperature for 30 days

New vaccine

A renowned pharmaceutical and biotech company, Moderna, is among the first few companies to release data on their COVID-19 vaccine candidates and their clinical trials. The novel coronavirus has so far infected around 55 million people around the world. More than 1.33 million people have died due to the virus till now. According to reports, … Read more

COVID-19 vaccine doses may be available by early Nov 2020: US

COVID-19 vaccine doses may be available by early Nov 2020: US

On Wednesday, the US government has said that it will start distributing the COVID-19 vaccine immediately after regulatory authorization. The Department of Defence and officials from the Department of Health and Human Services had released the distribution plans’ documents on Wednesday. [embedpost slug=”what-will-be-the-price-of-corona-vaccine/”] U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommended vaccines will be allocated … Read more

US approves usage of Hydroxychloroquine as #COVID19 medicine: Trump

trump approves coronavirus medicine

US President said, a drug currently used as an antimalarial, hydroxychloroquine would be made available almost immediately to treat coronavirus. According to the details, Trump, speaking at a news conference, pointed to efforts on Gilead Sciences Inc’s experimental antiviral drug Remdesivir and the generic antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine, saying he had called on the U.S. Food and … Read more