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Pfizer donating India medicines worth $70 million despite its vaccine pending for nod

The company emphasized that the immediate need is for steroids, anti-inflammatory drugs, antibiotics and anti-coagulants for those getting treatment in hospitals

May 4, 2021

Over 1 Billion Doses of COVID-19 Vaccines Given So Far But Inequalities Still Glaring

As of 2 May 2021, 1.16 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered across the world. However, global and internal inequalities in vaccine equity threaten the progress of the goal of vaccinating a population of over 7 billion people.

May 3, 2021

Alzheimer's has four distinct types; scientists find using machine learning [details]

An international team of scientists has found that Alzheimer's disease, a progressive neurodegenerative disease, has more than one distinct subtype, leveraging Machine Learning (ML)

May 2, 2021

Deadly Meningitis-Causing Bacteria Can Escape Death, Here's How [Study]

The study by researchers from Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, found that two deadly meningitis-causing bacteria can mount countermeasures to protect themselves from increasing temperatures of the body and escape from the immune system

May 1, 2021

New Threat to Wildlife: Antibiotic-resistant bacteria passed on from humans to chimpanzees [details]

According to the study led by Emory University, antibiotic-resistant bacteria was found in chimpanzees and baboons at the Gombe National Park, owing to the use of antibiotics in human populations in the vicinity of the park.

Apr 30, 2021

Covaxin can neutralise deadly 617 COVID variant; top pandemic expert urges Indians to get vaccinated

Also known as "double mutant", the deadly and highly infectious B.1.617 variant is largely behind India's second wave of Covid cases.

Apr 28, 2021

At Rs 600, your body is trained to fight COVID-19 for life [how vaccines work]

Starting May 1, anyone above the age of 18 will be able to get the vaccine in India. But there's some debate around the cost of the vaccine set by the manufacturers, so here's an article to explain what a vaccine that costs Rs 400-Rs 1,200, does to your body.

Apr 25, 2021

Smokers less likely to get COVID infection; vegetarians, too: CSIR study reveals

The pan India survey was conducted by an eminent team of 140 doctors and research scientists to study the presence of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, assessed 10,427 adult individuals working in more than 40 CSIR laboratories

Apr 25, 2021

Sputnik V the Russian vaccine for Covid-19 has reached India

Sputnik V vaccine FAQs: With 91% efficacy, how the Russian vaccine differs in safety [details]

Although the vaccine uses the same engineering as the one developed by Oxford/AstraZeneca but Sputnik V uses two different versions of the virus in two doses

Apr 22, 2021

COVID-19 vaccine FAQs: All your concerns about anti-viral jab answered by experts

From mild reactions to no side effects at all to adverse and severe complications, there are a lot many questions regarding Covid vaccines

Apr 22, 2021

Decoded: How different immune cells respond to Covid infection

The study, published in the journal Nature Medicine, found increased levels of B cells that produce antibodies that are found in mucus passages, such as the nose, in people with no symptoms.

Apr 21, 2021

Oral Remdesivir now offers non-invasive treatment of coronavirus [details here]

Injectable formulation of the anti-viral drug is being used for treating Covid patients in hospitals across the country under medical supervision.

Apr 20, 2021

HIV Breakthrough: Japanese Scientists Develop New 'Mimic' Molecule; Tricks HIV Into Not Attacking Body's Cells

Scientists from the Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), researchers have reported the development of small molecules that can trick the HIV virus from attaching itself to the surface of immune cells and invading them

Apr 17, 2021

Coronavirus doesn't infect brain, yet causes considerable damage; new study shows

According to the paper, which is the largest published report detailing COVID-19 brain autopsies involving over 40 patients, there were no signs of the virus in the brain cells of the afflicted.