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India is yet to approve the use of intranasal vaccine against COVID-19, BBV154 developed by the Hyderabad based company. The AIIMS will start the booster dose trial of Bharat Biotech’s intranasal COVID-19 vaccine from Friday. The booster dose will be given to those who have received both the doses of either Covaxin or Covishield at … Read More “AIIMS Delhi to start booster dose trial of intranasal Covid vaccine from Friday” »
Mumbai on Wednesday recorded 54 new coronavirus cases and zero pandemic-related fatalities. The caseload of the country’s financial capital rose to 10,57,070, while death toll remained unchanged at 16,692, a civic official said. As many as 100 persons recovered from the infection during the day, taking the tally of recoveries to 10,37,074. There are 421 … Read More “Mumbai Coronavirus Update: City records 54 COVID-19 cases, no death” »
The Covid pandemic took center stage many a time at the cost of non-Covid care including the care of patients with chronic kidney disease and its treatment in the form of dialysis and transplantation. By Dr Sudarshan Ballal, The last two years have been the most challenging and trying period for all of us in … Read More “World Kidney Day 2022: Preventing progression of Kidney disease” »
The use of Tobacco is a major risk factor for the four main Non-communicable Diseases like cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic lung disease which puts people with these conditions at higher risk for developing severe illness when they get affected by COVID-19. According to the Global Adult Tobacco Survey-India, the country is the second-largest … Read More “No smoking day: Tobacco Use in India post COVID-19 Pandemic” »
According to the findings published in a journal called ‘eLife’, cancer cells get more aggressive and evade cell death when they squeeze through tight spaces Cancer studies and what factors govern its metastasis or spread had been concerning cancer research since the disease was discovered. Now, a new study finds that mechanical stress causes cancer … Read More “Cancer cells spread aggressively and become more death defying while migrating through confined spaces: Study” »
Infections have surged to record highs with more than 500,000 infections and more than 2,500 deaths – most of which have been in the past two weeks. Hong Kong resident Yeung waited for 13 hours outside a hospital in the city’s eastern district in cold, rainy weather with his 3-year-old daughter, who had a high … Read More “Hong Kong’s zero-COVID fight takes mental toll on society, experts say” »
The team led by researchers from the University of Edinburgh in the UK in partnership with Genomics England sequenced the genomes of 7,491 patients from 224 intensive care units in the UK. Scientists in the UK have identified some genetic factors that make certain people suffer severe symptoms from COVID-19 than others, a finding that … Read More “UK scientists identify genetic factors behind severe Covid symptoms” »
The research, published in the journal Nature on Monday, looked at changes to the brain on average 4.5 months after mild SARS-CoV-2 infection. Even mild infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can lead to shrinkage in brain areas related to smell, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Oxford. … Read More “Even mild Covid infection can cause brain shrinkage: Study” »
The actor had revealed the problem in an interview with a YouTube channel called Chalchitra Talks, where he said that the actor suffered from an ailment called Onomatomania. Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah has been suffering from onomatomania, a condition in which a person gets fixed by repeating a phrase or a particular word. The actor … Read More “Naseeruddin Shah suffers from an ailment called onomatomania, says does not let him sleep or rest” »
The World Health Organization experts have now pointed out that there could now be a new Omicron sublineage called the BA 3 As the world slowly returns back to normalcy, the Covid-19 cases have gone back to an all-time low but the new form of Omicron virus threat largely looms and stares the common man … Read More “New variant of Omicron is here! How contagious is it, severity and symptoms” »
