I’m completely immunized yet feel sick would it be a good idea for me to get tested for COVID-19? Kumar Jeetendra | June 5, 2021 Imagine last night you developed a little runny nose and a sore throat. When you woke up this morning you started coughing and had a fever. In the past year, your mind would have immediately jumped to COVID-19. But if you are already fully vaccinated, you might wonder: Should I still get tested for COVID-19? …
Adequate amount of vaccine will be available from August onwards: Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog Kumar Jeetendra | June 3, 2021 NEW DELHI, 02 June 2021: Mr Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog today said that the second wave has been more catastrophic than the first one and it overwhelmed the health system for a while. The government has taken a series of measures since then and there has been a steady decline in the number of …
Pfizer, Moderna may get indemnity in India, says report Kumar Jeetendra | June 2, 2021 The government of India may grant indemnity from liability to US pharma giants Pfizer and Moderna against legal proceedings linked to the use of their COVID-19 vaccines. If these companies have applied for Emergency Use Authorisation of their coronavirus vaccines in India, then the government is ready to give them indemnity, reported NDTV citing government …
Growing genomic research into different ancestries yields more and better outcomes Kumar Jeetendra | June 1, 2021 Currently published in Nature Genetics, their findings demonstrate that expanding research into different ancestries yields more and better results, in addition to ultimately benefitting global patient care. Up to now nearly 87 percent of genomic research of the type was conducted in Europeans. The global study team examined data across a wide assortment of cohorts, …
British intelligence trusts COVID-19 lab spill hypothesis ‘feasible’: Report Kumar Jeetendra | May 31, 2021 More than 170 million confirmed cases have since been confirmed worldwide and at least 3.5 million deaths reported. British intelligence agencies now believe it is “feasible” that the COVID-19 pandemic began with a coronavirus leak from a Chinese bio laboratory, a media report said, prompting Vaccines Minister Nadhim Zahawi to demand that the WHO must …
Diagnostic Innovations: Catalysing Higher Quality of Life Kumar Jeetendra | May 30, 2021 Healthcare is an aspect that transcends society across regions, geographies, social-strata, cultural, age and time-period considerations. Every human being yearns for the best possible health condition and long life. Changing lifestyles are causing increase in conditions like cancer, diabetes, and heart diseases. The top diseases in India (and the number of deaths they affect each …
India has held talks with Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Moderna for COVID-19 vaccines Kumar Jeetendra | May 27, 2021 India has held several discussions with COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers Pfizer, Moderna and J&J, but there are no applications for approval pending with its regulators, the government said on Thursday. “Government offered all assistance to have them supply and or manufacture their vaccines in India,” the government said in a statement. “No application of any foreign …
Another COVID-19 immunization enters last trial phase Kumar Jeetendra | May 27, 2021 Production of another potential vaccine against COVID-19 will begin within weeks, its developers Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline said Thursday as they launched a large Phase III trial enrolling 35,000 adult volunteers in the United States, Asia, Africa and Latin America. The study will test the effectiveness of vaccine candidate formulas against the virus that spread from …
More youngsters contaminated with COVID, no requirement for panic but important to immunize: Experts Kumar Jeetendra | May 25, 2021 More children are testing positive in the second Covid wave but the infection is mostly mild and the mortality rate low, say experts, citing increased testing and enhanced understanding of symptoms as among the possible reasons for the rising graph. Though there is enough anecdotal evidence of COVID-19 catching children – early teens and younger …
New testing protocols for SARS-CoV-2 can handle a huge number of tests inside 48 hours Kumar Jeetendra | May 25, 2021 Researchers in the Vienna BioCenter designed a testing protocol for SARS-CoV-2 that can process tens of thousands of samples in less than 48 hours. The method, called SARSeq, is printed in the journal Nature Communications and might be adapted to many more pathogens. The COVID-19 pandemic has lasted more than a year and continues to …
Mild cases of COVID-19 give enduring antibody, shows study Kumar Jeetendra | May 24, 2021 Months after recovering from mild cases of COVID-19, people still possess immune cells in their body pumping out antibodies against the virus that causes COVID-19, according to a study from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Such cells could persist for a lifetime, churning out antibodies all of the while. The …
New chemical interaction utilizes photocatalytic layer to eliminate steroid hormones Kumar Jeetendra | May 22, 2021 Micropollutants like steroid hormones contaminate drinking water worldwide and pose a substantial threat to human health and the environment even in smallest quantities. Until today, readily scalable water treatment technologies that remove them economically and sustainably have been lacking. It takes advantage of the mechanisms of photocatalysis and transforms the pollutants into possibly safe oxidation …
