New Delhi: Pune based Serum Institute of India (SII) has dispatched the first consignment of malaria vaccines to Africa, the company said in a statement on Monday. Named R21/Matrix-M, the malaria vaccine has been developed in collaboration with the University of Oxford and the US-based biotechnology firm Novavax’s Matrix-M adjuvant (a medicine that increases or …
MALARIA is the largest cause of death in young African children, and the disease claims over 6,00,000 lives globally each year. Now, results are out of the phase 3 trial data of the R21/Matrix-M⢠malaria vaccine developed by Oxford University and Serum Institute of India. The double-blinded, randomised trials, conducted among 4,800 children in the …
(Adds vaccination details and background in paragraphs 5 to 7) Dec 14 (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday issued an alert urging healthcare providers to increase immunization coverage for influenza, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The health regulator said that low vaccination rates, coupled with ongoing increases …
The World Health Organisation has authorised Novavax updated vaccine shots for active immunization to prevent COVID-19 in individuals aged 12 and older Subscribe to Notifications Covid 19 pandemic swept the world with their style of living. With different waves of the virus hitting different regions at different times, people have become more health conscious. The …