Add To Favorites DALLAS CENTER, Iowa — “Covid is not pretty in a nursing home,” said Deb Wityk, a 70-year-old retired massage therapist who lives in one called Spurgeon Manor, in rural Iowa. She twice contracted the disease and is eager to get the newly approved vaccine because she has chronic lymphocytic leukemia, which weakens …
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Add To Favorites (Representational Image) NEW DELHI: In another boost for the government’s make-in-India drive, the country is no more dependent on imported dye that is critical for conducting RT-PCR tests, used for detecting Covid-19 infection, and other diagnostic tests as Lucknow-based CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute has indigenously developed the DNA Gel stain called ‘GreenR’. …
Add To Favorites Pune: Health check tests are about 20 per cent more today than what you would have paid last year. Now that the competitive intensity has eased off in the market after the pandemic, some diagnostic chains and online players are gradually increasing the prices of health packages and specialised tests. Bengaluru resident …
Add To Favorites Sydney: Australia‘s centre-left Labor government on Thursday said it would hold an independent inquiry into the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic to better prepare for future health crises. Australia closed its international borders and locked down cities among other pandemic restrictions that helped keep infections and deaths far below levels in other …
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Add To Favorites New Delhi: India has recorded a single-day rise of 51 new coronavirus infections and the count of active cases stands at 480, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll due to the disease is at 5,32,031 and the case fatality rate stands at 1.18 per cent. the …
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Add To Favorites As Americans consider whether to take advice from federal health officials and get an updated covid vaccine, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is drumming the message that ignited his national political career: Ignore what the federal government tells you about covid-19. Last week — as polling showed him running a distant second to …
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Add To Favorites Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has submitted its first chargesheet in the BMC’s COVID-19 related spending scam, against Sujit Patkar, Dr Kishor Bisure and others pertaining to the Dahisar field hospital. The ED is continuing its probe against other suspects in the case. Patkar, a close aide of Shiv Sena (UBT) MP …
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Add To Favorites Pune: Long-term effects of COVID infection could include new medical conditions like hypertension, lung fibrosis and asthma, scientists at B J Government Medical College and Sassoon General Hospital indicated in their latest study. Dr Rajesh Karyakarte, Maharashtra’s coordinator for genome sequencing and a senior scientist with B J Medical College, told TOI, …
