Over 20% Covid-infected people taking Paxlovid experience viral rebound: StudyA study by researchers at Mass General Brigham hospital in Boston found that one in five COVID-infected individuals treated with antiviral ...
14 Nov, 2023, 05.50 PM IST
New study to focus on treatment for long Covid that causes symptoms like brain fog, sleep disorderThe National Institutes of Health (NIH) will conduct studies to test possible treatments for long COVID, a condition that affects millions ...
01 Aug, 2023, 09.27 AM IST
The United States must help China avoid Covid catastrophe. Here's howThe challenge will be made harder by the arrival of the coronavirus's most infectious subvariant to date, XBB1.5. In the United States, whi...
25 Jan, 2023, 10.49 AM IST
Joe Biden feeling well, isolating after rebound case of COVIDBiden tested positive for COVID for the first time on July 21 and previously described his experience with the coronavirus as mild, saying ...
31 Jul, 2022, 10.34 PM IST
Joe Biden again tests positive for COVID-19, says he feels fineBiden's positive test is believed to be a "rebound" experienced by some COVID patients who take the anti-viral drug Paxlovid, according to ...
31 Jul, 2022, 07.40 AM IST
Drugmakers seem to be in no hurry to launch Covid antiviral pill PaxlovidSeveral industry executives and doctors ET spoke to said at the moment, while cases are rising, the need for Paxlovid hasn't been felt as c...
14 Jun, 2022, 12.57 AM IST
Pfizer offers to sell medicines at cost to world's poorest countries"An Accord for a Healthier World" focuses on five areas: infectious diseases, cancer, inflammation, rare diseases and women's health -- whe...
25 May, 2022, 01.09 PM IST
India's vaccination record one of the best for its income level: Bill GatesThe development of vaccines, notably in India, has benefited from funding by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In a new book, ' How to...
01 May, 2022, 07.29 PM IST
China crushed Covid, now Covid Zero could crush ChinaAuthorities are fighting to curb the spread of the omicron variant among a population that lacks natural immunity and only has access to ho...
02 Apr, 2022, 10.37 AM IST
As Omicron surge subsides, researchers on high alert for Covid BA.2 variant. What we know so farThe variant could potentially slow the current decline of Covid cases.
12 Mar, 2022, 10.27 AM IST
Anti-Covid drugs potent against Omicron, antibody therapies less effective: StudyThe lab tests also showed that some antibodies have entirely lost their ability to neutralise Omicron at realistic dosages. "The bottom lin...
27 Jan, 2022, 01.25 PM IST
Covid cases on the rise, experts call for newer drugs, faster approvalsThe Drug Controller General of India had last week approved Merck and Ridgeback’s antiviral molnupiravir for the treatment of mild-to-moder...
02 Jan, 2022, 11.01 PM IST
Good news on Covid therapy frontExperience with the Omicron variant so far makes clear that while vaccines are critical for reducing the virulence of the disease, therapie...
28 Dec, 2021, 11.12 PM IST
View: Arriving at an equitable response to the pandemicThe Doha Declaration on TRIPS and public health clarified pre-existing flexibilities in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellect...
10 Dec, 2021, 05.08 PM IST