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Doctor speaks : Nephrologist shares safety, medication tips for Kidney patients amid Covid pandemic
Consultant Nephrologist , Super Specialty Hospital Jammu, Dr Raju K Bhandari, has assured that all kinds of Covid vaccine are safe for kidney patients, including those having undergone recent renal transplant.Dr Bhandari follows, ‘Patients…
2 new hospitals, revamping healthcare part of Delhi’s plan for possible 3rd wave
With the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic receding in Delhi after daily cases declined to below 500, the Delhi government is using the respite to prepare for a possible third wave. It swung into action to augment the number of beds in…
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…
Indian cos missing the bus on vaccines, mRNA-based technologies: Jefferies
Vaccines and mRNA-based technologies have rapidly emerged as promising new therapeutic modalities, but Indian companies are lagging behind in adopting these innovation platforms.A report by foreign brokerage Jefferies said that Indian…
Fauci adds pressure on China to come clean on possible Covid lab-leak in Wuhan
The pressure on China to prove that Covid-19 did not originate in a Wuhan lab and leaked from there has ratcheted up following a call by US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci.Fauci is now urging China to release medical records of nine…
Pfizer jab produces less antibodies against Delta variant: Lancet
People fully vaccinated with two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are likely to have more than five times lower levels of neutralising antibodies against the Delta variant (B16172) when compared to the original strain, according to new…
Bulletin on COVID-19 : JK reports 1801 new positive cases, 261230 recovered so far
The Government on Thursday informed that1801 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 554 from Jammu division and 1247 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and…
After Pfizer, Moderna, now SII seeks indemnity from liability : Sources
Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), which manufactures Covishield, has also sought indemnity from liability, expressing the hope that rules would be the same for everyone, said sources.This comes as the Centre is favourably…
Snowman Logistics partners with Dr. Reddy’s for Sputnik vax in India
Snowman Logistics, Indias leading integrated temperature-controlled logistics service provider, in a strategic partnership with the Hyderabad-based Dr. Reddys, will provide temperature-controlled end-to-end logistics solutions for the…
2nd Made-in-India vax coming, deal signed for 30 cr doses
In another landmark move in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic, the Central government has booked 30 crore doses of another Made-in-India vaccine to be manufactured by Hyderabad-based Biological-E's Covid vaccine, which is still in final…