Health

Coronavirus vaccine could be ready by October end, claims Pfizer CEO

Shawdesh Desk: Looking at the success rate of the trails earlier it was estimated that vaccines for this deadly coronavirus will be available by sometime next year. But recently American

Covid-19: Process to recruit more 2,000 doctors, 3,000 health workers begins

Shawdesh Desk: The government is recruiting another 2,000 doctors and 3,000 medical technologists, technicians and radiographers to speed up the treatment of patients amid the coronavirus outbreak. Confirming the news,

WHO warns not to cut health spending during downturn

Shawdesh desk: European governments should not cut healthcare spending during the current economic crisis sparked by the coronavirus pandemic and associated lockdowns, the World Health Organization warned on Thursday. “We

Ivermectin shows ‘astounding’ results against coronavirus

Shawdesh Desk: Reports Friday from multiple trials in the United States and abroad indicate a drug already approved by the FDA to treat parasitic infections is showing “astounding” results, and

Disrupted vaccinations pose deadly threat to 80m kids: UN

Shawdesh Desk: The coronavirus pandemic is putting tens of millions of children’s lives at risk by disrupting routine immunisation programmes, the World Health Organization and UNICEF said Friday. The United

WHO suspends trials of hydroxychloroquine as virus treatment

Shawdesh Desk: The World Health Organization said on Monday it had temporarily suspended clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment for coronavirus. The decision came after a study published

Three vaccine candidates show early promise

Dr. Rafiq Islam (Kansas City) : Locked in home for nearly two months has devastating effect on world economy and mental health. I remember the three days I spent with

Hydroxychloroquine shows no virus benefit, raises death risk: study

A study of nearly 100,000 coronavirus patients has shown no benefit in treating them with anti-viral drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine and even increased the likelihood of them dying in hospital.