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Black, Asian patients have increased risk of severe COVID-19 at different
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
London [England], October 9 (ANI): Patients of Black ethnicity have an increased risk of requiring hospital admission for COVID-19, while patients of Asian ethnicity have an increased risk of dying in hospital from COVID-19, compared to White patients, a study has found.
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No benefit of plasma therapy arresting mortality in moderate to severe COV
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 6 (ANI): There is no benefit of plasma therapy is arresting mortality in moderate to severe cases of Covid-19, Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research, Balram Bhargava said on Tuesday.
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Gurugram hospital facilitates India's first successful lung transplant on
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], September 2 (ANI/NewsVoir): An active professional from Ghaziabad was amongst the small percentage of the population infected with severe COVID-19 being treated at the critical unit of Artemis Hospitals, Gurugram. With each passing day, it became difficult for him
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COVID-19: Subject Expert Committee seeks DCGI's nod to use hepatitis injec
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 19 (ANI): The Subject Expert Committee (SEC) at the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has recommended that the country's top drug regulator grant permission for phase 3 clinical trial using Thymosin @-1 injection 1.6 mg on moderate to severe COVID-19
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COVID-19: Health ministry decides not to put Itolizumab in national treatm
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 26 (ANI): Even as the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has given permission to Itolizumab drug for restricted emergency use on moderate to severe COVID-19 patients, the Union Health Ministry has decided not to include the drug in the national treatment protocol for co
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Biocon's drug Itolizumab gets DCGI nod for use in moderate to severe Covid
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 11 (ANI): Biopharmaceutical major Biocon Ltd said on Saturday it has received approval from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) to market Itolizumab injection 25mg/5ml solution for emergency use in India for the treatment of cytokine release syndr
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Maharashtra CM inaugurates 'Project PLATINA', world's largest convalescent
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 29 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday inaugurated 'Project PLATINA', world's largest convalescent plasma therapy trial cum treatment of severe COVID-19 patients.
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Health ministry recommends use of Dexamethasone drug for managing moderate
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry has included the use of Dexamethasone as an alternative to Methylprednisolone for managing moderate to severe COVID-19 cases.
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Dementia gene doubles risk of COVID-19: Study
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Exeter [England], May 30 (ANI): A recent large-scale study has found a high risk of severe COVID-19 infection among European ancestry participants, who carry two faulty copies of the APOE gene (termed e4e4).
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Dementia gene raises risk of severe COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Exeter [England], May 26 (ANI): Having a faulty gene linked to dementia doubles the risk of developing severe COVID-19, suggests a recent large-scale study.
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BMC hospitals start using new medicine for severe COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 13 (ANI): Multiple hospitals which come under the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) have started using a new drug to treat patients who have been severely affected due to COVID-19.
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