Health

Covid: Australian trial tests blood thinner as nasal spray

Shawdesh Desk: Australian researchers are conducting a trial to see whether squirting a blood thinner into the nose could offer protection against Covid. The nasal spray uses the cheap drug

New drug could treat COVID-19 pneumonia: Lancet

Shawdesh Desk: A newly identified drug may be used to effectively treat some patients hospitalised with COVID-19 pneumonia, according to a study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal, PTI

J&J shot loses antibody protection against Omicron in study

Shawdesh Desk: Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine produced virtually no antibody protection against the omicron coronavirus variant in a laboratory experiment, underlining the new strain’s ability to get around one pillar

Omicron Covid-19 variant more transmissible, reduces vaccine efficiency: WHO

Shawdesh Desk: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday warned that the newer Omicron variant (B.1.1.529) of SARS-CoV-2 is more transmissible than the Delta strain and reduces vaccine efficiency but

Covid booster jabs extended to over-30s from Monday

Shawdesh Desk: People aged 30 and over in England will be able to book a Covid-19 booster jab from Monday. Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid said data shows

US authorizes AstraZeneca Covid treatment in some cases

Shawdesh Desk: US health authorities on Wednesday authorized the use of synthetic antibodies developed by AstraZeneca to prevent Covid-19 infections in people who react badly to vaccines. It was the

Sarah Gilbert: Next pandemic could be more lethal than Covid

Shawdesh Desk : Future pandemics could be more lethal than the current Covid crisis, one of the creators of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has warned. Prof Dame Sarah Gilbert, delivering the

Pfizer boss: Annual Covid jabs for years to come

Shawdesh Desk: People will be likely to need to have annual Covid vaccinations for many years to come, the head of Pfizer said, BBC reported. Dr Albert Bourla said he