India’s health minister Harsh Vardhan Thursday said he was hopeful that a coronavirus vaccine will be made available in the country by the start of next year.
Category: Health And Wellness
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Researchers from the University of Illinois Chicago have found that azithromycin, an antibiotic being investigated as a potential treatment for Covid-19, can trigger cardiac events if taken with certain other drugs
Health-tech startup allows pre-booking vaccine in India
A Mumbai-based health-tech startup has launched an application for Indian citizens to book an appointment with the nearest doctor or vaccination clinic to get themselves vaccinated. This comes at a time when the country is waiting for a coronavirus vaccine
Blood pressure: Healthy habits in middle age may lower risk later
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Russia Covid vaccine to be distributed in India by Dr Reddy’s
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Oxford Covid vaccine trial on hold after participant falls ill
The testing of the Covid-19 vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca and University of Oxford has been put on hold due to a serious adverse reaction in a participant in the UK
AAPI president initiates a COVID-19 dialogue between India-US-Israel
Ritu Jha- Even after 8 months of COVID wreaking havoc around the world, leaders are yet to find a way to control its spread. To address this issue, the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) had a healthy dialogue between India, Israel and the United States on ways to fight the spread of […]
Covid vaccine: AstraZeneca candidate reaches Phase-3 trial in US
The trials will enroll approximately 30,000 adult volunteers at 80 sites in the US to evaluate if the candidate vaccine, known as AZD1222, can prevent symptomatic Covid-19
India coronavirus pandemic sees worst single-day spike of cases in the world
India Thursday witnessed the worst-ever single day spike of 75,760 Covid cases that has ever been recorded by any country
Air pollution, diabetes link found by Indian-origin researcher
Indian-origin researcher’s study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, discovered that air pollution can play a role in the development of cardio metabolic diseases and diabetes.