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Kids aren’t just littler adults – here’s why they need their own clinical trials for a COVID-19 vaccine

Clinical research studies of the mRNA-based vaccines for children under 12 are ongoing, and authorization of a vaccine for this younger age group is still at least several months away. These trials are necessary because children have important differences in physiology and responses to vaccines from those of adults. Conducting separate studies in children under age 12 is a vital step toward ending the pandemic.

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Bengal to set up 15,000 telemedicine centres in two years

State health secretary Narayan Swaroop Nigam said the authorities are developing an integrated health management system to provide an end-to-end service to the government and private healthcare facilitates.
”The state government runs around Rs 2,500-3,000 crore worth of schemes to cover a wide variety of treatments and is in process of creating a big ecosystem so that no patient remains unattended,” he added.

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India needs Pandemic Pool to manage risks on long-term basis: CII

”This is the opportune time for India to have the first-mover advantage in the creation of the pandemic pool with a two-pronged strategy of going beyond the insurers and the government by inviting international reinsurers to supplement capital contribution for the pool and to incentivize state governments to participate with additional supplementary capital for greater protection to their denizens,” it added.

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