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Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine shows 73% efficacy in children under 5 years

The Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine was 73 per cent effective in protecting children ages 6 months through 4 years during the time when the Omicron strain was highly prevalent, Pfizer has announced

Faridabad: Healthcare, spirituality closely linked in India, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said healthcare and spirituality are closely linked in India and the country's COVID-19 vaccination drive is an example of a successful spiritual-private partnership. Modi inaugurated a 2,600-bed private hospital here that is equipped with cutting-edge technology, including a centralised fully-automated laboratory, in what will be a major boost to healthcare infrastructure in the National Capital Region (NCR). "India is a country where healthcare and spirituality are closely linked. COVID-19 is an example of a successful spiritual-private partnership that helped create awareness and implement the world's largest vaccination drive. "During the vaccination exercise, some people tried to contribute to bad publicity but when our spiritual leaders countered it, then people came forward and its impact was seen in the vaccination coverage too," the prime minister said in his address. "A combination of technology and modernisation will lead to the

After Covid, now a mammoth vaccination drive for lumpy skin disease

Cattle are being vaccinated swiftly as the disease breaks out of its initial holds of Rajasthan and Gujarat and starts infecting buffaloes too

Pfizer's Covid vaccine 73.2% effective in kids under 5, shows new data

The updated data showed 13 children had Covid, at least seven days after receiving a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, compared with 21 cases among those who received a placebo

Data story: India logs 8,586 new Covid cases; 80,352 infections in 7 days

India has so far administered 2,103,165,703 vaccine doses

Covid pandemic-induced income blues not yet over for seven states/UTs

Residents of 6 states and a Union Territory are yet to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic-induced income shock, data compiled by the National Statistical Office for 21 states and UTs for FY22 shocks.

Covid mRNA vaccines safe in patients with heart failure, shows study

Covid mRNA vaccines are associated with a decreased risk of death in patients with heart failure, says a new study

Data story: India logs 9,531 new Covid cases; active tally at 97,648

India has added 80,579 cases in the past 7 days

Latest news LIVE: Congress leader Anand Sharma resigns from key party post

Latest news LIVE: From CBI investigation into Delhi's liquor policy to Covid updates, catch all the latest updates here

Data story: India logs 11,539 new Covid cases; active tally below 100,000

India reported a decrease of 1,287 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 99,879

Consider second Covid-19 vaccine booster shots for vulnerable groups: WHO

Countries should consider giving a second Covid-19 vaccine booster to the elderly, pregnant women, health workers, people with weaker immune systems and those at higher risk of severe disease

US study finds diabetes drug metformin may reduce Covid death risk by half

The widely available diabetes drug metformin may reduce the risk of emergency room visits, hospitalisation, and death from COVID-19 by more than half if taken within four days of the start of the symptoms, according to a study. The researchers from the University of Minnesota in the US noted that metformin, also known as Glucophage, has been used in the 1950s as an anti-viral called "Fluamine." In more recent research, the drug has been found to affect inflammation pathways, they said. Since COVID-19 involves viral inflammation, the research team thought the combination of anti-inflammatory plus antiviral action was intriguing enough to test the drug. "This was really intriguing to us early on when we learned that people who take metformin were catching COVID-19 less and being hospitalised less," said Elaine Lissner, founder of California-based nonprofit Parsemus Foundation. The study, published on Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine, compared three medications that we

Covid patients show new symptoms; impact on brain post infection: Report

While the common symptoms of Covid, include headache, fever, cough, cold, throat irritation and body ache, experts have now warned of newer symptoms

'We cannot pretend Covid is not here,' says WHO chief as deaths rise

There has been a 35 per cent rise in COVID-19-related deaths in four weeks across the world

Covid vaccination crosses the 2 bn mark with 120 mn doses in last 24 hrs

The cumulative number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed the 208.95 crore mark on Thursday, with over 12 crore precaution doses administered till 7 am on August 18

Assam reports 174 new COVID-19 cases, positivity rate at 3.62%: NHM

Assam reported 174 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, as per the National Health Mission (NHM). The state's positivity rate decreased to 3.62 per cent as the new cases were detected after testing 4,808 samples, it said in a bulletin. Kamrup Metropolitan district, which primarily comprises Guwahati city, reported 26 fresh cases, followed by Dibrugarh where 16 cases were detected and Lakhimpur where 15 people tested positive. There are 2,976 active cases in the state at present. The toll remained at 8,026 with no new deaths reported in the last 24 hours. Assam has so far reported 7,43,222 cases. A total of 7,32,218 patients have recovered, including 185 people on Wednesday.

Data story: India logs 12,608 new cases of Covid-19; 72 more deaths

India has added 91,868 cases in the past 7 days

Data story: India logs 9,062 new Covid-19 cases, death toll at 527,134

India has added 95,559 cases in the past 7 days

FinMin contributed over Rs 900 cr towards Covid vax development: Official

The Union Finance Ministry contributed over Rs 900 crore to COVID vaccine development under 'Mission COVID Suraskha' resulting in India becoming a leader in vaccine production, said a top official.

Covid's harmful effects on brain reverberate years later, finds study

While anxiety and depression occur more frequently after Covid than other respiratory infections, the risk typically subsides within two months, researchers found