Tag: COVID-19
Russia reports 100% efficacy of cancer vaccine in early trials
Russia has announced that its personalized mRNA cancer vaccine, Enteromix, has shown 100% efficacy and safety in early clinical trials.
Developed by Russia's National Medical...
At-home melanoma testing with skin patch test
Melanoma testing could one day be done at home with a skin patch and test strip with two lines, similar to COVID-19 home tests,...
WHO move to understand origins of new or re-emerging pathogens
With the support of the Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO), the World Health Organization (WHO) has published a global...
No link between sudden deaths and Covid vaccine: ICMR
A study conducted by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) concludes that Covid-19 vaccination did not increase the risk of sudden deaths among young...
Covid-19’s Pirola variant sparks concern
A new, highly mutated Covid-19 variant, BA.2.86, referred to as Pirola, has got healthcare authorities worldwide worried.
According to the Independent, doctors have warned that...
Long Covid has disabling effects on hip joints
Acute Covid-19 infection can manifest in many ways from nominal symptoms to catastrophic organ failure. It can also cause long-term effects, cumulatively known as...
WHO chief warns of disease deadlier than Covid
The world has to start preparing for a disease even deadlier than Covid-19, World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned.
Tedros on...
Covid-19 no longer a global health emergency: WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that Covid-19 no longer represents a global health emergency – more than three years after the virus...
Bharat Biotech’s nasal vaccine to be launched on 26 January
Vaccine manufacturer Bharat Biotech will launch its intranasal Covid-19 vaccine iNCOVACC on 26 January, Republic Day, the company’s CMD Krishna Ella announced.
The Central Drugs...
Covid-19 scare: Govt tells pharma cos to maintain stocks
In the wake of the global rise in Covid-19 cases, the Indian government has asked pharma companies to ensure adequate stocks of all drugs,...