Indian Council of Medical Research Archives

Adenovirus had taken an alarming shape in West Bengal at the beginning of the current financial year of 2023

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ICMR cautions Bengal govt over deadly adenovirus variant among kids in...

PGurus Newsdesk - December 25, 2023 0

West Bengal witnesses spike in number of adenovirus cases Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has cautioned the West Bengal Health Department over the prevalence...

Lifestyle factors such as current smoking, alcohol frequency were associated with unexplained sudden death

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Covid vaccination didn’t raise risk of unexplained sudden deaths in young...

PGurus Newsdesk - November 21, 2023 0

Researchers determine factors associated with sudden deaths in individuals aged 18-45 years COVID-19 vaccination did not increase the risk of unexplained sudden deaths among young...

The team used blood transcriptomes of severe COVI-19 patients from three western countries showing high fatality and two datasets from Indian patients

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Indian diet, tea and turmeric lowered Covid severity, deaths: ICMR study

PGurus Newsdesk - April 20, 2023 0

COVID-19: Compared to Western countries that are less populated, India had 5-8-fold lower death rates According to a study published in the Indian Journal of...

With more than 200 million doses having been administered to adults outside the US, Covaxin is currently authorised under emergency use in 20 countries

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Covaxin to be evaluated as Covid vaccine candidate in the US:...

PGurus Newsdesk - February 20, 2022 0

US FDA lifts clinical hold on Bharat Biotech's Covid vaccine Covaxin On Saturday Bharat Biotech said that its Covaxin will be evaluated as a COVID-19...

It has already submitted phase II data of the mRNA vaccine and also completed recruitment for the phase III data

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India’s first mRNA Covid vaccine under final trials: Dr. V K...

PGurus Newsdesk - February 10, 2022 0

Gennova Biopharmaceuticals's mRNA Covid vaccine under final stage of clinical trials The Pune-based Gennova Biopharmaceuticals's mRNA vaccine is currently under the final stage of clinical...

The data suggest that the pills need to be given earlier even before the disease is diagnosed

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Scientific data not available to suggest Covid pills can be useful...

PGurus Newsdesk - December 18, 2021 0

ICMR DG: No scientific data to support anti-viral Covid pills The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director-General Balram Bhargava said on Friday that the...

The performance of the regimes of Delhi, Maharashtra, and West Bengal in fighting the current pandemic is at the bottom of the ladder. On the other hand, those like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar have done relatively far better

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Undermining the fight against the pandemic

Rajesh Singh - June 13, 2020 0

The nation’s fight against the pandemic is getting undermined by the inefficient functioning of the governments of Delhi, West Bengal, and Maharashtra. If a nationwide...