The American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), the largest ethnic medical organization in the United State, recently organized a special event to bring awareness to the rising cases of cardiovascular diseases among the South Asian diaspora.
Did you know that coming down with the flu can substantially increase the risk of a serious or even fatal cardiac event? US researchers suggest that taking annual flu vaccinations may cut heart disease risk.
A team of US researchers, including a scientist of Indian origin, has shown for the first time that Covid-19 vaccines and prior Covid infections can provide broad immunity against other similar coronaviruses.
India may require the third dose of the Covid vaccine by the middle of next year, said eminent scientist and biochemist Prof G. Padmanaban, as breakthrough cases even after full vaccination has been prevalent, even though mostly mild.
Indian scientists have developed analytical models that can predict topography of electrical discharge textured (EDT) surfaces, aiding their customization for improving hip and knee implants, an official statement said on Tuesday.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021 has been jointly awarded to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch.
iNDICA NEWS BUREAU- A national network of scientists and people’s science movements has expressed concern over the World Health Organization not granting emergency use listing for ICMR-Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin. It warned that India looked set to repeat the blunders it committed in the Covaxin approval process in the way it was approving Zydus Cadilla’s ZyCov-D […]
A global flu outbreak continues to be a “serious and real” risk to human beings more than the ongoing Covid-19, according to infectious disease experts.
The world will return to normal life as Covid-19 will end in a year, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla has said, while stressing the need for annual Covid jabs.
The World Health Organisation on Wednesday appreciated India’s decision to export the vaccines under Vaccine Maitri to COVAX.
