Covid-19 treatment therapies: Monoclonal antibodies and how they work

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The REGEN-COV2 therapy, a combination of monoclonal antibodies imdevimab, and casirivimab. (Representative Image) Roche’s REGEN-CoV2 antibody cocktail treatment is gathering steam in India after it was found to be life-saving for some of the most severely affected Covid-19 patients during clinical trials performed in the UK. Can this new treatment be instrumental in helping Covid-19 … Read more

Covid-19: AstraZeneca, Pfizer vaccines found effective against Delta variant, but both doses crucial

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Researchers studied 14, 019 Covid-19 cases of the Delta variants, out of which 166 seeking critical care. A UK based study has found that the Covid vaccines used to inoculate major global population is effective against the Delta variant of the virus, also a major contributor in the surge in cases in India in April … Read more

Covid-19 Lockdown Status Check: As Delhi, Madhya Pradesh set to begin gradual unlocking, some states extend lockdown

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The phase-wise unlocking process in the national capital will begin from Monday. (Photo Source: PTI) The number of new coronavirus cases recorded on Saturday is the lowest in 45 days in India. According to the Union health ministry data, the daily positivity too has dipped further to 8.36 per cent. The number of active cases … Read more

Covid-19: Can dogs sniff coronavirus? Here’s what studies suggest

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One of the studies was published in April in journal PLOS One by researchers at University of Pennsylvania. (Representational image: Reuters) Sniffer dogs and coronavirus: Over the past couple of months, two separate studies have been conducted to test if sniffer dogs can detect the presence of coronavirus in humans, with both having reported that … Read more

Coronavirus: Can a person get reinfected with Covid-19? ICMR scientists find these conclusions

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The study also found that these patients also tested negative in-between during the 102 days. Can one get re-infected with Coronavirus after recovering from it once? To understand the cases of re-infection SARS-CoV2, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) recently constituted a team of scientists to identify the most possible cases of reinfection of … Read more

COVID-19 vaccination drive: India begins administration of second dose

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The national capital has already started to administer the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday. India started inoculating healthcare workers against the novel Coronavirus infection on January 16 this year. Since it is now 28 days, the healthcare workers can now be administered with the second dose of Covid-19 vaccine. On the 29th day … Read more

Coronavirus infection spread: Health and safety measures for COVID’s airborne diffusion

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Living through a pandemic has been difficult, but we know that some people, including older adults, are at a higher risk of developing severe illness from this virus. (Photo source: Reuters) Over a year has passed since the COVID-19 virus was first detected – its severity revealed through the nearly two million who have succumbed … Read more

Bird Flu: Centre issues alert to states after H5N1 virus found in birds in Himachal Pradesh

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The WHO also added that there is no possibility of the virus spreading through well cooked food as the virus is heat sensitive and cannot tolerate high temperature. The reports of several thousands birds dying in different parts of the country and the confirmation of H5N1 avian influenza virus in the bodies of birds found … Read more

COVID-19 new strain: Risks, transmissions and response to vaccine explained

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UK authorities have mentioned that laboratory work is currently being done to understand this phenomenon completely. At a time when Europe rejoiced at the introduction of Pfizer vaccination, a new strain of the Coronavirus infection surfaced and pushed people among rising fears. What is the new strain and will it impact the vaccination drive across … Read more

Vitamin D deficiency found in COVID-19 patients; all you need to know about it

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COVID-19 patients are also going through other problems as well that have been triggered by the infection. Among many symptoms and changes in body, it has been found that patients infected with the novel Coronavirus develop deficiency for Vitamin D. In a recent study published in the journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, it has … Read more