New Delhi: The government has said it is taking steps to ramp up availability of Amphotericin B - to fight Mucormycosis, a black fungus infection in Covid patients. The sudden increase in demand has been observed in some states for Amphotericin B which is being actively prescribed by the physicians to patients suffering from Mucormycosis, a...
The three COVID-19 vaccines authorized in the United States may be key to helping get the pandemic under control in the near future. But while these vaccines, released by Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, and Moderna, are effective, they do come with some challenges. To make the vaccination process simpler and faster, researchers are working to...
WHO on Tuesday warned against the general use of Ivermectin, an orally-administered anti-parasitic drug, for treatment of COVID-19 patients, days after a recent study found it to prevent severe infection from coronavirus. The statement from the WHO comes a day after the Goa government gave a green signal for the usage of the drug...
Dr. Anthony Fauci says federal guidance on wearing face coverings indoors may change soon. When asked Sunday on ABC News, whether it's time to start relaxing indoor masks requirements, Fauci replied, "I think so, and I think you're going to probably be seeing that as we go along, and as more people get vaccinated." CDC...
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday authorized use of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for 12 to 15 year olds in the US, a crucial step in the nation’s steady recovery from the pandemic and a boon to tens of millions of American families eager for a return to normalcy. The authorization caps weeks of...
Herd immunity can be achieved through both vaccination rates and immunity gained from surviving COVID-19. Earlier in the pandemic, experts believed that once large parts of the population started being vaccinated, herd immunity would usher in the end of the pandemic, according to an article published by Nature. Most scientists estimated that between 60% and...
By Akshat Jain MD MPH VIPIT is the medical term given to the phenomenon of developing clots in various parts of the body after certain (not all) COVID 19 vaccines. VIPIT stands for vaccine induced prothrombotic immune thrombocytopenia, a complicated term explained simply as clotting of the thrombocytes or platelet cells in the blood vessels...
Two of India’s top vaccine manufacturers making AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson shots have warned that the world’s vaccine production is being threatened by America’s pandemic export controls. Mahima Datla, chief executive of pharmaceutical company Biological E, said US suppliers claim they may not be able to fulfil orders to global clients because of Washington’s use of...
President Joe Biden appeared to be at odds with his top scientist in the pandemic fight, Dr. Anthony Fauci, about whether former president Donald Trump should urge his supporters to get vaccinated, given a poll that shows they are the Americans most likely not to get the shots. "Should President Trump help promote the vaccine...
