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Booster shots necessary to beat COVID-19 virus: Dr Fauci recommends, Biden backs [details]

Moderna has also claimed that protection from its mRNA vaccine against Covid-19 can last only for about six months, pitching a strong case for booster shots.

Sep 19, 2021

Japanese Scientists Develop New Nanoparticle That Suppresses Resistance to Cancer Immunotherapy [Study]

Researchers have designed a lipid nanoparticle that can carry immune-signaling molecules into macrophages in the liver to repress resistance to anti-tumor immunotherapy.

Sep 18, 2021

Zebra fish infected with Mycobacterium abscessus

Bacteriophage along with antibiotic helps to treat antibiotic-resistant infections [Study]

This ground-breaking research can help cystic fibrosis patients against M.abscessus.

Sep 18, 2021

Original Covid antibody does not bind to variations, reveals new study

This raises the possibility of the virus mutating to evade the body's primary antibody response.

Sep 18, 2021

mRNA COVID-19 vaccines induce robust T-cell responses in patients with MS; what it means

According to a new study, patients with Multiple Sclerosis who undergo anti-CD20 (aCD20) therapy for the management of the disease, showed strong T-cell responses to mRNA vaccines.

Sep 18, 2021

Covid-19 Pandemic Might Get Over But Virus Is Here To Stay For Long: WHO Official

Declaring a pandemic over primarily depends on whether the virus is still causing a public health emergency. It also depends on the rate of transmission, severity of the disease caused and the resultant deaths

Sep 17, 2021

Yogurt protects us from diarrhea caused by antibiotics, says new study

Adverse alterations in the gut microbiome caused by antibiotic use can be protected by probiotic yogurt

Sep 15, 2021

Moderna combines COVID, flu, RSV vaccines in single shot; achieves positive pre-clinical data [what it means]

Moderna recently announced that it was able to combine 6 different mRNAs—one strain of COVID-19 and RSV each, and four strains of flu— into a single shot; a new vaccine combining a COVID-19 booster shot and a flu shot is also in development.

Sep 12, 2021

Unvaccinated persons 10 times more likely to die from COVID: US study shows [details]

Vaccine effectiveness against the infection dropped from 90 per cent, when delta had not yet gained significant traction, to less than 80 per cent from mid-June to mid-July, when delta began out-competing all other variants of the virus.

Sep 12, 2021

India sees slight decline of 8,290 from Thursday's Covid caseload of 43K;

India sees slight decline in new Covid cases to 34,973 on Friday from Thursday's 43,263 infections and Wednesday's 37,875 cases.

Sep 10, 2021

Global Covid-19 caseload tops 223 mn, Iran, S. Korea, Africa emerge as new hot spots

Global Covid-19 caseload tops 223 million with the US remaining the worst-hit country, followed by India, while Iran and Africa emerge as new hot spots.

Sep 10, 2021

From hearing loss to dry mouth: These are the new symptoms of Covid infection

K'taka ends weekend curfew in border districts as Covid positivity rate declines to 0.73%

K'taka ends weekend curfew in border districts where the positivity rate declined from more than 2 per cent to 0.73 per cent now.

Sep 10, 2021

Metabolic Changes Related to COVID-19 Severity Uncovered in Plasma, Immune Cells; May Help Predict Outcomes Among Patients [Study]

A multi-institutional study has found and described metabolic changes that are associated with the severity of the disease, and can potentially help in predicting survival among patients with COVID-19.

Sep 8, 2021

Why diabetics are at risk of severe Covid-19 infection? [Explainer]

US researchers have identified an enzyme that may explain the reason why people with diabetes are at especially high risk of developing severe illness or dying from coronavirus infection.

Sep 8, 2021

Very Young Child Cancer Patients At Much Higher Risk of Hearing Loss from this Common Chemotherapy Drug [Study]

According to a new study, 75 percent of children (five years of age or younger) who were treated with the chemotherapy drug cisplatin suffered from hearing loss three years following the commencement of treatment.

Sep 7, 2021

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Health News

Booster shots necessary to beat COVID-19 virus: Dr Fauci recommends, Biden backs [details]

Japanese Scientists Develop New Nanoparticle That Suppresses Resistance to Cancer Immunotherapy [Study]

Bacteriophage along with antibiotic helps to treat antibiotic-resistant infections [Study]

Original Covid antibody does not bind to variations, reveals new study

mRNA COVID-19 vaccines induce robust T-cell responses in patients with MS; what it means

Covid-19 Pandemic Might Get Over But Virus Is Here To Stay For Long: WHO Official

Yogurt protects us from diarrhea caused by antibiotics, says new study

Moderna combines COVID, flu, RSV vaccines in single shot; achieves positive pre-clinical data [what it means]

Unvaccinated persons 10 times more likely to die from COVID: US study shows [details]

India sees slight decline of 8,290 from Thursday's Covid caseload of 43K;

Global Covid-19 caseload tops 223 mn, Iran, S. Korea, Africa emerge as new hot spots

K'taka ends weekend curfew in border districts as Covid positivity rate declines to 0.73%

Metabolic Changes Related to COVID-19 Severity Uncovered in Plasma, Immune Cells; May Help Predict Outcomes Among Patients [Study]

Why diabetics are at risk of severe Covid-19 infection? [Explainer]

Very Young Child Cancer Patients At Much Higher Risk of Hearing Loss from this Common Chemotherapy Drug [Study]

Time for India to follow suit? France, Germany, Netherlands, US banned use of EVMs [here's why]

Dhanush's Captain Miller has no buyers in Telugu states? Here's why

Deepika Padukone is a sight to behold in velvet gown; attends Academy Museum Gala with Selena Gomez, Dua Lip [see pics]