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Asthma drug budesonide speeds recovery for at-home COVID-19 patients

REUTERS 2021-04-12 20:58:36

Treating COVID-19 patients at home with a commonly-used inhaled asthma drug called budesonide can speed up their recovery, according to UK trial results on Monday which doctors said could change the w...

China considering mixing Covid-19 vaccines to boost efficacy

REUTERS 2021-04-12 09:45:19

China's top disease control official has said the country is formally considering mixing COVID-19 vaccines, as a way of further boosting vaccine efficacy. Available data shows Chinese vaccines lag be...

South African variant can 'break through' Pfizer vaccine, study says

REUTERS 2021-04-11 10:17:23

The coronavirus variant discovered in South Africa can "break through" Pfizer/BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine to some extent, a real-world data study in Israel found, though its prevalence in the country...

Stalled at first jab: Vaccine shortages hit poor countries

-- 2021-04-10 15:16:47

As many as 60 countries, including some of the world’s poorest, might be stalled at the first shots of their coronavirus vaccinations because nearly all deliveries through the global programme i...

Unwanted vaccines needed to help poor countries catch up!

-- 2021-04-10 11:38:57

Doses of vaccines rejected as countries fine-tune their inoculation campaigns will go to poor countries where possible to counter a “shocking imbalance” in distribution, international heal...

J&J COVID-19 vaccine under EU review over blood clots

-- 2021-04-09 21:02:03

Europe's drug regulator said it is reviewing reports of rare blood clots in four people who received Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine and has expanded its probe into AstraZeneca's shot to incl...

Serum Institute bound to supply vaccine doses, COVAX says

-- 2021-04-09 16:15:27

The Serum Institute of India (SII) is legally compelled to ship coronavirus vaccine to global vaccine sharing facility COVAX, its co-lead Gavi has told Reuters, a provision that could complicate the f...

COVAX vaccines reach more than 100 countries

-- 2021-04-09 09:39:15

The COVAX vaccine facility has delivered nearly 38.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to 102 countries and economies across six continents, six weeks after it began to roll out supplies, according t...

Scientists call for fresh probe into COVID-19 origins, with or without China

-- 2021-04-08 20:44:13

A joint China-World Health Organization (WHO) study into COVID-19 has provided no credible answers about how the pandemic began, and more rigorous investigations are required - with or without Beijing...

Experts warn another pandemic as toxic chemicals use in food packaging, single-use plastics

SM Najmus Sakib 2021-04-08 14:11:45

Experts in global platforms have warned of another pandemic waiting to happen with diseases borne out of toxic chemicals present in most food packaging and single-use plastics. While single-use plast...

EU drug regulator finds link between AstraZeneca vaccine and blood clots

-- 2021-04-07 22:12:38

Europe’s drug regulator on Wednesday found a possible link between AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine and rare blood clotting issues in adults who had received the shot and said it had taken i...

One-third of Covid survivors suffer neurological or mental disorders: Study

REUTERS 2021-04-07 12:40:56

One in three Covid-19 survivors in a study of more than 230,000 mostly American patients were diagnosed with a brain or psychiatric disorder within six months, suggesting the pandemic could lead to a...

Some nations' inability to start Covid-19 vaccination termed travesty

-- 2021-04-07 10:32:43

It is a travesty that some countries still have not had enough access to vaccines to begin inoculating health workers and the most vulnerable people against COVID-19, the head of the World Health Orga...

Oxford pauses vaccine trial in kids after blood clot reports

Reuters 2021-04-07 10:27:16

The University of Oxford said on Tuesday it had paused a small UK trial testing the Covid-19 vaccine it developed with AstraZeneca in children and teenagers, as it waits for more data on rare blood cl...

WHO does not back vaccination passports for now: Spokeswoman

-- 2021-04-06 18:31:24

The World Health Organization does not back requiring vaccination passports for travel due to uncertainty over whether inoculation prevents transmission of the virus, as well as equity concerns, a spo...

Vaccination of adults appears to protect children around them: Study

REUTERS 2021-04-06 14:11:36

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. Vaccinating adu...

New IMF reserves could fund vaccinations for low- and middle-income countries: Report

Reuters 2021-04-06 11:03:33

Moves to bolster the IMF’s emergency reserves could provide the $44 billion needed to vaccinate 70 per cent of the population in lower- and middle-income countries by the end of 2022, at no adde...

UK regulator says AstraZeneca jab safe after seven clot deaths

AP 2021-04-03 20:11:37

Britain's medicines regulator is urging people to continue taking the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, despite revealing that seven people in the UK have died from rare blood clots after getting the j...

Health ministry scores worst on ADP front

FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2021-04-03 12:59:22

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoH&FW) was again in the slowest lane in terms of implementing development projects in this fiscal year (FY), 2020-21, its poor service providing capacit...

Pfizer vaccine 91pc effective, 100pc against South African variant

REUTERS 2021-04-01 19:07:24

Pfizer Inc and BioNTech said on Thursday their COVID-19 vaccine is around 91 per cent effective at preventing the disease, citing updated trial data that included participants inoculated for up to six...

Pfizer says its COVID vaccine 100pc effective in children ages 12-15

-- 2021-03-31 17:31:27

Pfizer announced Wednesday that its Covid-19 vaccine is safe and strongly protective in kids as young as 12, a step toward possibly beginning shots in this age group before they head back to school in...

Immune response may be linked to AstraZeneca vaccine clot issue

-- 2021-03-31 12:34:01

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. Immune response...

Blood pressure management for rural communities cost-effective

FE REPORT 2021-03-31 10:23:46

Per-participant and per-capita costs of a hypertension patient in rural area are $10.65 and $0.63 respectively in the first year in Bangladesh, a recent cost-effectiveness study showed. The cost is $...

Over 450,000 women get treatment costs through Digital Healthcare

-- 2021-03-30 19:13:09

Digital Healthcare Solutions has recently celebrated the International Women's Day by supporting over 450,000 women in Bangladesh with maternity free health cashback, access to doctors and specialists...

Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 vaccines highly effective after first shot in real-world use, reveals US study

REUTERS 2021-03-30 16:41:06

COVID-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer Inc with BioNTech SE and Moderna Inc reduced risk of infection by 80 per cent two weeks or more after the first of two shots, according to data from a real-world...

WHO, 23 countries back draft treaty to deal with future health emergencies

-- 2021-03-30 16:38:28

Leaders of 23 countries and the World Health Organisation on Tuesday backed an idea to create an international treaty that would help the world deal with future health emergencies like the coronavirus...

WHO to release coronavirus origin probe report on Tuesday

REUTERS, AP 2021-03-29 18:33:35

The World Health Organization (WHO) will release a long-awaited report into the origins of the new coronavirus publicly on Tuesday, following a mission to China where the virus first emerged. However...

CDC to hold congress on life-saving roles public health plays

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-03-28 19:58:35

The US national public health agency will fund the first Bangladesh Congress on Epidemiology and Public Health hybrid event (some to be present in-person and others online) from March 31 to April 1....

COVAX expects full vaccine supplies from India's Serum in May: UNICEF

Reuters 2021-03-28 10:26:40

A World Health Organization (WHO)-backed programme to supply coronavirus vaccines to poorer countries expects that the Serum Institute of India (SII) will resume full deliveries of the AstraZeneca sho...

Serum Institute delays expected launch of Novavax vaccine in India

Reuters 2021-03-27 18:00:15

The launch in India of a new COVID-19 vaccine developed jointly by the Serum Institute of India and US-based biotech firm Novavax is likely to be delayed to September, the Indian company's boss said o...