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Serum Institute pledges over $66 million to Oxford University for vaccine research centre

The main focus of the research taking place in the Poonawalla Building will be vaccinology and it will house over 300 research scientists

COVID-19: AstraZeneca vaccine creator says mass boosters may be unnecessary

Oxford University Professor Sarah Gilbert told The Telegraph newspaper that immunity from the vaccine was holding up well — even against the delta variant

'Rashmi Samant's resignation not because of nationality or religion': Full text of Oxford societies' joint statement

Samant, who was elected as president of Oxford Student Union in February, resigned amid controversy after some of her social media posts were branded as 'racist' and 'insensitive'

Rashmi Samant resigns as Oxford Student Union president-elect amidst row over controversial social media posts

Some of Samant’s old social media were branded as “racist” and “insensitive”. She has since left for India to be with her family and many of her social media accounts have been deleted

Over 160 L COVID-19 vaccine doses procured so far, but beneficiaries below target due to hesitancy, govt tells LS

Giving out the details of the number of vaccines already procured by the government, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey said the total cost of procurement of above mentioned doses of vaccines is Rs 350.25 crore

Centre orders 11 mn doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from SII at Rs 210 each

Doses of the vaccine, Covishield, will initially be shipped to 60 consignee points and will then be distributed to various vaccination centres across India

Narendra Modi reaches Hyderabad to review COVID-19 vaccine development at Bharat Biotech

The prime minister is visiting the top vaccine hubs to 'get a first-hand perspective of the roadmap in India's endeavour to vaccinate its citizens', said the PMO

Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine will be available at cost price across world, says pharma head Olivier Nataf

Unlike the two vaccines produced by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech, which require ultra-cold storage, the AstraZeneca vaccine can be kept in the conventional fridge used to store vaccines around the world

AstraZeneca-Oxford University's COVID-19 vaccine shows average efficacy of 70%, says manufacturer

Additionally, the drug manufacturer said that another regiment of a half dose, followed by a full dose at least one month apart was 90 percent effective

Jan Morris, author, journalist and a pioneer of the transgender movement, dies at 94

Morris was a prolific and accomplished author and journalist who wrote dozens of books in a variety of genres and was a first-hand witness to history.