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Bharat Biotech says Covaxin booster shot neutralises Omicron
"The neutralisation activity of Covaxin-boosted sera was comparable...
COVID-19: 115 deaths reported globally due to Omicron, one in India, says Health Ministry
"Emerging states of concerns reporting high positive rates-...
Covid-19 may cause long-term lung damage: Study
This damage was not detected by routine CT scans and clinical tests, and the patients would consequently normally be told their lungs are normal, according to the researchers at the universities of Sheffield and Oxford in the UK.
The study, published in the journal Radiology, also shows that patients not hospitalised with Covid-19 but who experience long-term breathlessness may have similar damage in their lungs.
Antibiotics for Covid Cases Worsen India’s Superbug Crisis
Doctors battling to save lives amid a dearth of effective treatments are turning to the medicines they have on hand — often antibiotics that aren’t used in other countries for Covid-19. What’s more, the chaos of overrun hospitals means staff can’t always take precautions to ensure infections don’t spread from one patient to the next.
Covid long-haulers baffle doctors with symptoms going on and on
While estimates vary widely, the data suggests that Covid may leave a legacy of consequences after the pandemic is over. A British government survey found that almost 14% of people with Covid reported symptoms lasting at least 12 weeks. In another study from the University of Washington, one-third of those diagnosed with mild Covid cases still had symptoms about six months later.
Black Fungus: Owing to costs of treatment, poor families stand helpless while Centre declares it notifiable disease
For diagnosis, a battery of costly tests like blood investigations, endoscopy, fungal staining and multiple radiology (MRI/CT) may be required. Similarly, treatment involves costly anti-fungal medicines and injections (which are in short supply) and tedious surgeries by a battery of surgeons — ENT, ophthalmologist, Faciomaxillory, neurosurgeon and reconstructive surgeon. Most of these can only be performed at multi-specialty tertiary care centers in major cities.”
US not fully safe with vaccinations unless coronavirus variants curbed: USAID
“We recognize that no matter how many people we vaccinated at home, the United States will not be fully safe as long as the virus rages on around the rest of the world and continues to replicate and generate new and potentially more dangerous,” Konyndyk, who is assisting the Biden administration’s global response to the coronavirus pandemic, said.
High Court asks Delhi government to publicise Covid-19 helplines in newspapers on daily basis
“In newspapers, one does not find these inserts on a daily basis. These things should be there in the papers every day. Fix a corner or column, may be on page 1 or page 3. Some column on a page should be dedicated to it daily so that people know where to go when they need it. People would be habituated. This is where you are lagging behind,” the bench said.
‘Cascade of Calamities’ Plagues Tokyo’s Olympics Ambitions
Masayoshi Son, the billionaire founder and top executive of SoftBank Group Corp., criticized the push to hold the Olympics while Hiroshi Mikitani, billionaire founder and CEO of online retailer Rakuten Group Inc., compared them to a “suicide mission.”
The Asahi newspaper, a sponsor of the games, called in an editorial Wednesday for Suga to make the decision to cancel the games.
Facebook reverses policy, allows posts claiming that COVID-19 was made in a lab
In December, Facebook announced it would be nixing posts that contained false information about the coronavirus vaccines, it reported further. Posts containing false claims about “safety, efficacy, ingredients or side effects” were added to the list of already banned content, which included more general coronavirus misinformation.
COVID-19: Daily cases fall below 2-lakh mark, positivity rate down to 9.54 per cent
New Delhi: The daily count of coronavirus cases in the country fell below the 2-lakh mark after over a month taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 2,69,48,874, while the death toll rose to 3,07,231, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on...
Moderna says Covid vaccine “Highly Effective” in adolescents
After two doses, no cases of symptomatic Covid-19 were observed in the vaccine group compared to four cases in the placebo group, meaning the shots were 100 percent effective.
Adolescents are less likely than adults to contract the illness.