Indian Council of Medical Research

FILE PHOTO: An employee in personal protective equipment (PPE) removes vials of AstraZeneca's COVISHIELD, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, from a visual inspection machine inside a lab at Serum Institute of India, Pune

COVID-19 in India: Where Is It at and What Does the Future Have in Store?

Murad Banaji 06/12/2020

The national COVID-19 story is the sum of varied...

Laboratory assistant holds a tube with Russia's "Sputnik-V" vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition in Budapest

The Curious Case of Vaccine Efficacy, and the Unanswered Questions Behind It

S. Swaminathan 03/12/2020

The fact that a huge majority of SARS-CoV-2 infections...

FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a medical syringe and a small bottle labeled "Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine

Serum Institute Insists Vaccine Candidate Is ‘Safe’, Trial Participants Are Wary

The Wire Staff 01/12/2020

"Instead of threatening the trial participants with legal notices,...

Wider Image: Last doctor standing: Pandemic pushes Indian hospital to brink

Does Bihar’s COVID-19 Data Seem Too Good To Be True?

Murad Banaji 02/11/2020

There is reason to believe Bihar's COVID-19 fatality data...

People wearing protective masks wait in line to board a bus amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mumbai

The Problem With Using Herd Immunity To Control COVID-19

T. Jacob John 08/10/2020

The 30% herd immunity assumption, based on the ICMR's...

A syringe with a vaccine is seen ahead of trials by volunteers testing for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and taking part in the country's human clinical trial for potential vaccines at the Wits RHI Shandukani Research Centre in Johannesburg

COVID-19: As Rich Countries Call Dibs on Vaccine Doses, What Are India’s Options?

Mahesh Devnani 17/09/2020

If India decides to join COVAX – the deadline...

FILE PHOTO: Fake blood is seen in test tubes labelled with the coronavirus (COVID-19) in this illustration

A Good Registry Means Accountable Clinical Trials. But Does India Have One?

Shreya Dasgupta 07/09/2020

The Clinical Trial Registry – India set four objectives...