Novavax’s COVID-flu combo vaccine shows strong immune response
- 11-Jun-2025
Novavax’s experimental COVID-19-influenza combination and standalone influenza vaccines generated a strong immune response in adults aged 65 and older, similar to already approved shots against the viruses in a late-stage trial. Both the vaccine candidates were well tolerated with no new safety concerns, the biotech said on Wednesday. Its shares rose 1.3% to $7.29 in […]
Moderna files for review of updated COVID vaccine
- 24-May-2025
Moderna said on Friday it has filed a marketing application for the review of its updated COVID-19 vaccine with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The company said the submission for the vaccine, branded as Spikevax, is based on guidance from the FDA, which advised that the shots should be updated to target strains that […]
Health dept breaks silence on Karachi ‘COVID’ deaths
- 24-May-2025
KARACHI: The Sindh Health Department has dismissed reports claiming four deaths due to COVID-19 in Karachi, ARY News reported on Saturday. According to the department’s spokesperson, all four deceased patients were over 60 years old and suffered from pre-existing medical conditions, clarifying that the fatalities were not caused by the virus. The patients were under […]
President Zardari tests positive for Covid
- 02-Apr-2025
KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari has tested positive for Covid-19, ARY News reported, citing his physician Dr Asim Hussain on Wednesday. Dr Asim said that President Zardari was receiving medical care at a private hospital, where he has been placed in isolation. According to Dr Asim, all meetings of the president have been postponed as […]
Karachi faces new wave of COVID-19 infections
- 18-Jan-2025
KARACHI: The port city has started to see a rise in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, with 25 to 30 percent of patients presenting with symptoms of cold and cough testing positive for the virus, ARY News reported. According to Professor Saeed Khan, an expert in infectious diseases at Dow Hospital, there has been an increase in […]
Al Pacino recalls near-death experience during Covid
- 07-Oct-2024
Veteran Hollywood actor Al Pacino has revealed losing his pulse in a near-death experience due to Covid during the 2020 pandemic. To Read Lifestyle Stories in Urdu- Click Here In an interview with a US media outlet, the Oscar-winning actor reflected on the deterioration of his health due to an infection which resulted in dehydration. […]
Covid-19 drives high mortality rate in Australia
- 29-Jul-2024
SYDNEY: Covid-19 is still driving Australia’s above-average mortality rate, research showed on Monday, with experts predicting the disease’s impact will continue to be felt for years to come. The Australian Actuaries Institute found that five percent more people died than would be expected in 2023, amounting to 8,400 excess deaths. Experts measured the number of […]
Biden tests positive for Covid, fueling health worries
- 18-Jul-2024
US President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid with mild symptoms Wednesday, shortly after conceding he would consider dropping his reelection bid if doctors diagnosed him with a serious medical condition. The 81-year-old Democrat gave reporters the thumbs up and said “I feel good” as he cut short a trip to Las Vegas and flew […]
Akshay Kumar tests positive for COVID-19 for the third time
- 12-Jul-2024
Bollywood star Akshay Kumar will have to give Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s wedding a miss as he has been tested for COVID-19 once again. Watch ARY News live on live.arynews.tv Despite receiving a personal invite from groom-to-be Anant Ambani, who especially went to his house with the wedding invitation, Bollywood A-lister Akshay Kumar will have to […]
AstraZeneca’s COVID prevention drug cuts risk of disease
- 16-May-2024
AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 prevention therapy reduced the risk of infection in patients with weaker immunity in a late-stage trial, meeting its primary goal, the drugmaker said on Thursday. The long-acting antibody therapy called sipavibart showed a “statistically significant reduction” in symptomatic COVID-19 cases among immunocompromised patients, the company said. Immunocompromised people include those with blood cancer, […]