Oxford University, Serum Institute of India tie-up delivers 'high efficacy' malaria vaccineThe R21/Matrix-M vaccine, leveraging Novavax's adjuvant technology, has been approved for use in children aged 5 to 36 months - the age gro...
13 Apr, 2023, 04.19 PM IST
UK Minister Lucy Frazer talks about 40 new hospitals on chat show. Check audience's reactionDuring her appearance on Question Time, Tory MP Lucy Frazer received disbelief and laughter after claiming her government built "40 new hos...
28 Oct, 2022, 06.58 PM IST
Covid-19 not the only reason behind England's declining healthcare, says a new reportA new research report has indicated that England's healthcare sector would have suffered the current woes even if the Covid-19 pandemic had...
05 Sep, 2022, 04.03 PM IST
EXPLAINER-Shanghai death numbers raise questions over its COVID accountingShanghai had reported no COVID-19 deaths for more than a month after the current outbreak began in early March. But deaths suddenly started...
28 Apr, 2022, 12.44 PM IST
Trouble focusing after Covid? Oxford study finds that even after mild infection your brain may shrink, rewire or get damagedThese changes have been observed after several months of the Covid infection.
09 Mar, 2022, 10.54 AM IST
COVID antiviral Molnupiravir to be tested in RECOVERY trial on hospitalised patientsThe RECOVERY Trial was launched as an emergency response in March 2020 and has so far discovered three effective treatments for COVID-19 - ...
24 Jan, 2022, 11.04 PM IST
Lancet study says being overweight can increase severity of CovidPeople who were underweight also experienced worse outcomes from Covid.
30 Apr, 2021, 11.00 AM IST
Covid-19 reinfection unlikely for at least 6 months, says new studyThe results of the study suggest cases of reinfection are likely to remain extremely rare.
20 Nov, 2020, 06.42 PM IST
Poorer nations face coronavirus vaccine wait as West locks down supplyVaccine developers Pfizer and BioNTech plan to roll out the first doses within weeks, once they receive emergency use permissions from drug...
18 Nov, 2020, 09.27 AM IST
UK trials new antibody cocktail treatment for COVID-19As part of the government-backed Randomised Evaluation of COVid-19 thERapY (RECOVERY) Trials, monoclonal antibodies, or potent laboratory-m...
14 Sep, 2020, 11.03 PM IST
Oxford University coronavirus vaccine safe, induces immune response, says Lancet studyThe vaccine candidate has been developed by the Jenner Institute, a part of the Nuffield Department of Medicine at the University of Oxford...
21 Jul, 2020, 01.26 PM IST
Antiviral hyped as potential Covid treatment "ineffective", finds major studyLopinavir-ritonavir showed “no beneficial effect” in hospitalised patients not on ventilators, as per University of Oxford’s Recovery trial...
30 Jun, 2020, 10.35 AM IST
First results from UK's Recovery COVID-19 drug trial expected in early JulyThe first data from the study, which is testing a selection of existing drugs, is likely to come from a type of steroid called low-dose Dex...
02 Jun, 2020, 08.54 PM IST
Age at first menstrual cycle tied to heart disease riskWomen who had their first menstrual cycle at age 10 or younger, or age 17 or older, may be at a higher risk of developing heart disease, st...
16 Dec, 2014, 01.23 PM IST
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