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COVID vaccine booster dose may benefit organ transplant patients: Study
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): Organ transplant recipients may get benefit from a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as a booster shot that will push the response rate, according to a study conducted by Canadian scientists.
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US approves third dose of COVID vaccine for people with weak immune system
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US] August 13 (ANI/FENA): US drug regulators say transplant recipients and others with severely weakened immune systems may receive an extra dose of Pfizer or Moderna to better protect them as the delta variant of the coronavirus continues to spread.
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One of Asia's youngest recipient successfully undergoes complex bilateral
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 8 (ANI/BusinessWire India): MGM Healthcare, a multi-specialty quaternary care hospital in the heart of Chennai, today announced that it had successfully performed a complex bilateral lung transplant on Master Nazar Dianov a 4-year old boy from Russia and is
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New research suggests prioritized vaccination strategies for organ transpl
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 2 (ANI): In new research, scientists discussed recent evidence - including a recent Science Immunology study by Hector Rincon-Arevalo and colleagues - that points to a diminished immune response to COVID-19 vaccines among organ transplant recipients and others on immuno
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CtrlS bags the prestigious US Green Building Council (USGBC) leadership aw
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) / Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 28 (ANI/PRNewswire): CtrlS, Asia's largest Rated-4 Hyperscale Datacenter announced that it has been awarded the most prestigious USGBC Regional Leadership Award recipient by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). CtrlS joins an imp
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US warns Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 vaccine recipients to watch for enlarged
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 24 (ANI/Sputnik): The US government continues to recommend coronavirus vaccinations for everyone 12 years of age and older, albeit with a new warning to watch for symptoms of an enlarged heart reported by a fraction of people receiving the Pfizer or Moderna inoculation,
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No quarantine for Covishield vaccinated Indians in South Korea, mandatory
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): Indians vaccinated with double doses of the Covishield vaccine will be able to enter South Korea freely as South Korea is going to withdraw the mandatory two-week quarantine guidelines from July 1. However, those inoculated with Covaxin will have to remai
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Covid vaccines provided protection in over 95 pc of vaccinated healthcare
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): COVID vaccines provided protection in more than 95 per cent of recipients with post-vaccination infection (PVI) occurring in only 4.28 per cent of those who received the jabs, according to study of a cohort of over 31,600 vaccinated health care workers by a
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Over 3 lakh Pak citizens fail to receive second dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 8 (ANI): While the Pakistan government tries to create awareness about COVID-19 vaccination, around 300,000 recipients of the first dose never returned to receive the second dose of the vaccine.
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Organ transplant recipients remain vulnerable to COVID-19 even after secon
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], May 7 (ANI): Researchers at Johns Hopkins have found that two doses of a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 -- the virus that causes COVID-19 -- confers some protection for people who have received solid organ transplants, it's still not enough to enable them to dispense with COVID
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Delhi Police sets up digital data bank for plasma donors, seekers
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): Amid the devastating second COVID-19 wave, the Delhi Police has set up a digital data bank of plasma donors to facilitate plasma therapy in an effort to connect donors and needy recipients, after due authentication.
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Third dose of COVID-19 vaccine 'likely' needed within 1 year, says Pfizer
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], April 15 (ANI): Pfizer's CEO Albert Bourla on Thursday that COVID-19 vaccine recipients will "likely" need a third dose between six to 12 months after they're fully vaccinated and suggested vaccinations for coronavirus could be needed every year.
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