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The impact of Covid-19 on high blood pressure
It has been over a year and the entire world continues to battle Covid-19. Moreover, the second wave of Covid-19 has put more lives in jeopardy than before, including those of youngsters. People with diabetes, hypertension, heart…
Prior Covid infection may help vaccine fight new variants
A single dose of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines against Covid may boost immunity against the coronavirus variants, only in people who were previously infected with the deadly virus, a study has found, highlighing the importance of a second…
Covid patients make beeline for Peepal tree in UP district
This is a clear case of superstition and faith riding over science as people in the Bahadurganj area in Shahjahanpur are making a beeline for a Peepal tree after being declared Covid positive.About half a dozen members from two families who…
Punjab Police busts illicit Liquor Manufacturing Unit in Amritsar Rural district; five held
Adopting a zero tolerance approach towards bootlegging, the Amritsar Rural Police have busted another illicit liquor manufacturing unit with arrest of five persons during a raid at village Boparai Khurd in Lopoke here on the intervening…
Bring ‘life-saver’ Remdesivir under drug price control: Maha Barrister
A prominent Maharashtra legal luminary on Thursday petitioned the Centre to declare the Remdesivir medicine - currently in huge demand owing to the Covid-19 pandemic - as a 'life-saving' medicine with controlled pricing to prevent…
Denmark stops AstraZeneca vax rollout
Denmark has decided to entirely cease administering the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, the country's health authority confirmed."Based on the scientific findings, our overall assessment is there is a real risk of severe side effects…
Rajasthan imposes 6 pm to 6 am curfew in all cities from April 16-30
Looking at the alarming surge in the number of Covid-19 cases in the state in the past few days, the Rajasthan government on Wednesday announced to impose night curfew in all the cities
AstraZeneca’s drug Tagrisso approved in China in early lung cancer
British drugmaker AstraZeneca on Wednesday said its drug Tagrisso has been approved in China for treatment of some patients with early stage lung cancer.China's National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) approved the drug as an…
Bengaluru police bust Andhra based network, seize 141 kgs of marijuana
Bengaluru police has arrested two persons and seized 141.250 kg marijuana valued at around Rs 84.60 lakh from them, the Koramangala police said here on Wednesday.According to the police, the arrested are Chaddakrishnan aka Santhosh, 22…
Mumbai corporation approves Remdesivir at double the rate agreed by Maha undertaking
Two tenders for Remdesivir injections in Maharashtra approved by government departments have gone at completely divergent prices, raising questions on how the procurements are being done.One tender has been passed at double the rate…