US health officials said on Tuesday that Covid boosters are likely to be recommended annually just like influenza vaccines. The announcement has come after Food and Drug Administration authorised last week, authorised updated bivalent shots against both the original strain of the coronavirus and the BA.

US plans annual Covid vaccines, just like flu

A group of anti-vaxxers in Australia has been ordered to pay up USD 214,023 after the case in which they sued state and federal governments. The case was thrown out of the court, as per reports in Australian media.

Australia: Anti-vaxxers forced to pay $214,023 in legal costs 

Around 1 million children in London will be offered a polio booster vaccine. The decision came after the virus was detected in sewage samples across the UK capital.

United Kingdom: Urgent polio boosters for London children

New Yorkers stood in a long line on Sunday (July 17) to get themselves vaccinated against monkeypox. The city has become an epicentre of outbreak of the disease in the US.

New York: People queue up in long lines for monkeypox vaccine

India has crossed a big milestone of giving 2 billion vaccine doses in just 18 months. For more on this we're joined by Dr. Manohar Agnani - Additional Secretary & Chairperson Interim Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions (ICAHP) - Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

India's covid vaccination drive sets two billion dose-record in just 18 months

Horseshoe crabs are vital for the safety of human vaccines because their blood contains a substance that detects a contaminant called endotoxin which is a type of bacterial toxin.

WION Climate Tracker: Horseshoe crab blood key to making covid-19 vaccine

A study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, released on Friday, based on data from 185 countries and territories collected from December 8, 2020, to December 8, 2021, shows that Covid vaccines prevented nearly 20 million deaths in the first year after they were introduced, as reported by AFP.

Covid vaccines prevented nearly 20 million deaths in first year: Report

Last group of Americans get vaccinated against covid-19. Parents of babies and toddlers express a sigh of relief after the first shot of the vaccine was administered to kids.

US vaccinates its youngest, vaccine circulation to improve in the coming days

US vaccinates youngest against covid-19, parents of toddlers express sigh of relief

Children aged 6 months to 5 years are now eligible in the US to get a jab against COVID-19. Pfizer & Moderna vaccines have been authorised by the FDA.

Pfizer & Moderna vaccines authorised by FDA & CDC as US approves COVID vaccines for children

United States FDA is going to discuss COVID vaccines for babies next week. Meanwhile, FDA is also investigating rare side-effects of Moderna jabs in teens.

Moderna jabs to approved for infants? FDA to discuss vaccines for babies next week

Since the emergency use authorisation of the first Covid vaccines in the country last winter, federal data show that US states received a staggering 720 million Covid doses, and more than 570 million of those shots have been administered, according to a report by ABC News.

Millions of unused Covid doses going to waste in United States

After several countries criticised and questioned WHO's official COVID-19 death figures. It admits to making another mistake and is recalculating the official COVID-19 death toll.

WHO admits to making another mistake and is recalculating the official COVID-19 death toll

American multinational pharmaceutical Pzifer completed its emergency use application to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to administer its COVID-19 vaccine to children under the age of 5 on Wednesday.

Pfizer applies to FDA for covid vaccine approval for children under five

The Mumbai city recorded 505 new covid - 19 cases on Tuesday, showing a five-fold increase in cases in the past one month, increasing all India tally to 2745 new cases.

Mumbai sees five-fold increase in covid cases

The monkeypox outbreak has been a concern for a number of countries around the world but United States president Joe Biden believes that his country has enough vaccines to deal with any sort of outbreak.

Joe Biden says US has enough vaccines, 'extra efforts' not needed against monkeypox

Covid restrictions may be one of the reasons why North Korea was not giving any response to offers of diplomatic talks, said an unnamed US administration official quoted by Reuters.

Covid curbs may be why North Korea is mum on vaccine offer: US official

North Korea has confirmed its first covid outbreak. Its state media says cases of an 'unidentified fever' are exploding. 350,000 people have reportedly been infected. North Korea has no vaccines. How will it fight the virus? Palki Sharma reports.

Gravitas: Covid cases are 'exploding' in North Korea

In yet another setback for the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine jab, the FDA limits its use. According to FTA, 15% cases of TTS have been fatal.

Another setback for Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine jab as FDA limits its use

In yet another setback to the American pharmaceutical giants, FDA has said that it's limiting the use of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine for adults citing the risk of a rare blood clotting syndrome.

United States: FDA limits use of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced on Thursday that they are going to evaluate Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for children between the age of six months and five years.

European Medicines Agency assessing Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for children under five

No person can be forced to get vaccinated against COVID-19, India’s Supreme Court said on Monday, while noting that the central government's Covid-19 vaccination policy “cannot be said to be unreasonable or manifestly arbitrary”.

Covid: India's Supreme Court against restrictions on unvaccinated in public places

According to a COVID antibody survey by US CDC, 58% of US population had COVID by February. It also suggest that majority of the cases remained undetected.

58% of US population had COVID by February says COVID antibody survey by US CDC

According to a new study, unvaccinated people are a threat to the safety of those who are vaccinated against coronavirus (COVID-19). Researchers explored the effect of mixing between unvaccinated and vaccinated people to understand the dynamics of an infectious disease. When vaccinated and unvaccinated people were mixed, a substantial number of new infections would occur in the vaccinated people. Read details here: https://www.wionews.com/science/unvaccinated-people-pose-a-threat-to-those-inoculated-against-covid-19-study-473685

If you are unvaccinated for COVID, you are a threat to those who're jabbed

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