Centre to provide free Covid booster dose for 75 days Roshni Dhar14 July 2022 4:32 PM ISTThe Centre will provide free booster doses of COVID vaccines for the 18-59 age group at government vaccination centres under a 75-day special drive...
Patients with lupus benefit from COVID 19 vaccine booster Isra Zaman14 July 2022 9:15 AM ISTPeople with systemic lupus erythematosus, or SLE, who received a "booster" dose of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine after full vaccination are roughly half as...
Govt reduces COVID booster dose gap to 6 months for all adults Roshni Dhar7 July 2022 5:31 PM ISTCentre has reduced the gap for the administration of Covid vaccine booster doses from existing 9 months or 39 weeks to 6 months or 26 weeks.The Union...
COVID 19 vaccination activates antibodies targeting parts of virus spike protein Isra Zaman7 July 2022 9:00 AM ISTCould the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine reawaken previous antibody response and point the way to a universal coronavirus vaccine?A new analysis of the antibody...
Two COVID jabs equally protect people in all body mass groups, says Lancet study Roshni Dhar2 July 2022 3:57 PM ISTAccording to a new study published in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, vaccines have helped in significantly lowering the number of cases of...
COVID-19 vaccine protects people of all body weights from hospitalization and death Isra Zaman2 July 2022 9:30 AM ISTCOVID-19 vaccines greatly reduced the number of cases of severe COVID-19 disease for everyone regardless of their body size, according to a new study...
COVID vaccines safe for patients with cardiovascular disease Dr. Nandita Mohan25 Jun 2022 9:00 AM ISTAccording to a large study published in Cardiovascular Research, COVID-19 vaccination is not associated with an increased risk of heart attack or...
Long COVID risk Less during Omicron compared to Delta Dr. Nandita Mohan23 Jun 2022 9:15 AM ISTA new research published in The Lancet has revealed that The Omicron variant is less likely to cause long COVID than the Delta variant. The findings...
Journal Club - BCG vaccine still effective and protective in newborns Dr. Nandita Mohan7 May 2022 7:38 PM ISTGiven in countries with endemic TB, BCG vaccine has surprisingly been found to protect newborns and young infants against multiple bacterial and viral...
COVID vaccine for children: IAP expert comment Ananya Shrivastava7 May 2022 5:34 PM ISTIndian Academy of Paediatrics, twin cities branch, applauded the decision of the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) which recently approved a...
Journal Club - Meningitis vaccine to tackle drug resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae Isra Zaman7 May 2022 10:00 AM ISTAccording to recently published articles in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal, the climbing numbers of gonorrhea cases across the globe are an...
Journal Club - Antibiotics in children below 2 years to cause low vaccine response Dr. Nandita Mohan5 May 2022 10:15 AM ISTThe majority of children are given antibiotics in the first 2 years of life when vaccine-induced immunity develops. Previous studies have shown a...
