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No vaccine can give 100 per cent immunity from any disease, say experts tr
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): Even as Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij, a volunteer in the third phase of vaccine trials for India's first indigenous Covid-19 vaccine, said he has tested positive for the virus, medical experts in the national capital say that no vaccine makes a person
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Philippines reports 1,733 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], December 5 (ANI/Xinhua): The Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines on Saturday reported 1,733 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection, bringing the total number in the country to 438,069.
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WHO says almost all COVID-19 cases develop immune response
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 5 (ANI): Almost 100 per cent of COVID-19 patients develop antibodies no matter the course of the disease, WHO's Maria Van Kerkhove said on Friday.
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Philippines logs 934 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], December 4 (ANI/Xinhua): The Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines on Friday reported 934 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection, bringing the total number in the country to 436,345.
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Study suggests patients receiving low dose steroid at increased risk of ca
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 4 (ANI): Glucocorticoids are steroids widely prescribed to treat a range of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases. While high doses of steroids are known to increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, the impact of lower doses is unknown. A study suggests that even
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Chitkara University in Collaboration with SCL Mohali Develops Neural Ampli
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Mohali/Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], December 4 (ANI/NewsVoir): The VLSI Centre of Excellence, Chitkara University, Punjab, India in collaboration with Semi-conductor Laboratory (SCL), Mohali, Punjab, India have designed and fabricated a low-voltage low-noise neural amplifier silicon chip in
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Poonam - A Social Short by Shilpi's Voice & Visuals and Epicreel
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka)[India], December 4 (ANI/PRNewswire): The saga of elderly care is full of hype, and nothing more. After sieving through and a soulful introspection of data and research on elderly care, more than living conditions, physical health and economic considerations, it is th
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Genetically engineered T cells could lead to therapies for autoimmune dise
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 4 (ANI): A new study has found that a novel T cell genetically engineered by University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers is able to target and attack pathogenic T cells that cause Type 1 diabetes, which could lead to new immunotherapy treatments.
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Biden asks infectious disease expert Fauci to join his Covid team
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], December 4 (ANI): US President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday asked the top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci to join his administration and to lead his team of medical advisers to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
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MEA Secretary Vikas Swarup to participate in UNGA special session on COVID
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], December 3 (ANI): Vikas Swarup, Secretary (West), Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) of India is participating in a special session of the United Nations General Assembly in Response to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic that began at the UN Headquarters here on Decem
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India's service sector recovery sustained in November: IHS Markit
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): The Indian services economy remained on the right path to recovery during November with a further upturn in new work supporting business activity growth and the first rise in employment for nine months, according to the latest IHS Markit Services Purchasi
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Kidney disease leading risk factor for COVID-related hospitalisation
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 3 (ANI): An analysis of Geisinger's electronic health records has revealed chronic kidney disease to be the leading risk factor for hospitalisation from COVID-19.
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