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Novavax's vaccine, also produced by SII, found 90 pc effective against COV
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): US Biotechnology company Novavax on Monday announced that its Covid-19 vaccine provides 100 per cent protection against moderate and severe symptoms of the disease and 90.4 per cent efficacy overall in phase 3 trials.
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New super-resolution technique allows for more detailed brain imaging
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Washington [US], June 14 (ANI): A new imaging technique has the potential to detect neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's disease at their earliest stages, enabling physicians to diagnose and treat patients more quickly.
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Study links Alzheimer's disease-like cognitive impairment with COVID-19
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Washington [US], June 13 (ANI): The findings of a recent Cleveland clinic-led study identified mechanisms by which COVID-19 can be associated with Alzheimer's disease-like dementia.
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South Delhi civic body fines over 600 people after finding mosquito breedi
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New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): Ahead of the onset of monsoon in the national capital, the city's municipal corporations are taking necessary steps to control mosquito breeding and thereby contain vector borne diseases.
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Hyderabad boy battling rare disease receives world's most expensive medici
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Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 13 (ANI): Three-year-old Ayaansh Gupta from Hyderabad, suffering from a rare disease Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), has been administered with the world's most expensive medicine ZOLGENSMA, after his parents mobilised Rs 16 crore through crowd-funding.
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AI predicts how patients will fare against viral infections
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], June 12 (ANI): Gene expression patterns associated with pandemic viral infections provide a map to help define patients' immune responses, measure disease severity, predict outcomes and test therapies, for current and future pandemics.
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High caffeine consumption linked to higher risk of blinding eye disease: S
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Washington [US], June 12 (ANI): Keep a check on your daily intake of caffeine as a new study has found that consuming large amounts of daily caffeine may increase the risk of glaucoma more than three-fold for those with a genetic predisposition to higher eye pressure.
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More efforts needed to end polio in Pakistan, says Polio Oversight Board
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Islamabad [Pakistan], June 12 (ANI): More efforts are needed to reach the levels of government leadership, drive, and use of real-time data to beat Polio in Pakistan, believed the disease monitoring body of Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI).
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People with 'healthy obesity' still at higher risk of diabetes, CVD: Study
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Washington [US], June 11 (ANI): A new study has found that having a normal metabolic profile does not mean that a person with obesity is actually healthy (referred to as metabolically healthy obesity), since they face an increased risk of diabetes, heart diseases, strokes, and respiratory di
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Bhumi Pednekar is building up her stamina post COVID recovery
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New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): Bollywood star Bhumi Pednekar, who had tested positive for COVID-19 in April, is trying to rebuild her stamina post her recovery from the deadly disease.
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Vaccines are working against infection, severe disease of COVID-19, reveal
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New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): Christian Medical College, Vellore, a 2,600 bed tertiary care hospital in India with 10,600 employees has vaccinated 84.8 per cent staff with majority of them getting Covishield and rest received Covaxin by Bharat Biotech, a latest research done on health
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WHO, UNICEF declare end of polio outbreak in Philippines
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Manila [Philippines], June 11 (ANI/Xinhua): The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) hailed the Philippines on Friday for ending the polio outbreak almost two years after the highly infectious disease re-emerged in the Southeast Asian country.
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