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81,466 new COVID-19 cases reported, ‘second wave’ sweeps India
“New infections will turn into a “full-blown crisis” if people don’t take guard,” said Dr Randeep Guleria, director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi, as saying.
EU drug watchdog reaffirms no particular clot risk factor linked to AstraZeneca vaccine
While repeating that the vaccine’s benefits outweigh risks, it cautioned that people should be aware of the “remote possibility” of rare blood clots occurring, and must seek immediate medical attention in case of symptoms.
BioNTech owners in talks to invest in German cancer labs group
The billionaire Struengmann family behind Covid-19 vaccine maker BioNTech is in talks to take a stake in German diagnostics firm Munich Leukemia Laboratory (MLL) as it seeks to add investments in the healthcare sector, people close to the matter said.
“We are fundamentally interested in a deeper integration of therapy and diagnostics. That is why we are holding talks with Munich Leukemia Laboratory,” a spokesman for the Struengmann family holding Athos said.
French pharma firm guilty of fraud, manslaughter over weight loss pill: court
The drug Mediator was on the market for 33 years and used by about five million people before being pulled in 2009 over fears it could cause serious heart problems — more than a decade after such concerns had first been raised.
Pfizer, Moderna Covid-19 vaccines work in real-world conditions: US CDC
CNN reported that at full vaccination, the vaccines were 90 per cent effective at preventing infections, including infections that had no symptoms. At a single dose, they were 80 percent protective, according to the agency’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published Monday.
India reports 53,480 new COVID-19 infections, 354 deaths
No shortage of vaccines, will keep replenishing states’ supplies: Centre
The Centre also advised the states and UTs for maintaining the vaccine wastage at less than 1 per cent as the present National Wastage Percentage being 6 per cent.
So far, 6.30 crore doses of corona vaccine have been administered in the country since the drive began on January 16 after approval for ‘Covishield’ and ‘Covaxin’.
Mutations could render Covid vax ineffective in a year: Experts
“The more the virus circulates, the more likely it is that mutations and variants will emerge, which could make our current vaccines ineffective. At the same time, poor countries are being left behind without vaccines and basic medical supplies like oxygen,” Devi Sridhar, Professor of Global Public Health at the University of Edinburgh in Britain, said in a statement.
Heart attacks in young adults more deadly in those with systemic inflammatory disease: Study
People with systemic inflammatory diseases have an increased risk of heart attacks. Inflammatory conditions can occur at any age, but onset is often in young adulthood. This was the first study to examine the frequency and impact of inflammatory disease in young heart attack patients.
Nepal’s schools close as air pollution hits alarming levels
Dust from construction works, exhaust from old, poorly maintained vehicles and smoke from coal-burning brick kilns blend in a murky haze that hangs over the ancient city of four million people, raising the risk of cancer, stroke, asthma and high blood pressure, experts say.