Geneva — The World Health Organization said Wednesday it is too early to lift the highest-level alert for the COVID-19 crisis, with the pandemic remaining a global health emergency despite recent progress. The WHO’s emergency committee on COVID-19 met last week and concluded that the […]
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Rapid antigen test for COVID-19 can be used to triage healthcare workers for returning to work – News
Findings About 60% of healthcare workers participating in an optional rapid antigen testing program at UCLA tested positive at day five, and about 50% were positive at day seven after initially testing positive for COVID-19 with a PCR test. The results indicated those with positive […]
Licorice root extract shows potential as a COVID-19 treatment – News
By Dr. Liji Thomas, MDOct 19 2022Reviewed by Benedette Cuffari, M.Sc. Several compounds have been investigated for their potential efficacy against the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the pathogenic agent that triggered the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. A recent PLoS One […]
Study shows low risk of myocarditis/pericarditis after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination – News
By Dr. Sanchari Sinha Dutta, Ph.D.Oct 19 2022Reviewed by Benedette Cuffari, M.Sc. In a recent study published on the medRxiv* preprint server, Taiwanese scientists determined the risk of myocarditis and pericarditis among young individuals who have received messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) […]
BRIEF-EMA Recommends Approval Of Comirnaty And Spikevax Covid-19 Vaccines For Children From 6 Months Of Age
* EMA RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF COMIRNATY AND SPIKEVAX COVID-19 VACCINES FOR CHILDREN FROM 6 MONTHS OF AGE: 19/10/2022 * CHMP HAS RECOMMENDED EXTENDING THE USE OF COMIRNATY AND SPIKEVAX TARGETING THE ORIGINAL STRAIN OF SARS-COV-2. * CHMP RECOMMENDED INCLUDING USE IN CHILDREN AGED 6 MONTHS […]
Revenue of diagnostics firms to fall 5-7% on fewer Covid-19 tests: Report
A sharp fall in Covid-19 tests as the pandemic intensity wanes, coupled with growing preference for self-test kits, will lead to a 5-7% de-growth in revenue of diagnostics players this fiscal, according to a report by CRISIL Ratings. This is contrary to a stellar 30% […]
Kashmir reports 02 fresh Covid-19 cases, Jammu none
Kashmir reports 02 fresh Covid-19 cases, Jammu none Post by RK Online Desk on Wednesday, October 19, 2022 Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday recorded 02 fresh Covid cases, taking the number of infected persons to 479254, while no fatality reported due to the virus in the […]
BRIEF-WHO Says Covid-19 Continues To Constitute Public Health Emergency Of International Concern – Statement
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WHO says COVID-19 is still a global health emergency
The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that COVID-19 remains a global emergency, nearly three years after it was first declared as one. The WHO’s emergency committee first made the declaration for COVID-19 on Jan 30, 2020. Such a determination can help accelerate research, funding […]
India sees rise in Covid-19 cases, Maharashtra govt warns of XXB variant reaching its peak in mid-November
India has reported 1,946 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, according to the data released by union health ministry on Wednesday. The active caseload at present stands at 25,968. Country’s death toll climbed to 5,28,923 with over ten fatalities in a day span, […]