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London : A third dose of AstraZeneca's Covid vaccine, named Covishield in India, increases antibody response to the new vaccine-evading Omicron variant, according to a new trial published by the British-Swedish drugmaker on Thursday.The…

New Delhi : Since the beginning of vaccination drive for children aged between 15 and 18 years on January 3, over 3 crore teens of this age bracket have been vaccinated with the first dose so far.According to the CoWIN portal, as of now…

New York : US researchers have found that cannabis compounds have the ability to prevent the virus that causes Covid-19 from entering human cells.A team from Oregon State University identified Hemp, known scientifically as Cannabis sativa,…

Geneva : The Omcircon variant of Covid is driving a huge spike in Covid infections across countries but the death rate is stable, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said.Last week, more than 15…

New Delhi : With 620 fresh Omicron infections detected in the last 24 hours, the national tally of this highly transmissible Covid variant has climbed to 5,488. Of these, 2162 people have recovered from the new strain so far, said the Union…

New York : The effectiveness of face masks has been a hotly debated topic since the emergence of Covid-19. However, a new study shows that masks could also help reduce social distancing.Researchers at the University of Central Florida (UCF)…

Geneva : The World Health Organisation (WHO) has cautioned and urged for preparedness against concurrent outbreaks of Covid-19 and other respiratory diseases during the coming spring.Maria van Kerkhove from the WHO's Health Emergencies…

Srinagar : The Government today informed that 1966 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 889 from Jammu division and 1077 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in…

Seoul : South Korea's drug safety agency on Wednesday authorised the use of US-based biotechnology company Novavax Inc.'s Covid-19 vaccine.The protein-based vaccine, Nuvaxovid, marks the fifth Covid vaccine to get approval for use here,…

New Delhi : Amid a massive surge in the Covid-19 cases since the outbreak of the new Omicron variant, the coronavirus related fatalities have also started rising in India. However, the rate of increase in deaths remains much lower than what…