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Covid-19 Pandemic Might Get Over But Virus Is Here To Stay For Long: WHO Official

Declaring a pandemic over primarily depends on whether the virus is still causing a public health emergency. It also depends on the rate of transmission, severity of the disease caused and the resultant deaths

Sep 17, 2021

Yogurt protects us from diarrhea caused by antibiotics, says new study

Adverse alterations in the gut microbiome caused by antibiotic use can be protected by probiotic yogurt

Sep 15, 2021

Moderna combines COVID, flu, RSV vaccines in single shot; achieves positive pre-clinical data [what it means]

Moderna recently announced that it was able to combine 6 different mRNAs—one strain of COVID-19 and RSV each, and four strains of flu— into a single shot; a new vaccine combining a COVID-19 booster shot and a flu shot is also in development.

Sep 12, 2021

Unvaccinated persons 10 times more likely to die from COVID: US study shows [details]

Vaccine effectiveness against the infection dropped from 90 per cent, when delta had not yet gained significant traction, to less than 80 per cent from mid-June to mid-July, when delta began out-competing all other variants of the virus.

Sep 12, 2021

India sees slight decline of 8,290 from Thursday's Covid caseload of 43K;

India sees slight decline in new Covid cases to 34,973 on Friday from Thursday's 43,263 infections and Wednesday's 37,875 cases.

Sep 10, 2021

Global Covid-19 caseload tops 223 mn, Iran, S. Korea, Africa emerge as new hot spots

Global Covid-19 caseload tops 223 million with the US remaining the worst-hit country, followed by India, while Iran and Africa emerge as new hot spots.

Sep 10, 2021

K'taka ends weekend curfew in border districts as Covid positivity rate declines to 0.73%

K'taka ends weekend curfew in border districts where the positivity rate declined from more than 2 per cent to 0.73 per cent now.

Sep 10, 2021

Metabolic Changes Related to COVID-19 Severity Uncovered in Plasma, Immune Cells; May Help Predict Outcomes Among Patients [Study]

A multi-institutional study has found and described metabolic changes that are associated with the severity of the disease, and can potentially help in predicting survival among patients with COVID-19.

Sep 8, 2021

Why diabetics are at risk of severe Covid-19 infection? [Explainer]

US researchers have identified an enzyme that may explain the reason why people with diabetes are at especially high risk of developing severe illness or dying from coronavirus infection.

Sep 8, 2021

Very Young Child Cancer Patients At Much Higher Risk of Hearing Loss from this Common Chemotherapy Drug [Study]

According to a new study, 75 percent of children (five years of age or younger) who were treated with the chemotherapy drug cisplatin suffered from hearing loss three years following the commencement of treatment.

Sep 7, 2021

What is 'Mu Variant' of COVID-19? WHO Classifies It as Variant of Interest, May Be More Resistant to Vaccines [Details]

WHO recently announced that the Mu variant (B.1.621) of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus—first detected in Colombia in 2020—has been designated as a 'Variant of Interest (VOI)'

Sep 4, 2021

National List of Essential Medicines revised: 39 commonly used new drugs added, 16 deleted

National List of Essential Medicines revised in 2021 with 39 new drugs added to it, while 16 were deleted. See the full list here.

Sep 4, 2021

New Rapid Blood Test Measures T-Cell Response Against COVID-19; Can Provide Full Picture of Body's Immune Response to SARS-CoV-2 [Study]

Scientists have developed a new test that can detect and measure the T cell immune responses against the SARS-CoV-2 in individuals who have been vaccinated against it, or have recovered from COVID-19.

Sep 3, 2021

Prolonged antibiotic use increases risk of colon cancer; prompts global concern [details]

According to a new, individuals who took antibiotics for over six months had a 17 percent higher risk of developing cancer in the proximal colon than those who had not been prescribed any.

Sep 1, 2021

Long-term exercise reduces amount of calories burned while resting; weight loss made difficult for obese [Study]

A new study has found that people who engage in regular exercise, burn lesser calories on body maintenance than those who do not perform any vigorous physical activity, particularly those with obesity.

Aug 30, 2021