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Global HIV viral suppression rates too low among children, adolescents: St
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kensington [Australia], December 1 (ANI): According to a recent research by UNSW Sydney's Kirby Institute and the global IeDEA consortium, HIV is virally suppressed in 59 per cent of children and adolescents on treatment.
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Biden administration buys 10 million Pfizer's antiviral COVID-19 pills
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 18 (ANI): Biden administration on Thursday (local time) announced that they have purchased 10 million treatment courses of Pfizer's antiviral COVID-19 pill.
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Sri Lanka approves first oral antiviral pill to treat COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], November 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Sri Lankan government has endorsed the use of Molnupiravir, the first oral antiviral pill to treat patients infected with SARS-CoV-2, the country's health minister said Tuesday.
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Russia-developed COVID-19 drug to start production in December- Firm to Sp
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The production of the Favipiravir antiviral drug that will be used in COVID-19 vaccines will commence in December, the press service of the Russian pharmaceutical company Promomed told Sputnik.
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Italy to purchase Molnupiravir drug to treat COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], November 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Italy will purchase UK-approved antiviral drug molnupiravir for the treatment of COVID-19, Franco Locatelli, coordinator of the Italian Scientific and Technical Committee on Vaccination, said on Friday.
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Pfizer says its COVID-19 oral antiviral candidate reduces risk of hospital
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], November 5 (ANI): American pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced on Friday that its investigational COVID-19 oral antiviral candidate, Paxlovid, showed an 89 per cent reduction in hospitalisation or lethal cases in high-risk patients.
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UK becomes first country to approve antiviral COVID-19 pill
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], November 4 (ANI): The UK has approved antiviral COVID-19 drug Lagevrio (molnupiravir) after it was found to be safe and effective at reducing the risk of hospitalisation and death in people with mild to moderate COVID-19 following a stringent review.
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Covid antiviral pill cuts risk of hospitalisation, deaths by half, says ma
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 1 (ANI): An antiviral pill has been found to reduce the risk of hospitalisation and deaths by 50 per cent in patients diagnosed with COVID-19 during clinical trials.
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New research suggests medicine used for gout treatment can also fight COVI
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 10 (ANI): As cases of COVID-19 continue to surge across the globe, few options are available for the treatment of the population infected with the virus. However, the findings of new research from the University of Georgia have suggested a viable therapeutic for co
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Course of COVID-19 can be determined by early antiviral response in nose
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Cambridge [UK], July 25 (ANI): A new study has found that cells sampled at the time of diagnosis from patients who later developed severe COVID-19 show a muted antiviral response.
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Study shows why second dose of COVID-19 vaccine should not be skipped
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 20 (ANI): The second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine induces a powerful boost to a part of the immune system that provides broad antiviral protection, according to a study led by investigators at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
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Stem cells can use same method as plants, insects to protect against virus
Updated : 5 years ago IST
London [UK], July 9 (ANI): Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have found a vital mechanism, previously thought to have disappeared as mammals evolved, that helps protect mammalian stem cells from RNA viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 and Zika virus. The scientists suggest this could one day
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