COVID

China releases citizen journalist Zhang Zhan after 4 years of imprisonment for Covid-19 coverage

Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan was convicted for the offence of 'picking quarrels and provoking trouble', which is frequently used in China to target activists

Why has India's top medical body, ICMR, slammed the study on Covaxin side effects?

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has dubbed a study by Banaras Hindu University researchers on the side effects of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin as ‘poorly designed’. But what did the study say and why has ICMR distanced itself from the paper?

Cases double, masks back: Is Singapore bracing for a COVID-19 comeback?

Singapore’s weekly case count has nearly doubled with KP.1 and KP.2, the new ‘FLiRT’ variants, now accounting for over two-third of its COVID-19 cases. Authorities have asked the public to start masking up again and warned public hospitals to prepare for a spike in cases

What is VITT, the other blood clotting condition linked to AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine?

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine has been under the scanner since the pharma giant’s admission that it can cause a rare side effect of blood clotting. Some cases of vaccine-induced immune thrombocytopenia and thrombosis (VITT) emerged in 2021. Now, an Australian study has shed some more light. But what is this condition?

Who is Zhang Zhan, the Chinese journalist who reported on COVID and is now missing?

Zhang Zhan is a Chinese lawyer-turned-citizen journalist, who served four years in prison for reporting on the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan. She finished serving her sentence at Shanghai’s women prison and was due to be released on Monday. However, the whereabouts of the 40-year-old are unknown, raising concern from activists

After AstraZeneca side effect, adverse events in some who took Covaxin. Is it a reason to worry?

There has been intense speculation over Covishield’s safety after AstraZeneca admitted its COVID-19 vaccine caused a rare side effect. Now an observational study on India-made Covaxin pointed out that nearly a third of participants reported adverse events of special interest (AESI) like viral upper respiratory tract infections and skin disorders. Who is at risk?

AstraZeneca: The 'saviour' of Covid pandemic, marred with misinformation

Today, there are many modern, updated mRNA vaccines, and time may have passed for the AstraZeneca, but there is absolutely no doubt in its star performance as a key tool for saving lives during one of the darkest phases in human history

Chinese citizen journalist jailed for reporting on Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan set to be freed after 4 years

Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan was one of the few independent voices who showed the extent of the Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan in 2020

As AstraZeneca withdraws Covid vaccines, here's what Serum Institute did with Covishield

Pune-based Serum Institute said it had disclosed all rare to very rare side effects, including Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome, in the packaging insert in 2021

After admitting side effect, AstraZeneca withdraws COVID vaccine: What’s going on?

After admitting that its vaccine causes a rare side effect, AstraZeneca is withdrawing the jab across the world. The UK-headquartered company has said that its decision was for ‘commercial reasons’, as other alternatives have superseded its COVID-19 shot. Is there more to it?