Us Food And Drug Administration

US okays additional COVID vaccine shot for individuals with weakened immunity

Importantly, the FDA’s decision only applies to this high-risk group, estimated to be no more than 3 percent of U.S. adults. It’s not an opening for booster doses for the general population.

Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine 93% effective six months after second dose

The company is also carrying out clinical trials on three different COVID-19 boosters, with all of them producing high antibody levels against the original coronavirus strain

Johnson & Johnson's single-shot vaccine highly effective in preventing severe COVID-19, announces US FDA

In large clinical trials, the vaccine's efficacy against severe COVID-19 disease was 85.9 percent in the US, 81.7 percent in South Africa, and 87.6 percent in Brazil

Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine has 'favourable safety profile', says US regulator

The FDA, however, also said that more research was needed to confirm evidence that the vaccine prevents even the worst cases of COVID-19, offers protection after the first of two doses and that the vaccine works for people who have previously been infected by the virus

Moderna says its vaccine 94% effective against COVID-19, asks European and US regulators for emergency use

The US pharma company said it was on track to have about 20 million doses of its vaccine ready to ship in America by 2020-end

US to distribute 6.4 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in first tranche by year-end

The federal government will issue recommendations for who should be prioritised — likely the elderly, high-risk, and frontline workers — but local authorities will make the final call

'Nobody likes me': Donald Trump complains approval rating is lower than Anthony Fauci's

When Donald Trump restarted his coronavirus briefings last week after shutting them down in April, he largely hewed to a script, urging Americans to wear masks and practice social distancing

Drugs body CDSCO suspends import licences of 19 firms for non-USFDA COVID-19 testing kits

The decision was taken after the drug controller found the companies' response to a 17 July show-cause notice asking them to explain why their licences should not be suspended unsatisfactory

From dry fruits to caffeine, five foods that should be consumed in moderation during the summers

Illnesses like the cold and flu might happen with every season change, but what makes summers particularly difficult for most people is not only the humidity and dehydration but also the heat waves.

Cipla submits application with USFDA for generic version of asthma drug

Drug major Cipla on Monday said it has submitted an application with the US health regulator for a generic version of GSK's Advair Diskus, which is used in the treatment of asthma and other respiratory disorders