India on Tuesday reported 30,941 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the cumulative tally to 3,27,68,880. Out of the total fresh Covid infections reported on Tuesday, 19,622 were reported from Kerala — the highest among the states. The daily positivity rate remains below 3 per cent and stands at 2.22 per cent. […]
The American-based pharma major Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has applied to the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) for permission to conduct a vaccine trial of the Covid-19 single shot Janssen vaccine in India on children of 12-17 age group. The American pharma J&J said in a statement that it had submitted its application on […]
The Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS) has authorised the beginning of the first round of clinical trials for a Covid-19 vaccine developed in the country. The PHH-1V vaccine against Covid-19 is developed by HIPRA, a company based in the Catalan region and the first round of trials will mainly test the safety […]
Besides the surging cases of infections from the Delta variant, the US is also seeing a rise in cases of a respiratory virus known as respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, a highly contagious, flu-like illness, that is typically more likely to affect children and older adults, according to media reports. Data from the Centers for […]
To support multicultural communities with evidence- based information about COVID-19 vaccines and cancer, Cancer Australia has today released Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) translated into 10 languages specifically for people affected by cancer.“The current COVID-19 outbreak in Australia highlights the need for accessible information about vaccines for people with cancer who are more vulnerable to contracting […]
Wuhan, the capital of central China’s Hubei Province once hard hit by Covid-19, has administered over 17.1 million doses of coronavirus vaccines as of 5 p.m. on Tuesday, according to the municipal health commission. Starting from March 12 this year, Wuhan began to roll out free Covid-19 vaccination for people aged between 18 and 59, […]
When compared to other metropolitan cities of the country, Chennai has administered two doses of vaccines to the maximum number of the eligible population. A study conducted by the Greater Chennai Corporation said that the City has inoculated the maximum number of eligible population when compared to other metros. The city, according to the study […]
A tangy raw mangoe pickle and a drink of kokum (Garcinia Indica) and coconut milk is never a ‘No’. By N. Lothungbeni Humtsoe Food connects the dots of life like nothing else, tangy and sweet mangoes and nutty coconuts are great for pickles, chutneys, murabbas and jams of all sorts. Neha Mathur, a dentist by profession […]
Following a 70-year effort, the World Health Organization on Tuesday certified that China is malaria free, a notable feat for a country that reported 30 million cases of the disease annually in the 1940s. “Today we congratulate the people of China on ridding the country of malaria,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, was quoted in […]
The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 180.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.91 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Sunday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 180,720,199 and 3,915,760, […]