What is GOF research? The Covid-19 pandemic has brought the Gain of Function (GoF) research back into the limelight. But what does GoF research means? And what does it has…
By Stephanie Nebehay and Josephine Mason GENEVA -The World Health Organization warned wealthy countries on Thursday against hoarding COVID-19 vaccines for booster shots as they try to fight off the…
By Stephanie Nebehay and Josephine Mason GENEVA -The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended on Thursday that people who are immunocompromised or received an inactivated COVID-19 vaccine should receive a booster…
Researchers around the world are trying to work out whether existing COVID vaccines protect us from the latest variant, Omicron. The worst-case scenario is the virus has mutated so much…
Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin has taken less time than several other vaccines, Word Health Organsiation (WHO) said, clearing the air on criticism that the UN health agency took a longer time…
A technical advisory group of the World Health Organisation was on Tuesday reviewing data on Covaxin for the emergency use listing of India’s indigenously-made vaccine and it could pronounce its…
A World Health Organization-led programme to ensure poorer countries get fair access to COVID-19 vaccines, tests and treatments aims to secure antiviral drugs for patients with mild symptoms for as…
The WHO will take a decision on Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin for granting Emergency Use Listing (EUL) in October. While the rolling review started in July, the WHO document on the…
