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Nasal Covid-19 vaccine can be potential gamechanger, say experts

Public health experts believe that intranasal vaccines for coronavirus, administered through nose rather than muscles, can be a potential gamechanger in India’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The nasal vaccine...

20 January, 2021

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Fear of new virus variant pushes U.S. toward more genomic sequencing

The CDC said this week that the new B.1.1.7 strain may become the most dominant form of the virus in the U.S. by March The United Kingdom’s use of genomic sequencing to identify a more infectious strain of SARS-CoV-2...

20 January, 2021

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WHO director calls for easing of vaccine hurdles for developing nations

The World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) director-general today called on vaccine makers and countries to take steps to ensure that low- and middle-income countries aren’t shut out of receiving vaccine...

12 January, 2021

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Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine appears effective against mutation in new coronavirus variants -study

Pfizer Inc and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine appeared to work against a key mutation in the highly transmissible new variants of the coronavirus discovered in the UK and South Africa, according to a laboratory study...

12 January, 2021

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Heading off the next pandemic

As the covid-19 pandemic heads for a showdown with vaccines it’s expected to lose, many experts in the field of emerging infectious diseases are already focused on preventing the next one. They fear another virus will...

5 January, 2021

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WHO, marking year since COVID-19 began, urges fair vaccine distribution to all

The head of the World Health Organization, marking a year since the first cases of the novel coronavirus were reported by China, urged countries on Wednesday to ensure that vaccines are made available to people at risk...

31 December, 2020

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Is it unethical to refuse a COVID-19 vaccine?

Unless someone has an unusual medical condition that would render vaccination contraindicated, the short answer is yes, it is unethical to refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19. I am not a doctor, nor a philosopher...

22 December, 2020

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Traditional model for disease spread may not work in COVID-19

A mathematical model that can help project the contagiousness and spread of infectious diseases like the seasonal flu may not be the best way to predict the continuing spread of the novel coronavirus, especially during...

22 December, 2020

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Study finds specific proteins inhibit or enhance virus that causes COVID-19

A new study in human and mouse cell lines shows that specific proteins that have long been studied as inhibitors of influenza can also inhibit SARS-CoV-2, the type of coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Findings of the...

18 December, 2020

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Three genes could predict congenital Zika infection susceptibility

Three genes that could predict susceptibility to congenital Zika virus (ZIKV) infection have been identified, Dr. Irene Rivero-Calle, MD, shared at the annual meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious...

11 December, 2020

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