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Epidemics top the world's short-term risks: WEF
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 19 (ANI): Infectious diseases, extreme weather and livelihood crises pose a critical threat to the world in the next two years, according to the latest survey by World Economic Forum (WEF) members from business, government and academia.
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Over 1 million people vaccinated in Germany
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Berlin [Germany], January 17 (ANI/Sputnik): As many as 1,048,160 people in Germany have already received a vaccine against COVID-19, the Robert Koch Institute, a national authority for infectious diseases, said on Saturday.
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A new approach to study autoimmune diseases
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 7 (ANI): A team of researchers led by the Indiana Biosciences Research Institute Diabetes Center's Scientific Director Decio L. Eizirik, MD, PhD, has found that identifying new treatments for autoimmune diseases requires studying together the immune system AND target
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Fauci calls COVID-19 vaccine rollout in US as 'disappointing'
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 1 (ANI): National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Anthony Fauci on Thursday said that the coronavirus vaccine rollout hasn't gone as he expected adding that it has been 'disappointing'.
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Japan conducts genetic analysis of Covid-19 on two persons who arrived fro
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The National Institute of Infectious Diseases of Japan is conducting a genetic analysis of the COVID-19 on two Japanese citizens, who arrived from the United Kingdom, the media reported.
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Oman expects to receive first batch of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesda
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Muscat [Oman], December 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The first shipment of Covid-19 vaccine produced by Pfizer and BioNTech will be delivered to Oman on Wednesday, the director of the infectious diseases control department of the country's health ministry, Badr bin Saif Al Rawahi, announced on Monday.
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US launches Phase 3 trial of 2 new antibody treatments for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 18 (ANI): The United States, on Thursday, announced phase 3 clinical trials of two experimental drugs to treat hospitalized COVID-19 patients when combined with existing treatments, said the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) (local time
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Recently published data on Favipiravir as treatment for mild to moderate C
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 23 (ANI/PRNewswire): The oral antiviral medication Favipiravir, that prevents the replication phase of the virus life-cycle, leads to significant improvement in clinical cure in patients with mild to moderate COVID-19.
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France exceeds 2 million confirmed COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], November 18 (ANI/Sputnik): France has topped two million confirmed cases of COVID-19, the country's top infectious diseases expert Jerome Salomon said Tuesday.
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Trump hints at firing Dr Anthony Fauci after election
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Florida [US], November 2 (ANI): During the last leg of the US Presidential election campaign, President Donald Trump on Sunday evening (local time) suggested to a Florida crowd that he might fire Dr Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading expert on infectious diseases, "after the election", CNN
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Germany's COVID-19 cases soar by 5,587 to 361,974
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], October 18 (ANI/Xinhua): Germany's COVID-19 cases rose by 5,587 to 361,974 over the past 24 hours, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases said on Sunday.
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Study reveals most parents nervous to take their kids for vaccinations due
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 15 (ANI): A new national survey by Orlando Health finds while the vast majority of parents (84 per cent) believe vaccines are the best way to protect their children from infectious diseases, two-thirds are still nervous to take their kids to their paediatrician's o
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