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Researchers find placebo effect accounts for more than two-thirds of COVID
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Boston (Massachusetts) [US], January 19 (ANI): The placebo effect is the well-known phenomenon of a person's physical or mental health improving after taking a treatment with no pharmacological therapeutic benefit - a sugar pill, or a syringe full of saline, for example. Sometimes placebo ef
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Study finds COVID-19 vaccines offer lasting protection
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Chapel Hill [US], January 19 (ANI): A new research has found that COVID-19 vaccination offers long-lasting protection from the worst outcomes of COVID-19.
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US to provide additional one million COVID vaccine doses to Afghanistan: B
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 19 (ANI): The United States is committed to providing additional one million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Afghanistan through COVAX, said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
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COVID-19: PM Modi lauds youngsters for enthusiasm in getting vaccinated
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New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday lauded youngsters in the 15-18 age group for showing enthusiasm in getting vaccinated against COVID-19 and called for continuing the momentum.
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China reports 55 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 19 (ANI): China on Tuesday reported 55 new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases amid the emergence of the Omicron COVID-19 variant cases in the country.
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Depending upon COVID vaccine availability, children aged above 5 yrs shoul
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): Emphasising that COVID-19 vaccines are safe for children, children over the age of five years should get vaccinated against the disease, suggests Dr Faheem Younus, Chief of Infectious Diseases at US' University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health.
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Depending upon COVID vaccine availability, children aged above 5 yrs shoul
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): Emphasising that COVID-19 vaccines are safe for children, children over the age of five years should get vaccinated against the disease, suggests Dr Faheem Younus, Chief of Infectious Diseases at US' University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health.
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Over 50 pc children between 15-18 received first dose of COVID vaccine in
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 18 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday informed that over 50 per cent of children between the 15-18 age group have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine so far in the country, since January 3 when vaccination drive for the age group c
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Centre busts claims of children dying after COVID-19 inoculation, says vac
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 18 (ANI): The Central government on Tuesday busted the claims made in a video on the social media platforms raising questions over the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccine being administered in 15-18 years age group and said that the vaccines administered to the children a
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Russia's Sputnik V effectiveness against Omicron 75pc: Vaccine developer
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The effectiveness of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine against the Omicron coronavirus variant is 75 per cent, Alexander Gintsburg, the head of Russia's Gamaleya Research Center, said on Tuesday.
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Decision on COVID vaccination for children between 12-14 yrs yet to be tak
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 18 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry has not yet taken any decision on COVID-19 vaccination for children in the age bracket of 12-14 years, official sources told ANI.
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Over 158.16 cr COVID-19 vaccine doses provided to States, UTs: Centre
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New Delhi [India], January 18 (ANI): The Centre on Tuesday said that it has provided more than 158.16 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses to States and UTs for the ongoing nationwide vaccination drive.
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