New Delhi: A good vaccine usually takes at least 18 months, before it could be rolled out for production after fast-tracking all the mandatory regulatory approvals, said N.K. Ganguly, former director general of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). It is expected that India’s first indigenous Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin may be released on August 15 […]
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Scientists find new way to better diagnose malaria infection in India
Tokyo: Researchers have developed a new approach to study liver cell infection by a malaria parasite which could lead to better diagnosis and treatment of the disease in India. A new approach could illuminate a critical stage in the life cycle of one of the most common malaria parasites, the Plasmodium vivax, said the study […]
ICMR plans to launch 1st indigenous Covid vaccine by Aug 15
Hyderabad: The Indian council of Medical Research (ICMR) plans to launch indigenous vaccine for COVID-19 by August 15 after the completion of the clinical trials. It has selected 13 institutions across the country for clinical trials and asked them to initiate subject enrollment by July 7. ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava, in a letter to the […]
Pranayam helps in combating stress, anxiety, depression: AIIMS research
New Delhi: Amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic — when people are battling stress, uncertainties and health risks — a study done by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has found that yoga- and meditation-based lifestyle intervention (YMLI) increases neuroplasticity and reduces severity of major depressive disorder. The 12-week study, to determine the effects […]
Ramdev’s Corona cure: All you need to know about Coronil
Haridwar: “Coming up with a clinically tested, evidence-based medicine was a challenge,” said Yoga Guru Ramdev as on Tuesday he launched Patanjali’s Coronil tablet, which he claims is a cure for Covid-19. He also talked about various other immunity boosters at an event here during the launch. Patanjali claims those administered the medicine were fully cured […]
Patanjali claims success in Covid cure
New Delhi: Yoga guru Ramdev-run Patanjali Ayurved has claimed that it has discovered substantial cure for coronavirus with 80 per cent success rate as per reports. CEO of Patanjali Ayurved Acharya Balkrishna said the company will share the results of clinical trial soon, and that the patients treated by the said medicine have tested negative. […]
Face masks critical in preventing the spread of Covid-19: Study
New York: Not wearing a face mask dramatically increases a person’s chances of being infected by the Covid-19 virus, warn researchers. For the findings, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, examined the chances of Covid-19 infection and how the virus is easily passed from person to person. From trends and […]
‘Headache, dizziness before fever and cough may signal Covid-19’
New York: A new review of neurological symptoms of Covid-19 patients has revealed the manifestations of the coronavirus on the entire nervous system, which may appear even before fever or cough in signals like headache and dizziness. About half of hospitalised patients have neurological manifestations of COVID-19, which include headache, dizziness, decreased alertness, difficulty concentrating, […]
Johnson & Johnson to begin human trial of Covid vaccine in July
New York: Johnson & Johnson on Wednesday said that it has accelerated the first in-human clinical trial of its investigational SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in the second half of July via its Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies (Janssen). The trial for the vaccine, Ad26.COV2-S, recombinant, was initially scheduled to begin in September. “Based on the strength of the preclinical […]
Experts predict COVID-19 vaccine may take 12-18 months: Report
New York: Scientists still predict a safe and effective vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 could take at least 12-18 months to develop, according to a new report from the New York Times. In a virtual roundtable, Siddhartha Mukherjee, an Associate Professor of medicine at the Columbia University talked about how quickly the effective […]