
Brazil's Sao Paulo-based Butantan Institute, a state-run medical research facility, on Wednesday began to manufacture ButanVac, the first Brazilian vaccine against the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19), state governor Joao Doria announced....

A single dose of a Covid-19 vaccine can cut transmission of coronavirus by up to half, a Public Health England (PHE) study showed on Wednesday....

The novel coronavirus could be associated with a leak from a US biological laboratory, said Vyacheslav Volodin, chairman of Russia's lower parliament house the State Duma....

One in four people experience mild, short lived systemic side effects like headache, fatigue and tenderness after receiving either the Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccine, according to a new study published in the journal Lancet Infectious Diseases....

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, is covered in tiny spike proteins. This spike protein can bring about long-term gene expression changes, finds a new cell study that can explain why some Covid-19 patients...

Twitter has added a new prompt in the timelines of users to help them get correct vaccination information in their respective countries including India. ...

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou on Monday received his second dose of China's CoronaVac vaccine against Covid-19....

People with metabolic diseases like Type-2 diabetes and cancer as well as those exposed to organophosphate pesticides can be at an increased risk of Covid-19 infection, finds a new study performed in human lung airway cells. ...

The US is expected to have 300 million or more coronavirus vaccine excess doses by the end of July, raising concerns on uneven global distribution of Covid vaccines, according to a new research....

South Korea will increase the Covid-19 vaccination rollout as the country has secured sufficient doses amid supply shortage concerns to achieve herd immunity by November, the country's acting Prime Minister said on Monday....