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Delhi: RT-PCR tests, quarantine mandatory for travellers from 6 Omicron-af
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 29 (ANI): Amid rising concerns due to the new coronavirus variant Omicron, the Delhi government on Monday said RT-PCR tests will be conducted on all passengers arriving from six high-risk countries.
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PLA close to achieve initial capability to invade Taiwan: USCC report
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 18 (ANI): The People's Liberation Army (PLA) either has or is close to achieving an initial capability to invade Taiwan, one that remains under development but that China's leaders may employ at high risk--while deterring, delaying, or defeating US military interven
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Pfizer says its COVID-19 oral antiviral candidate reduces risk of hospital
Updated : 4 years, 4 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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Monoclonal antibodies prevent severe disease and deaths in high-risk patie
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], November 3 (ANI): Monoclonal Antibody therapy has been proven to be effective in reducing disease severity and chances of death in high-risk individuals infected with the Delta variant of COVID-19 by 100 per cent, as per a study by AIG Hospitals.
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Lahore at high risk of dengue outbreak: Pak minister
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], October 2 (ANI): Amid the COVID-19 health crisis in Pakistan, dengue has emerged as another major concern for the country, as over 180 cases of the mosquito-borne viral infection were reported across Punjab province on Saturday.
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Children of mothers depressed during pregnancy are at higher risk of depre
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], September 25 (ANI): Children born to mothers who are depressed during and after pregnancy are more likely to develop depressive symptoms themselves by the age of 24, according to new research led by the University of Bristol.
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US CDC panel endorses Pfizer booster shot for elderly, high-risk people
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 24 (ANI/Xinhua): A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory panel on Thursday endorsed booster doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for Americans aged 65 and older and some adults with certain high risk conditions.
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US FDA authorizes Pfizer's Covid booster shots for elderly, high-risk Amer
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 23 (ANI): US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday (local time) authorized booster shots of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for those aged 65 and older and adults at high risk.
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Patients with high-risk local melanomas benefit from immunotherapy drug: S
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Pennsylvania [US], September 20 (ANI): According to the results of an international, randomized phase III clinical trial led by UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, immunotherapy called pembrolizumab reduced cancer recurrence after surgery in patients with stage IIb and IIc melanoma.
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US FDA: No Pfizer booster shots for 16 and above, approved only for people
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 18 (ANI): The US Food and Drug Administration advisory (FDA) committee on Friday (local time) voted unanimously to authorize Pfizer booster shots for use in people aged 65-plus and high-risk patients following a prior failed vote to approve third shots for all p
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Fengting Town in east China's Fujian province classified as COVID-19 high-
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Fuzhou [China], September 12 (ANI): An east China town in Fujian province on Sunday has been classified as a COVID-19 high-risk area after the latest resurgence.
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Young adults at highest risk of developing obesity: Study
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], September 11 (ANI): A new study led by researchers at UCL, the University of Cambridge, and Berlin Institute of Health at Charite-Universitatsmedizin Berlin suggests that adults between ages 18 to 24 are at the highest risk of developing obesity in the next decade of their life
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