The health ministry and experts say concerns around “shedding” are unwarranted. Read more
The program mainly targets people age 65 or older. It began on Tuesday and will run until March 31 next year. Read more
Digitalization, hiring high-skilled foreign workers and increasing wages are among the steps that Japan could take. Read more
International strategies and domestic health care reform are inextricably linked, says health minister Keizo Takemi. Read more
China's vaccine developers stuck with unused mRNA COVID-19 shots and idle manufacturing plants are pursuing new targets for the novel messenger RNA technology, but they face a tough pat... Read more
On Jan. 15, 2020, a male resident of Kanagawa Prefecture in his 30s who had returned from a trip to the city of Wuhan, China, was found to be infected with the coronavirus, becoming the firs... Read more
Japan’s health ministry on Tuesday approved the first domestically developed COVID-19 vaccine that works against the currently circulating XBB.1.5 sublineage of the omicron variant. Read more
Serum Institute of India became the world’s biggest vaccine maker by producing low-cost inoculations for developing nations that other companies wouldn’t. Now it’s looking to tap into the ri... Read more
This year’s Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine is a testament to the power of perseverance in science. Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman won the award for their discoveries that helped ena... Read more
Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Monday for their discoveries related to nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of mRNA v... Read more