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Life & Style Published 05 Sep, 2022 03:55pm

China approves world’s first inhalable Covid-19 vaccine

Company shares surged 14% on Monday morning before closing 7.1% higher than their opening value

Health Published 11 Jul, 2022 10:59pm

Moderna to advance two Omicron vaccine candidates against newer variants

Bivalent vaccines are designed to target the original variant from 2020 and the newer Omicron variants

Health Published 25 May, 2022 07:10pm

Pfizer offers to sell medicines at cost to poorest countries

Pfizer said it would sell its patented drugs on a not-for-profit basis

Pakistan Published 12 Apr, 2022 10:58am

Pakistan reports ‘all-time low virus statistics’ since start of pandemic

US sends 4.7m Pfizer Covid vaccine doses to Pakistan

Health Published 12 Feb, 2022 12:52pm

Covid booster efficacy declines significantly by fourth month: US study

The new study was based on more than 241,204 visits to the emergency department or an urgent care clinic

Health Published 08 Feb, 2022 08:32pm

Pfizer's 2021 profits doubled to $22 bn on strong Covid vaccine sales

Pfizer sees slightly lower 2022 revenues for the vaccine compared the just-finished year

Health Published 27 Jan, 2022 09:39pm

Pfizer Covid pill Europe's first approved oral treatment

Studies show the drug reduces hospitalisation and death in patients at risk of severe Covid

Health Published 25 Jan, 2022 10:18pm

Pfizer and BioNTech launch trial of Omicron-targeted COVID vaccine

The companies plan to study the safety and tolerability of the shots in the more than 1,400 people

Health Published 21 Jan, 2022 01:15pm

Sputnik V shows higher Omicron-antibody levels than Pfizer in preliminary study

MOSCOW: A small preliminary laboratory study has shown that levels of Omicron-neutralising antibodies of people...

Health Published 18 Jan, 2022 10:18pm

Covid vaccines safe during pregnancy: EU watchdog

EMA says research involving 65,000 women showed "growing evidence" that Pfizer, Moderna jabs did not cause pregnancy complications

Health Published 31 Dec, 2021 07:05pm

Pfizer's COVID-19 shot causes mostly mild side effects in young kids: U.S. CDC

** Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE's COVID-19 vaccine caused mostly mild side effects in children aged 5 to 11 years,...

Health Published 23 Dec, 2021 10:36am

US authorises Pfizer oral COVID-19 treatment for at-home use

Pfizer's antiviral regimen, Paxlovid, was nearly 90% effective in preventing hospitalizations and deaths in patients at high risk of severe illness

Health Published 17 Nov, 2021 12:49pm

Pfizer files for US authorisation of promising Covid-19 antiviral pill

Pfizer Inc said on Tuesday it is seeking US authorisation of its experimental antiviral Covid-19 pill that cut the...

Health Published 28 Sep, 2021 01:53pm

NCOC to vaccinate children aged 12 and above

Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives and head of the National Command and Operation...

Health Published 22 Jul, 2021 10:55am

Two doses of Pfizer, AstraZeneca shots effective against Delta variant, study finds

Two doses of Pfizer or AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine are nearly as effective against the highly transmissible Delta...

Health Published 17 Jul, 2021 12:09pm

Smell tests can screen for Covid

By Nancy Lapid Here is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to...

Blog Published 08 Jul, 2021 10:11am

Yes, you can still get COVID after being vaccinated, but you're unlikely to get as sick

When a COVID cluster includes people who are vaccinated against the virus, we inevitably hear rumblings of complaint...

Health Published 01 Jul, 2021 03:37pm

COVID vaccines: combining AstraZeneca and Pfizer may boost immunity – new study

Late last year, I asked: is it safe to have more than one type of COVID-19 vaccine? A trial has now addressed that...

Science Published 01 Jul, 2021 12:31pm

What's the new Covid vaccine indemnity scheme? Two legal experts explain

On Monday night, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a new vaccine indemnity scheme. An indemnity scheme would...

Health Published 29 Jun, 2021 10:39am

Desperate expatriate workers storm Islamabad vaccination centre

By Umar Farooq Pakistani expatriate workers, desperate to obtain a Pfizer/BioNTech or AstraZeneca COVID shot so ...

World Published 05 Jun, 2021 11:14am

UK regulator approves Pfizer jab for 12 to 15-year-olds

LONDON: Britain’s medicines regulator said Friday the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is safe for adolescents aged 12 to ...

World Published 06 May, 2021 11:31am

Pfizer/BioNTech jab confirmed to protect 95% in largest study yet

PARIS: The largest real-world study yet of the Pfizer/BioNTec vaccine on Thursday confirmed that the jab provided...