How can the Oxford vaccine be made more effective? By combining it with Russia’s Sputnik V

AstraZeneca is testing a new hybrid schedule, comprising one dose of its vaccine and one of the Ad26-vector Sputnik V.

Jameel Inal, The Conversation

· Yesterday · 11:30 pm

The deaths of 30 Pfizer vaccine recipients in Norway show it is stimulating an immune response

mRNA technology is completely new in a human vaccine.

Nathan Bartlett, The Conversation

· Jan 20, 2021 · 07:30 pm

Safety concerns and software glitches are slowing down India’s Covid-19 vaccination drive

There is great disparity of coverage among the states.

Arunabh Saikia

· Jan 20, 2021 · 09:00 am

Covid-19: History shows that vaccines alone are not enough to eradicate a virus

Smallpox eradication teaches that high-tech vaccinations only work when they are effectively combined with low-tech public health strategies.

Caitjan Gainty, The Conversation

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Agnese Vitali, The Conversation

· Jan 17, 2021 · 07:30 pm

Will vaccines offer lasting protection against Covid-19?

Studies considering the closely related coronaviruses that cause the diseases Mers and Sars offer a glimmer of hope.

Sheena Cruickshank, The Conversation

· Jan 16, 2021 · 09:30 pm

Why some Indian states are struggling to deal simultaneously with TB and Covid-19

Preliminary studies show a 0.37% to 4% prevalence of TB among coronavirus disease patients in India.

Shreya Khaitan, IndiaSpend.com

· Jan 16, 2021 · 01:30 pm

Why is India buying an untested vaccine when a cheaper option with better safety data is available?

Health policy experts say the decision makes no sense from either the public health or strategic procurement perspective.

Arunabh Saikia

· Jan 15, 2021 · 09:00 am

Oxford scientists explain how they developed the Covid-19 vaccine in record time

What normally takes decades has been achieved in 12 months, without cutting corners.

Tonia Thomas, The Conversation

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Rachel Colin-Jones, The Conversation

· Jan 14, 2021 · 11:30 pm

More than 7.5 crore Indians contracted Covid-19 in 2020, according to experts

Officially, India had 1 crore laboratory-confirmed cases of Covid-19.

Rukmini S, IndiaSpend.com

· Jan 14, 2021 · 09:30 pm

In Bhopal, Covid-19 vaccine trial participants say they were misled

Volunteers from the city’s poor areas – many of them survivors of the 1984 gas tragedy – were allegedly lured with Rs 750 payment.

Anoo Bhuyan, IndiaSpend.com

· Jan 13, 2021 · 01:30 pm

First to get Covid-19 vaccine, India’s healthcare workers are torn between duty and personal safety

The hasty clearance to one of the vaccines has caused alarm in the healthcare community.

Arunabh Saikia

· Jan 13, 2021 · 10:30 am

What will it take to vaccinate India against Covid-19?

Nothing of this scale has been attempted before.

Arunabh Saikia

· Jan 09, 2021 · 09:00 am