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New York: Indian-American scientist Gitanjali Rao, only 15, TIME magazine's first-ever ''Kid of the Year'', has said she is brainstorming about solutions for effective vaccine distribution and has set her...

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, whose Gates Foundation has been involved in the development and delivery of the COVID-19 vaccines, has said that the next four to six months could be...

Washington: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given authorisation to the emergency use of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine candidate in the country. The US authorisation comes days after...

Washington: Pfizer Inc and partner BioNTech SE's COVID-19 vaccine candidate produced no severe allergic reactions during clinical trials, a Pfizer executive said at a regulatory conference on Friday. According to...

New York: US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are TIME magazine’s 2020 ‘Person of the Year.’ Biden and Harris combined for a historic victory over incumbent Donald...

Washington: An expert committee convened by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has voted heavily in favour of recommending the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use approval. The final...

Beijing: The Civil Aviation Administration of China has recommended members of cabin crew on flights to and from high-risk COVID-19 destinations to avoid using the bathroom by wearing disposable diapers....

Barcelona: Four lions at Barcelona Zoo have tested positive for COVID-19. Three females - Zala, Nima and Run Run and Kiumbe, a male, were tested after keepers noticed they showed...

Moscow: Russian citizens are being advised to avoid alcohol for two months after receiving the country’s COVID-19 Sputnik V vaccine. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova said in an interview...

London:  Dr Hari Shukla, 87 and his wife Ranjan, 83-year-old wife from the northeast of England on Tuesday became the first Indian-origin couple in the world to get a vaccine...