Health

The scientists who developed the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine are a Turkish-German power couple

Shawdesh Desk: Scientists Ugur Sahin and Ozlem Tureci have dedicated their lives to the field of oncology and infectious diseases, and spent years pioneering personalized immunotherapy treatments for cancer. But

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‘Smell, taste changes an early indication of Covid community spread’

Shawdesh Desk: An international team of researchers has revealed that self-reports of smell and taste changes provide earlier markers of the spread of infection of SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) virus. The study,

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Researchers find “promising” herbal therapy for moderate COVID-19

Chinese and German researchers, in a recently-published study,  have suggested that Shufeng Jiedu capsules, a patented herbal drug composed of eight medicinal plants, might be “a promising herbal therapy for moderate

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AstraZeneca to deliver vaccine trial data by year’s end

Shawdesh Desk: AstraZeneca hopes to show its COVID-19 vaccine is effective by the end of this year and is ramping up manufacturing so it can supply hundreds of millions of

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WHO chief in quarantine after contact tests positive for Covid-19

Shawdesh Desk: The World Health Organization chief said late Sunday that he was self-quarantining after someone he had been in contact with tested positive for Covid-19, but stressed he had

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Russian firm seeks to produce COVID-19 drug without patent, Vedomosti reports

Shawdesh desk: Russian drugmaker Pharmasyntez has asked the Kremlin for permission to produce a generic version of US firm Gilead Sciences’s GILD.O COVID-19 treatment remdesivir without а patent, the Vedomosti

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‘Natural antioxidants can keep heart healthy during winters, Covid-19’

Shawdesh desk: In view of the winter season and Covid-19 pandemic, health experts on Saturday said that taking natural antioxidants may help keep the heart healthy along with other health

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Convalescent plasma did not reduce Covid-19 deaths: Study

Shawdesh Desk: A new study from India says convalescent plasma did not reduce deaths among Covid-19 patients or prevent moderate disease from becoming severe. Plasma taken from the blood of

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