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Covid infections in US will surge if vax rates lag : Ex-FDA chief
The Delta variant, which currently accounts for at least 10 per cent of all the confirmed coronavirus cases in the US, could spur a surge of infections in the country during fall, if 75 per cent of the country's eligible population is not…
SII partner Novavax’s Covid-19 shot 90% effective
US-based biotechnology company Novavax's protein-based vaccine has shown overall 90 per cent efficacy against Covid-19, results of Phase-3 trials have shown. The vaccine NVX-CoV2373 is already being locally manufactured by the company's…
Vaxxinity’s new Covid jab tech will also treat Alzheimer’s
US biotech company Vaxxinity is developing a novel coronavirus vaccine using synthetic proteins, which can also help treat neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, the media reported.The company's vaccine against…
FDA extends shelf life of Johnson & Johnson vax vaccine
Johnson & Johnson said on Thursday the US Food and Drug Administration has extended the shelf life of its single-shot Covid-19 vaccine from 3 months to 4.5 months, as millions of unused doses nationwide are set to expire this month.The…
Biden revokes executive orders targeting TikTok, WeChat
US President Joe Biden has revoked and replaced executive orders targeting TikTok, WeChat and eight other software applications signed by his predecessor President Donald Trump. "President Biden revoked and replaced three E.O.s (executive…
NASA’s Juno sends 1st images of Jupiter’s largest moon
After flying closer to Jupiter's largest moon than any other in more than two decades, NASA's Juno spacecraft has sent back two images offering dramatic glimpses of the icy orb.During the flyby on June 7, Juno came within 645 miles (1,038…
‘Pentagon creates world’s largest clandestine force for nefarious ops’
Pentagon has created the world's largest clandestine force in the past 10 years, which has carried out the very "nefarious" operations the US itself repeatedly condemns, according to a media report.The Newsweek magazine's exclusive report,…
US govt lab in 2020 concluded Covid-19 leaked from Wuhan : Report
The US government's national laboratory had in a 2020 report on the origins of Covid-19 concluded that the virus leaked from a Chinese lab in Wuhan, the Wall Street Journal said on Monday citing people familiar with the classified…
Pfizer, Moderna vaccines cut infection risk by 91% : US CDC
Taking two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna's mRNA-based vaccines, authorised by the Food and Drug Administration, can reduce the risk of coronavirus infection by 91 per cent, according to a new study by the US Centers for Disease…
Wuhan lab head, US expert flagged Covid risk in 2015: Report
The head of China's Wuhan virology lab, also called as the 'bat woman', and an expert from the University of North Carolina in the US, had in a paper published in 2015 flagged the dangers of their gain-of-function experiment of a novel…