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  Pfizer asks FDA to allow COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 5

  World | February 02, 2022 7:19 IST

  Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said in a statement that company scientists believe this age group ultimately will need three of the extra low-dose shots but that FDA action now could let parents begin the vaccination process while awaiting a final decision.

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  Current Covid vaccines induce robust protection against severe disease from Omicron: Study

  India | February 01, 2022 13:59 IST

  The research, published in the journal Nature on Jan 31, demonstrated that the vaccines induce this protection through cellular immunity or the production of protective immune cells, such as so-called killer and memory cells.

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  Made in India COVID vaccines playing important role in making world pandemic-free: President Kovind

  India | January 31, 2022 12:17 IST

  Notably, India's nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive was started on January 16, 2021, and the vaccination coverage has exceeded 166.03 crores to date.

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  No guarantee that future Covid variants will be less severe: WHO

  Health | January 27, 2022 9:52 IST

  The next variant of Covid may also evade vaccine protections even more, making the existing vaccines even less effective. According to Dr Mike Ryan, WHO's director of emergency programmes, the virus will continue to evolve before it settles into a pattern.

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  Will an Omicron-specific vaccine help control COVID? There’s one key problem

  Health | January 25, 2022 10:45 IST

  A vaccine targeting Omicron will increase immunity to the variant on both an individual and population level. However, variant-specific vaccines are ultimately a reactive measure that could always leave us behind the eight ball. By the time we roll out any variant-specific vaccine, a wave of infections driven by that variant may already have peaked, and a new variant will likely be on the way.

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  COVID19 vaccines offer lasting protection, claims study

  Health | January 20, 2022 9:38 IST

  The study found that the effectiveness of the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines in reducing the risk of COVID-19 reached a peak of about 95 per cent two months after the first dose and then gradually declined. At seven months, the Pfizer vaccine dropped to 67 per cent effectiveness, compared to the Moderna vaccine, which maintained 80 per cent effectiveness.

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  Moderna to come up with combined Covid and flu booster by 2023

  World | January 19, 2022 16:45 IST

  In his speech at the Davos Agenda, a virtual event being held this week by the World Economic Forum, Bancel said this date was a "best case scenario", but that he believed it was possible for some countries next year, CNN reported.

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  Google doodle stresses on importance of masks, vaccination amid Omicron threat

  Trending | January 17, 2022 13:00 IST

  Google doodle stressed on the importance of wearing masks and getting vaccinated in the fight against the virus threat and emerging cases on Omicron variant. On Sunday, India completed one year of administering COVID-19 vaccines. 

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  COVID vaccine linked to small & temporary increase in menstrual cycle length, says study

  Health | January 14, 2022 13:43 IST

  Most vaccinated users received the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. On average, the first vaccination dose was associated with a .71-day cycle increase in cycle length and the second dose with a .91-day increase. Therefore, users vaccinated over two cycles had an increase of less than one day in each of the vaccination cycles.

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  Know why Covid deaths are increasing despite vaccination

  Health | January 13, 2022 7:23 IST

  The Health Ministry has also underlined that the active cases that needed hospitalisation care was 20-23 per cent during the second Covid surge. However, only 5 to 10 per cent of active cases require hospital administration currently, even as the overall situation is evolving, and the need for hospitalisation care could change. Experts say that lower hospitalisations and deaths could also be attributed to a wider vaccination coverage.

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  Covid vaccination certificates in 5 poll-bound states won't have PM's photo

  Elections | January 09, 2022 20:20 IST

  Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa will be held between February 10 and March 7 in seven phases with the counting of votes on March 10, the Election Commission announced on Saturday.

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  Covid vaccine can cause temporary increase in menstrual cycle length

  Health | January 09, 2022 14:51 IST

  The researchers noted that menstrual cycles typically vary a small amount from month to month, and the increase they saw was well within the range of normal variability. They added that additional research is needed to determine how Covid-19 vaccination could potentially influence other menstrual characteristics, such as associated symptoms (pain, mood changes, etc.) and characteristics of bleeding (including heaviness of flow).

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  Post COVID vaccine side-effects on children: No paracetamol advised after COVAXIN

  Health | January 06, 2022 13:49 IST

  Hyderabad-based vaccine manufacturer Bharat Biotech, on Wednesday, said that no paracetamol or pain killers are recommended for children after being vaccinated with COVAXIN. The parents of children under the 15-18 age group were concerned about the post-vaccine side effects. In case you are one of those, here is everything you should know.

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  Fact Check: Vaccinating children not worth risk because they aren't seriously harmed by COVID-19?

  Health | January 05, 2022 13:37 IST

  There's a prevalent rumour suggesting that children don't need to get vaccinated against COVID 19 as it doesn't harm them severely. However, this isn't true. Let's probe into this and do a fact check to know more. Here's what medical experts have to say about this.

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  Bharat Biotech's nasal vaccine for booster dose? Key meeting today

  India | January 04, 2022 15:00 IST

  According to reports, Bharat Biotech has proposed that its nasal vaccine can be used as booster dose for those who have already been inoculated with Covaxin or Covishield vaccines against coronavirus.

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  Breaking myth: Safer for child to build immunity by getting infected with COVID-19 than vaccination?

  Health | January 03, 2022 13:25 IST

  Is it better for children to get infected by COVID 19 and then build immunity against it rather than vaccination? Absolutely not. Many myths about the COVID vaccine and its effect on children have begun circulating on the Internet giving rise to more confusion than ever. Let's debunk such myths here!

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  Omicron doesn't cause as much damage to the lungs

  India | January 02, 2022 15:59 IST

  A study by a consortium of US and Japanese scientists on hamsters and mice found those infected with Omicron had less lung damage.

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  Study finds no reason to delay Covid vaccination during pregnancy

  Health | December 30, 2021 22:42 IST

  Reserachers found that the levels of these antibodies at delivery tended to be higher when the initial vaccination course occurred in the third trimester. However, they also found that antibody levels at delivery are still comparably high, and probably still protective, when vaccination occurs in early pregnancy or even a few weeks before pregnancy -- and a booster shot late in pregnancy can make those antibody levels much higher.

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  Vaccines still effective against Omicron, severity of disease not surged: WHO chief scientist

  India | December 30, 2021 6:44 IST

  Explaining factors that account for a vaccine's effectiveness against COVID-19, Swaminathan said that vaccine effectiveness varies a little bit between vaccines though the majority of all of the WHO Emergency Use.

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  No certificate required for those above 60 with co-morbidities for 'precautionary dose': Health Min

  India | December 28, 2021 16:20 IST

  Earlier on Monday, the health ministry said that the gap between the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and the precaution dose will be 9 months.