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...
The EU's largest countries joined a stream of states halting their rollouts of AstraZeneca jabs on Monday over blood clot fears, as the World Health Organization and Europe's medicines watchdog insisted it was safe to use. Both organizations will hold special meetings this week after a host of countries said they would stop using the...
Clue, an early pioneer in the femtech category with a well-regarded period-tracking app that’s used by around 13 million people, is getting ready to launch a digital contraceptive which will offer users a statistical prediction of ovulation as a birth control tool. A US launch of Clue Birth Control is slated for “this year.” The team won’t be...
