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May 1, 2024

Covishield May Pose Clotting Risk to Only 7 in 10 Lakh: ICMR Scientist

Dr. Raman Gangakhedkar, a leading epidemiologist and former ICMR scientist, stated that only a small fraction, about seven to eight individuals per one million, who receive the Covishield coronavirus vaccine may experience…

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April 30, 2024

What Is TTS? Caused By Covishield Vaccine

AstraZeneca, a British pharmaceutical giant, has admitted that its Covid-19 vaccine can result in a rare side effect known as Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (TTS). This acknowledgement follows a lawsuit filed against the company, alleging…

Health

April 23, 2024

Pressure in the womb can influence the baby’s facial features

It’s not just genetics that determine how a baby’s face forms in the womb. Physical pressures experienced by the embryo play a significant role in shaping facial features, according to researchers at…

Vaccine rates: To Govt at Rs 200, to public at Rs 1,000, says Adar Poonawalla

India on Sunday approved emergency use of two Covid-19 vaccines to kick off one of the world’s biggest inoculation drives, while the European Union offered to help drug companies expand production to…

January 3, 2021

India·Health·Latest News·News

AIDAN asks DCGI to withdraw approval for Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin

The All India Drug Action Network (AIDAN) has urged the DCGI to reconsider the recommendations of the SEC in granting the REU approval to COVAXIN. The AIDAN has said it is shocked…

January 3, 2021

Here are the steps scientists have outlined for safely receiving COVID-19 vaccine

New Delhi: Following accounts of potential allergies to the COVID-19 vaccines produced by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, scientists have outlined steps on safely receiving the second dose of the therapeutic in individuals who…

January 2, 2021

Health·Latest News·News

COVID vaccine will be free across India, says health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan

As India gears up to launch the world’s largest immunisation drive, Union health minister Harsh Vardhan urged the public not to pay heed to anti-vaccine rumours and said the anti-Covid-19 shots will…

January 2, 2021

Business·Health·India·Latest News

Finally here! AEFI monitored COVID vaccination to begin soon in J&K; two doses 28 days apart

Jammu: Financial Commissioner, Health and Medical Education, Atal Dulloo, Friday chaired a meeting of Union Territory Level Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) regarding COVID-19 vaccination programme scheduled to begin shortly across Jammu…

January 1, 2021

Kashmir·Health·Latest News·Lead Stories

COVID 19 takes heavy toll on J&K police: 15 cops die, 3276 test positive in 2020

SRINAGAR: COVID 19 has taken a heavy toll on Jammu and Kashmir police with 15 personnel succumbing to the infection and 3276 testing positive in 2020. Around 1329 police personnel tested positive…

December 31, 2020

Health·Kashmir·Latest News

Heaven on earth becomes haven for drugs: 152 kilos of heroin, 22230 kgs of opium seized in Kashmir

SRINAGAR: Forget violence, drug trafficking is posing the biggest threat to Jammu and Kashmir. Data released by Jammu and Kashmir police reveal that 1132 drug-related cases were registered in 2020. Around 1672…

December 31, 2020

India to have vaccine within days: AIIMS chief

Terming the approval for Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for use in the United Kingdom as a ‘big step forward’, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi Director Dr Randeep Guleria said that India will…

December 31, 2020

Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine approved for use in UK

The UK government has accepted the recommendation from the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to authorise Oxford University-AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine, named Covishield, for emergency use. This has fuelled speculations that India,…

December 30, 2020

14 more cases of mutant coronavirus strain in India; first case detected in USA

As many as 14 new cases of mutant coronavirus strain, which was first reported in UK, have been registered in India, reports said Wednesday morning. On Tuesday, India recorded six patients infected…

December 30, 2020

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