Higher dose of Primaquine effective for malaria relapse prevention: NEJM Medha Baranwal1 April 2022 3:00 PM GMTBrazil: A higher dose of (7.0 mg per kilogram) of a primaquine-based regimen is more effective for preventing relapses of Plasmodium vivax malaria...
Sapigen Biologix, Technology Development Board collaborate for malaria, COVID nasal vaccine Ruchika Sharma28 March 2022 5:30 AM GMTNew Delhi: The Technology Development Board (TDB) of the Union Ministry of Science and Technology and Sapigen Biologix Private Limited, Hyderabad on...
Malaria drug could combat chemotherapy-resistant head and neck cancers Hina Zahid21 March 2022 3:30 AM GMTPITTSBURGH - A new study suggests that the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine inhibits pathways that drive resistance to the chemotherapy agent cisplatin...
Prolonged use of Bed nets saves from Malaria, increases survival: NEJM Hina Zahid7 Feb 2022 3:30 AM GMTBed nets save lives in the long run, according to a 22-year study in Tanzania which, for the first time, indicates that children who sleep under them...
ICMR MERA India calls for Research Proposals, MBBS, MD, MS, PhD, MPH can apply Garima3 Jan 2022 4:00 AM GMTNew Delhi: After a successful Round 01 during 2019-20, MERA-India operative under the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has launched a special...
Zydus Cadila novel compound to treat malaria ZY-19489 gets Orphan Drug Designation from USFDA Ruchika Sharma16 Dec 2021 9:55 AM GMTAhmedabad: Zydus Cadila, a research-driven, global healthcare provider, today announced that its antimalarial compound ZY19489 (MMV253),...
Breakthrough: WHO approves First Vaccine against Malaria, Mosquirix Revu suresh7 Oct 2021 5:30 AM GMTGeneva: The World Health Organization, in a major breakthrough, recommended the use of the first malarial vaccine, called Mosquirix or RTS,S/AS01...
Pharmacists to now treat minor ailments, give medicines in absence of doctors in Odisha Farhat Nasim24 Sep 2021 4:00 AM GMTBhubaneswar: Through a recent notification, the Odisha Government has authorized pharmacists to treat minor ailments and dispense medicines to...
Malaria vaccine and antimalarial drugs combo may reduce malaria deaths in kids by 73%: Study Hina Zahid2 Sep 2021 4:12 PM GMTThis new combination approach has the potential to prevent malaria in large parts of Africa where malaria cases remain high and where malaria is...
Researchers raise red flag over prescribing hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19 MD Bureau1 Sep 2021 12:51 PM GMTNew York: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) -- approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat or prevent malaria as well as some auto-immune...
BioNTech eyes building malaria, TB vaccine production sites in Rwanda, Senegal Ruchika Sharma29 Aug 2021 3:45 AM GMTNew Delhi: COVID-19 vaccine maker BioNTech said on Friday it was looking into building malaria and tuberculosis vaccine production sites in Rwanda and...
Noida on Alert: Fatal 'viral fever' cases rise in western Uttar Pradesh Medical Dialogues Bureau27 Aug 2021 4:00 AM GMT"In view of the season of vector borne diseases and deaths in Mathura district due to the fever, an alert has been raised in Gautam Buddh Nagar...
