Pharmaceutical scientist Tom Anchordoquy explains that drugs are designed to enable patients to take their prescribed medications in the right amount and at the right time. Apart from active drug, medications also include “inactive ingredients” that enhance flavour and other qualities of a drug
In the Lancet study, the researchers also reported detection of monkeypox virus in blood and throat swabs
SII's CEO Adar Poonawalla said the vaccine is in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'vision of providing yet another vaccine to protect our children'
The DCGI has also given restricted emergency use authorisation to Covaxin, manufactured by Hyderabad based pharmaceutical company - Bharat Biotech, for children between 6 and 12 years
As many as 1,862 patients recuperated from COVID-19 in the country in the last 24 hours, increasing the total recoveries to 4,25,21,341. The country's recovery rate is now at 98.75 per cent
Central Government on Friday announced that precaution dose will now be available to all above 18 years of age from 10 April at private vaccination centers
One of the popular myth for patients with kidney conditions is about ‘no exercises’ but however a regular non-exhaustive exercise for a short period like 15 to 20 minutes is advisable.
New cases declined for the tenth straight day in the financial capital. On Thursday, 1,384 new COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths had been reported. Also, Dharavi recorded zero new cases on Friday after a gap of over a month, officials said
While NeoCoV was discovered in bat population in South Africa and has only been known to spread among these animals, a new unpeered study published as a pre-print on the bioRxiv website discovered that NeoCoV and its close relative PDF-2180-CoV can infect humans
The yet-to-be peer-reviewed study recently posted on the preprint repository BioRxiv, shows that NeoCov is closely related to the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), a viral disease first identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012
In a conversation about the course of the COVID-19 pandemic in India, Dr Gagandeep Kang, senior virologist and professor at CMC–Vellore, said that while the worst of the Omicron-fuelled surge may be behind, existing vaccines need to be refined to offer better protection
To do so, countries need to work harder to ensure equitable access to vaccines and treatment, track the virus and its emerging variants, and keep restrictions in place, he warned
Pawar, 81, also said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi called to enquire about his health and extended good wishes to him
A statement from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's health department said that 84 per cent or 2,142 of the 2,550 new patients are asymptomatic
The number of daily cases in Delhi has been declining after touching the record high of 28,867 on 13 January. It has taken just 10 days for cases to drop below the 10,000-mark
Talking to reporters in Jalna on Sunday, Tope said opening of schools was necessary for the development of children and it is not right to keep them at home for long
Omicron News LIVE Updates: The decision comes in the wake of cases rising across the state, 43,697 cases on Wednesday, and ebbing in the city of Mumbai