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Oxford researchers develop blood test predictor of vaccine efficacy

REUTERS 2021-06-26 16:08:03

Researchers at Oxford University said on Thursday they have developed a method to predict the efficacy of new COVID-19 vaccines based on a blood test, potentially offering a shortcut around massive cl...

US FDA adds warning about rare heart inflammation to Pfizer, Moderna vaccines

Reuters 2021-06-26 10:51:45

The US drug regulator on Friday added a warning to the literature that accompanies Pfizer Inc /BioNTech and Moderna COVID vaccine shots to indicate the rare risk of heart inflammation after its use....

Chinese Covid jabs offer less protection against Delta variant: Researcher

REUTERS 2021-06-25 15:12:13

Antibodies triggered by two Chinese Covid-19 vaccines are less effective against the Delta variant compared with other strains but the shots still offer protection, a Chinese disease control researche...

FDA to add warning about rare heart inflammation to Pfizer, Moderna vaccines

REUTERS 2021-06-24 20:29:36

The US Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday it plans to move quickly to add a warning about rare cases of heart inflammation in adolescents and young adults to fact sheets for the Pfizer/Bio...

Pfizer says COVID vaccine highly effective against Delta variant

REUTERS 2021-06-24 17:56:28

The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is highly effective against the Delta variant of COVID-19, a Pfizer official in Israel said on Thursday. First identified in India, Delta is becoming the globally dominant...

AstraZeneca, Pfizer vaccines effective against Delta COVID-19 variants: study

REUTERS 2021-06-23 20:22:29

COVID-19 vaccines made by AstraZeneca and the Pfizer-BioNTech alliance remain broadly effective against Delta and Kappa variants of the COVID-19 causing virus, which were first identified in India, ac...

Hospitals in 37 districts lack ICU facilities

bdnews24.com 2021-06-19 16:37:45

After Abdus Samad, 68, and his wife Husne Laila, 58, from Thakurgaon were diagnosed with COVID-19, Samad ended up in Thakurgaon General Hospital. A sexagenarian with comorbidity, including diabetes,...

More than 10pc university students suffer from mental health issues: Study

FE REPORT 2021-06-19 10:25:49

A research has showed that 10.41 per cent university students of Bangladesh are suffering from mental disturbances due to lockdown restrictions imposed by the government to contain the spread of coron...

Delta COVID variant becoming globally dominant, says WHO official

-- 2021-06-18 20:01:36

The World Health Organization's chief scientist said on Friday that the Delta variant of COVID-19, first identified in India, is becoming the globally dominant variant of the disease. "The Delta vari...

Delta variant dominant with 68pc participants affected in Dhaka study

-- 2021-06-17 22:35:54

Genome sequencing of samples from COVID-19 patients has found the highly infectious Delta variant among 68 per cent of the participants of a study. The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Res...

EMA official says AstraZeneca shots should be halted for over-60s too

REUTERS 2021-06-13 15:59:41

Countries should also avoid giving the Astrazeneca coronavirus vaccine to people over 60, the head of the EU drug regulator's Covid-19 task force was quoted on Sunday as saying, amid fears over rare b...

Mothers struggle in Bangladesh's hard-to-reach areas

Adnan Hossain Bhuiyan, back from Kishoreganj 2021-06-12 10:00:48

Subarna Akter lost her first baby while giving birth at home about three years ago when she was 19. The moment she went into labour in the middle of a September night, the local midwife found the p...

'Miraculous' mosquito hack cuts dengue fever by 77pc

-- 2021-06-10 14:43:11

Dengue fever cases have been cut by 77 per cent in a "groundbreaking" trial that manipulates the mosquitoes that spread it, say scientists. They used mosquitoes infected with "miraculous" bacteria th...

US plans to donate 500m Pfizer doses globally

-- 2021-06-10 11:46:11

The Biden administration plans to donate 500 million Pfizer coronavirus vaccine doses to about 100 countries over the next two years, three sources familiar with the matter said. The United States is...

Indian variant 60pc more transmissible than British variant, UK expert says

-- 2021-06-09 22:02:09

The Delta coronavirus variant of concern, first identified in India, is believed to be 60 per cent more transmissible than the Alpha variant which was previously dominant in Britain, a prominent UK ep...

EU, US to agree to reduce vaccine export barriers, summit draft says

-- 2021-06-09 19:40:16

The European Union and the United States are set to agree at a summit on Tuesday to reduce export restrictions on COVID-19 vaccines and drugs, a draft joint text says, arguing that voluntary sharing o...

Pfizer to test Covid-19 vaccine in children aged below 12

Reuters 2021-06-09 12:11:02

Pfizer said on Tuesday it will begin testing its Covid-19 vaccine in a larger group of children under age 12 after selecting a lower dose of the shot in an earlier stage of the trial. The study will...

Healthcare sector needs structural reform

FE REPORT 2021-06-08 11:04:39

Structural reform of the country's healthcare sector in addition to increasing the budgetary allocation is essential for its development, speakers said at an online event on Monday. It is imperativ...

China approves Sinovac's Covid vaccine for emergency use in children, adolescents

-- 2021-06-05 15:07:58

China has approved emergency use of Sinovac Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine in people aged between three and 17, its chairman Yin Weidong told state TV late on Friday, reports Reuters. China's mass vaccin...

COVID-19's impacts on the brain, mind are common, says new research

REUTERS 2021-06-04 16:34:50

Although COVID-19 was first described as a disease of the lungs, as its relentless march has continued we’ve realised that it has a far wider reach in the human body. COVID-19 has been associa...

Dozens of countries pledge $2.4b for COVID shots for poorer nations

REUTERS 2021-06-02 21:16:58

Dozens of countries on Wednesday pledged nearly $2.4 billion to the COVAX vaccine-sharing plan to widen the availability of COVID-19 shots to people in poorer nations who have so far come up short. T...

WHO approves Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

REUTERS 2021-06-01 21:03:16

The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved a COVID-19 vaccine made by Sinovac Biotech for emergency use, the second Chinese-produced shot to get its endorsement, a WHO statement said on Tuesday....

Moderna files for full US approval of COVID-19 vaccine

REUTERS 2021-06-01 19:10:47

Moderna Inc on Tuesday filed for full US approval of its COVID-19 vaccine, which is currently only authorised for emergency use in the country, becoming the second drugmaker to seek a broader regulato...

WHO calls for pandemic treaty

REUTERS 2021-05-31 22:54:17

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) called on Monday for launching negotiations this year on an international treaty to boost pandemic preparedness, as part of sweeping reforms envisioned...

WHO could face shake-up

REUTERS 2021-05-31 20:32:23

The World Health Organization (WHO), at the heart of the world's sluggish handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, faces a potential shake-up to prevent future outbreaks as a top official warned that "the p...

India coronavirus variant exhibits resistance; antibody drug shows promise: Studies

Reuters 2021-05-29 13:14:20

The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for Covid-19, the illness caused by the virus. India variant s...

European regulators okay Pfizer vaccine for children 12-15

AP 2021-05-28 22:35:35

The European Medicines Agency on Friday recommended that the use of the coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech be expanded to children ages 12 to 15, a decision that offers younger and less a...

Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine found safe, effective in teens

-- 2021-05-25 19:49:38

Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine was shown to be effective in adolescents aged 12-17 and showed no new or major safety problems in a clinical trial, the developer said on Tuesday, potentially setting the st...

Countries looking at switching different vaccines for second doses

-- 2021-05-24 21:27:13

A growing number of countries are looking at switching to different COVID-19 vaccines for second doses amid supply delays and safety concerns that have slowed their vaccination campaigns. Several med...

What is 'black fungus' that is hitting India's COVID-19 patients?

REUTERS 2021-05-24 18:01:22

A rapid rise in cases of mucormycosis, also known as black fungus, has added to the challenges faced by India's healthcare system as it deals with a massive second wave of COVID-19 infections. The fo...