A nurse in California tested positive for COVID-19 eight days after receiving the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine approved for emergency use in the US. Matthew W., 45, talked about receiving the vaccine on December 18 in a Facebook post, said the report on Tuesday. He told ABC 10News that he suffered Read More…
Delhi under Severe cold wave recorded 15 years lowest at 1.1 Deg C
A severe cold wave swept Delhi as the mercury plummeted to 1.1 degrees Celsius, the lowest in 15 years, and “very dense” fog lowered visibility to “zero” metres, affecting traffic movement On January 8, 2006, the city had recorded a minimum of 0.2 degree Celsius. The lowest minimum temperature recorded in January last year Read More…
Expert Committee of India’s Drug approved emergency use of vaccine “Covishield”
The 10-member Subject Expert Committee of India’s Central Drug Standard Control Organisation on Friday approved emergency use authorisation of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine ‘Covishield’. The expert panel had convened a meeting to take a call on the emergency use authorisation sought by the Serum Institute of India, the manufacturer of Covishield, and Bharat Biotech Read More…
WHO chief Tedros warns covid-19 crisis is not the last pandemic
World Health Organizations (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Saturday (December 26) said that the COVID-19 crisis will not be the last pandemic and all steps taken to improve human health are “doomed” if the global community fails to tackle climate change and animal welfare. In a video message marking Sunday’s first International Day Read More…
IIT Madras Students hotspot for Corona attack reaches 200 plus
According to Chennai Corporation data, 6,344 samples were taken from college students in the city till Wednesday. “Of the total samples tested, as many as 210 students were confirmed positive for the virus,” an official said. As of Thursday, the civic body was awaiting the results of 2,361 samples. Among the 210 students, 200 were Read More…
IIT Chennai campus become Covid-19 hotspot with 104 positives sealed
With a major outbreak of coronavirus reported inside the premises, IIT Chennai campus is placed under containment. So far a total of 104 students and others have contracted the disease and all were doing well in a hospital, Tamil Nadu Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan said Allaying fears of further spread Of the 444 Read More…
Climate emergency warns UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
Dozens of world leaders addressed the one-day virtual gathering, aimed at building momentum for more ambitious national commitments ahead of a pivotal round of climate talks due to take place in Glasgow in late 2021. “Can anybody still deny that we are facing a dramatic emergency?” United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said via video. Read More…
UK four volunteers who were administered Pfizer vaccine developed Bell’s palsy
United Kingdom started inoculating people with the coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer-BioNTech. In that exercise In United kingdom developed Bell’s palsy, according to US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulators. Medically Bell’s palsy means is a form of temporary facial paralysis. THe person suffering from Bell’s palsy develops temporary weakness or paralysis Read More…
Aggrieved Volunteer who has taken SSI vaccine to Knock Court Door
The 40-year-old Chennai volunteer, who had earlier sent a legal notice to the Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) against its Covishield vaccine trial, has decided to move court. Earlier, he had sent a legal notice seeking ~5 crore in damages, alleging he had developed severe neurological complications and impaired cognitive functions after he took Read More…
Medicos intensify Strike against mixopathy and also ask proof for Sanskrit medicine
On November 19, a government notification listed out specific surgical procedures that a postgraduate medical student of Ayurveda must be “practically trained to acquaint with, as well as to independently perform”. The notification has invited sharp criticism from the Indian Medical Association, which questioned the competence of Ayurveda practitioners to carry out these procedures, Read More…