Understanding the New Covid strain that is wreaking havoc Dr. Nandita Mohan22 Dec 2020 8:50 PM ISTA mutant strain of the novel coronavirus- first identified in the UK in September and which is rapidly replacing other variations of the virus- may in...
Pfizer, BioNTech COVID vaccine gets EU regulatory nod, inoculation to start from Dec 27 Ruchika Sharma22 Dec 2020 2:00 PM ISTAmsterdam: Europe's medicines regulator on Monday approved the use of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by U.S. company Pfizer and its German partner...
Chlorhexidine Mouthwash Effective against Covid-19 Virus, Finds Study Dr. Nandita Mohan22 Dec 2020 12:45 PM ISTResearchers from the Dr. HSJ Institute of Dental Sciences that collaborated with CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Punjab University, India have...
Dr Reddys, Russia together to produce Sputnik V vaccine for COVID-19: Russian envoy Ruchika Sharma22 Dec 2020 11:32 AM ISTSputnik V vaccine has shown 92 percent efficacy in preventing COVID-19, according to the interim trial results announced by the country's health...
Health Ministry calls for emergency meeting over mutant COVID strain in UK Medical Dialogues Bureau22 Dec 2020 9:15 AM ISTExperts from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the World Health Organisation (WHO)...
Takeda Pharma Chief asks transparency in virus vaccine rollout Ruchika Sharma21 Dec 2020 1:52 PM ISTTokyo: Pharmaceutical firms must be "very transparent" about the risks and benefits of vaccines in efforts to end the coronavirus pandemic, the head...
Adar Poonawalla says govt need to indemnify vaccine makers against all lawsuits Ruchika Sharma21 Dec 2020 1:29 PM ISTNew Delhi: Vaccine manufacturers need to have protection against all lawsuits for their vaccines especially during a pandemic, Serum Institute of...
We need to be expeditious in vaccinating 30 crores of Target Population: Dr Harsh Vardhan Medical Dialogues Bureau21 Dec 2020 10:00 AM ISTThe Union Health Minister and Chairperson of the GOM reiterated his concern and appeal to diligently maintain COVID Appropriate Behaviour even at a...
Study finds no significant association between COVID-19 and Guillain-Barre syndrome Hina Zahid20 Dec 2020 1:26 PM ISTNeuroscientists at UCL have found no significant association between COVID-19 and the potentially paralysing and sometimes fatal neurological...
India needs Rs 80,000 crore for COVID-19 vaccine distribution in 2021: Serum Institute of India MD Bureau20 Dec 2020 10:15 AM ISTDr. Satish D. Ravetkar added that India would further have to ensure adequate power supply that could help maintain the temperature required to keep...
Russian Covid Vaccine Sputnik V: India to produce 300 million doses in 2021 MD Bureau20 Dec 2020 9:45 AM ISTMoscow: India will produce about 300 million doses of the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in 2021, the head of the Russian Direct Investment...
Surge in Demand for Ayush medicines by 44 percent during Covid-19 pandemic Medical Dialogues Bureau20 Dec 2020 9:30 AM ISTDr. Kotecha explained that during the pandemic months a few medicines showed 500 to 600 percent growth, overall the industry size grew by 44 percent...
