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05 Apr

Sweden to give 4th COVID-19 shot to people over 65 and above

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Sweden recommended a fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose to people aged 65 and above along with people living in nursing homes or getting home care. The recommendation includes fourth shots for those between 18–64 with moderate to severe immune deficiency, Sweden’s Public Health Agency said. "The goal is just as before to prevent serious illness and death from Covid19," Agency chief Karin Tegmark Wisell said. Adding she said that it’s “justified” to provide a second booster shot to a wider age range because infections in Sweden and other countries continue to multiply and vaccine protection is starting to decline for older age groups.For…

31 Mar

COVID-19 can never become common seasonal flu

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Medical experts believe that Covid-19 could never develop into a normal seasonal flu, Helsinki's Ilta-Snomat newspaper reported. Ilka Zulkunen, professor of virology at the University of Turku, said that the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid is clearly different from other seasonal coronaviruses that cause the flu. Ilkka Zulkunen said, "I don't see the possibility that the virus will change so dramatically. I don't see the coronavirus becoming much less dangerous for at least a few years." Although the Omicron coronavirus variant is widely considered less likely to cause severe disease and require hospital treatment, Zulkunen and Olli Vapalahti, professors of…

29 Mar

Over 1 Crore Children of 12-14 Age Group Registers for Vaccine.

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A recent report from Union Health Ministry says over one crore children in the age group of 12-14 years have been administered for the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on Cowin. The vaccination for this batch started on March 16 with Corbevax, a Biological E’s vaccine. The vaccine will be in two cumulative shots of 28 days apart. As the schools got open from March 1st week, child vaccination was needed so early. It has been heard that many schools will be there for free vaccination drive for their students. The students should have their registration proof i.e screenshot or…

26 Mar

Prices of 800 essential medicines, including Paracetamol, set to rise by 10.7% from next month

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The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority of India on Friday announced a 10.7 per cent trade in the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) for the calendar 12 months 2021 over the corresponding length in 2020. This capability that the prices of almost 800 scheduled medicines on the National List of Essential Medicines, which are used to treat the majority of frequent ailments, will upward shove by using 10.7 percentage commencing April 1. "Based on the WPI information provided via the workplace of the Economic Advisor, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the annual exchange in WPI works out as 10.76607% in the course…

22 Mar

Covid Tests Report reveals the Omicron BA.2 Subvariant Is Gaining Ground in U.S.

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The omicron subvariant BA.2 is continuing to reap ground in the U.S., in accordance to Covid-19 assessments sequenced over the closing two weeks. Helix, a San Diego-based genomics firm, has been staring at the BA.2 variant since it first popped up in the U.S. in early January. Although it was once initially sluggish to take hold, Helix now estimates that 50% to 70% of all Covid instances nationwide are BA.2. Will Lee, Helix's chief science officer, said this type of surveillance is imperative and can help arm the U.S. fitness care machine towards future variants. Data from the U.K. -…

22 Mar

Help your family embrace a healthier lifestyle with almonds

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Almond Board of California hosted a session around “Changing dynamics of family health’’ that focused on how families across India can revisit their diet and fitness choices and instead adopt a variety of small changes to lead happier, fitter, and healthier lifestyles as we step into the new year. The session was moderated by well-known RJ Shelee, featured prominent actress, Arpita Chatterjee along with the Regional Head–Dietetics of Max Healthcare at Delhi Ritika Samaddar. The panelists discussed multiple lifestyle disorders like obesity, diabetes, and heart problems. The discussion also captured the nutritional properties of almonds and their positive impact on…

21 Mar

China reports 1,947 new local COVID-19 cases

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China reported 1,947 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said on Monday. Of the new local infections, 1,542 were reported in Jilin, 154 in Fujian, 51 in Hebei, 38 in Guangdong, 35 in Liaoning, 27 in Heilongjiang, 24 in Shanghai, 18 in Tianjin, 14 in Shaanxi, 13 in Shandong, 10 in Hunan, Xinhua reported. For other provincial-level regions, Gansu reported six cases, Beijing and Yunnan each reported four, Inner Mongolia and Zhejiang each reported two, and Jiangxi, Henan and Chongqing each reported one, as per Xinhua. Chinese President Xi Jinping has said that Beijing will stick to its…

19 Mar

China to stick with ‘dynamic zero-COVID’ policy as increase in Omicron cases

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China on Friday ruled out relaxing its much-criticised "dynamic zero-COVID" policy of restricting international travel and minimising contacts with the outside world, as it battles sporadic spikes of fresh coronavirus cases with prolonged lockdowns of cities. China will adhere to its "dynamic zero-COVID" coverage to incorporate its modern outbreak, Wang Hesheng, vice-minister of the National Health Commission and administrator of the National Disease Control and Prevention Administration told the media, as the country mobilised health officers to incorporate spikes of coronavirus instances in a number of cities. The aim of the 'Zero case policy' approach is to bring the epidemic…

16 Mar

After China, South Korea faces surge in Covid Cases due to Omicron

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After China, South Korea is now dealing with its worst Covid-19 outbreak as the usa hit every other milestone, recording over 4,00,000 infection instances on Wednesday. According to the kingdom media, South Korea pronounced 4,00,741 new daily Covid-19 cases, the highest considering that the u . s . said its first Covid-19 case in January last year. Most of these cases have been stated to be locally transmitted. With increased in cases, South Korea's basic caseload has now surged to 7,629,275, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) used to be quoted as pronouncing on Wednesday. On Tuesday, South…

16 Mar

Indira IVF organise free infertility counselling camp in Jorhat

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The country’s largest chain of infertility treatment Indira IVF is organising a free infertility counselling camp on 13th March at Niramay Hospital and Research centre in Jorhat for the people of Jorhat. It aims to educate couples struggling to conceive about the causes and its treatment. The IVF specialist from Indira IVF Guwahati Dr. Dibyjyoti Goswami will council the patients/ couples at the camp. Indira IVF Group is presently operating 106 centres across the country where by deploying state-of-the-art technologies, 1 lakh successful IVF procedures have been completed. This camp can be attended by the males and females who have…