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Kariko and Weissman win medicine Nobel for COVID-19 vaccine work, ET HealthWorld

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Add To Favorites Scientists Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman, who won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries enabling the development of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, speak during a news conference hosted by the University of Pennsylvania and Perelman School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. October 2, 2023. REUTERS/Bastiaan Slabbers STOCKHOLM – …

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FDA wants to regulate thousands of lab tests that have long skirted oversight, ET HealthWorld

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Add To Favorites FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen outside of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in White Oak, Maryland, U.S., August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo WASHINGTON – The Food and Drug Administration on Friday laid out a proposal to begin regulating laboratory medical tests, a multibillion-dollar industry that the agency says poses …

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Health Canada approves Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for Omicron, urges boosters, ET HealthWorld

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Add To Favorites New Delhi: Canadian health officials on Tuesday authorised Moderna‘s COVID-19 vaccine targeting the Omicron subvariant, urging all Canadians over the age of six months to get fresh inoculations as the nation sees an uptick in infections. Health Canada said in a statement that it has determined that the Moderna SPIKEVAX COVID-19 vaccine …

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Pirola the highly mutated COVID-19 variant can be a cause of concern: Experts, ET HealthWorld

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Add To Favorites By Siddharth Mala New Delhi: In a concerning turn of events, the emergence of a highly mutated COVID-19 variant, referred to as BA.2.86 or Pirola, has raised an alarm among scientists worldwide. This variant, marked by its significant spike protein mutations compared to its predecessors, has been detected in various countries, including …

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India’s time to tap full potential of genome testing, ET HealthWorld

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Add To Favorites Bengaluru: The impact of genomics testing and its potential towards providing preventive and personalised healthcare has increased post-COVID-19. The pandemic has made people more cautious of their health, there is an understanding that genomics will have a transformative impact on personal health and wellbeing. To have a more significant impact, awareness of …

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Hyderabad chokes with respiratory illness, ET HealthWorld

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Add To Favorites Hyderabad: A nasty quartet of viruses has triggered the spurt in respiratory ailments that mimic common cold. While the dreaded COVID-19 virus is on the wane for now, other respiratory viruses like novel human influenza virus (swine flu), H3N2, Victoria group and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are ruling the infectious diseases chart. …

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Canada detects first case of highly mutated coronavirus variant BA.2.86, ET HealthWorld

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Add To Favorites New Delhi: Canada has detected its first case of coronavirus infection from the highly mutated BA.2.86 variant of Omicron in a person in British Columbia who had not traveled outside the Pacific province, health officials said on Tuesday. The individual is not hospitalised, and the detection of BA.2.86 virus has not changed …

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High levels of exposure to COVID virus may reduce protection from vaccination, prior infection: Study, ET HealthWorld

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Add To Favorites New Delhi: High levels of exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus may reduce or overcome the protection that COVID-19 vaccination and prior infection provides, according to a study conducted in the US. The findings, published recently in the journal Nature Communications, suggest that in densely crowded settings, control measures that reduce levels of …

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