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US scientists find Covid originated in Wuhan’s wet market not lab
Washington : China's Wuhan wet market may be the source of origin of Covid pandemic and not the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) as previously speculated, a team of US scientists has revealed in two new studies.The studies, not yet…
Destinations Indians can travel to without an RT-PCR test
New Delhi : According to Agoda's recent 'India-genous Travel' survey, 39 percent of Indians anticipate travelling internationally in 2022, while its Return to Travel survey found that their biggest concern to travel internationally was…
Young, healthy adults died from Covid due to ECMO shortage: Study
New York : Nearly 90 per cent of Covid-19 patients who qualified for, but did not receive, ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) due to a shortage of resources during the height of the pandemic died in the hospital, despite being young…
Covid vax effectiveness declines after 6 months without boosters: Study
New York : The effectiveness of the Covid-19 vaccine may substantially decline after six months if booster shots are not taken, according to a new study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.The study indicated that vaccines were 94…
4.7mn Covid-19 vaccine doses thrown away in England by October 2021: Report
London : The Covid-19 vaccination program in England had seen an estimated wastage of around 4.7 million doses, or four per cent of total supply, by the end of October 2021, said a government report released.Among the vaccine jabs that were…
UN General Assembly holds debate to ramp up universal vaccination against Covid-19
United Nations :The UN General Assembly held a hybrid high-level debate to ramp up momentum for universal vaccination against the Covid-19 pandemic, with participants calling for solidarity, equality and action.Abdulla Shahid, President of…
Australian researchers uncover evolutionary ‘bursts’ in Covid variants
Sydney : A new research led by Australia's Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity found that the Covid virus is for short periods able to speed up its evolutionary pace and create variants faster than other viruses.The research,…
Lab leak theory: Study finds Covid DNA linked to Moderna patent
New Delhi : A team of international researchers, including from India, have found that Covid virus' contains tiny chunk of DNA that matched sequence patented by Moderna three years before the onset of pandemic.The findings, published in…
Covid has given rise to vision-related problems among children, say health experts
New Delhi : As part of the 'Illness to Wellness' campaign, the Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ASSOCHAM), an apex industry body, hosted a webinar on 'Managing Eye Care'.This also coincides with the month of February being…
New vax shows strong protection against severe Covid in clinical trials
London : European drugmakers Sanofi and GSK have announced positive results from late-stage clinical testing of a new vaccine that will be named Vidprevtyn, media report says.According to CNN, the companies plan to seek authorisation for…