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5,000-yr-old skeletons revealed that people suffered from multiple sclerosis in ancient timesMany researchers suspect that the disease is triggered by a virus, known as Epstein-Barr, which causes the immune system to attack the nerv...- 'Vaccine nationalism' could spawn new variants, warns medical expert"The narrow, self-centric, behaviour may not only turn out to be epidemiologically self-defeating and clinically counterproductive, but is ...
- View: Spiralling cases shouldn’t be the only parameter for imposing restrictionsPlausibly, in the future, there will be more Covid-19 variants. But as the research shows, the T-cell response due to vaccination and infec...
- China study warns of 'colossal' COVID outbreak if it opens up like U.S., FranceDaily cases would hit 275,793 if China took the same approach as Britain and 454,198 if it imitated France, it said.
- No need for Covid booster doses in India at this stage, say expertsIn the US, a panel advising the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recommended boosters of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine for people 65 and ...
- Covid-19: ‘Freedom day’ coming to England, ready or notDespite the spread of the highly transmissible delta variant, the government believes that Britain’s successful vaccination program has wea...
- View: States must be smart in devising unlocking criteriaSome observers question the wisdom of unlocking even partially before a large part of the population is vaccinated. They advocate continued...
- Europe will reach herd immunity this summer: BioNTech bossWhile the exact threshold required to reach that critical level of immunization remains a matter of debate, experts say a level above 70% w...
- View: Covid vaccine delivery must be improved to reduce public scepticismScepticism towards the Covid-19 vaccine is pervasive. Worse, it is most common among populations that are the most vulnerable, namely front...
- UK considers booster jab to combat South African COVID variantEarlier, Oxford University scientists have confirmed in a separate study that their ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 coronavirus vaccine has shown efficacy ...
- US to escalate tracking of COVID variants as confirmed cases top 25 millionVaccination has become ever more urgent with the recent emergence of several coronavirus variants believed to be more transmissible, and in...
- World Health Organisation warns coronavirus herd immunity unlikely in 2021 despite vaccinesAt a media briefing on Monday, Dr. Soumya Swaminathan said it was critical countries and their populations maintain strict social distancin...
- Covid vaccine rollout urgent as new strains take holdThe European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Wednesday approved the US-made Moderna vaccine, having already given a green light December 27 to on...
- Vaccinators line up as Oxford/AstraZeneca jab on brink of approval in UKThe vaccine, which is being produced by bio-pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca and also has a tie-up with the Serum Institute of India, is be...
- Emails: WHO was warned of fallout over yanked Italy reportThe comprehensive report examined how the Italian government and health system reacted after the country became the epicenter of the Europe...
- More women than men in US nervous about fast rollout of Covid vaccine, and that's a problem: PollThe Dec. 2-8 national opinion survey showed that 35% of women said they were "not very" or "not at all" interested in getting a vaccine, an...
- COVID-19: Hong Kong researchers report first documented coronavirus re-infectionThe findings indicate the disease, which has killed more than 800,000 people worldwide, may continue to spread amongst the global populatio...
- UK PM Johnson says maybe he could have managed coronavirus pandemic differentlyJohnson has come under fire from critics over his handling of the pandemic, from the high official death toll of over 45,000 and the slow r...
- Coronavirus: World Health Organization chief scientist sees no herd immunity yetHerd immunity is usually achieved through vaccination and occurs when most of a population is immune to a disease, blocking its continued s...
- How many people will COVID-19 kill? With over 160 cases in India, figures quickly get scaryModels predicting COVID-19 cases are still operating on several preliminary assumptions, including its mortality and transmissibility.
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