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Pfizer, Moderna to Make Billions as Booster Doses Create Market Similar to 'Flu Shot Business'

Now a growing list of governments, including Chile, Germany and Israel, have decided to offer booster doses to older citizens or people with weak immune systems.

Aug 14, 2021

By Reuters

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Mississippi Sets Up Field Hospital in Parking Garage as Virus Cases Surge

As many as 1,578 COVID-19 patients are currently admitted in Mississippi's hospitals, the highest since the pandemic started last year.

Aug 14, 2021

By Reuters

Coronavirus

Lambda Variant Likely to Neutralize Vaccines, More Contagious than Delta: New Study

According to WHO, the Lambda variant is still the 'Variant of interest', while Japanese researchers have sounded an alarm against the rapid spread of the variant.

Aug 13, 2021

By Suman Priya Mendonca

Coronavirus

As Virus Becomes Endemic, Covid-19 Can Become a Childhood Disease: Study

Due to variations in demographics, the model predicts different outcomes for different countries.

Aug 13, 2021

By IANS

Coronavirus

Fact Check: Third Dose of AstraZeneca Vaccine to Cause Blood Clots? Here's what Doctors Say

The third dose of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is less likely to cause blood clots, say medical experts.

Aug 12, 2021

By Vinod DSouza

FDA Likely to Approve 3rd Vaccine Shot for People with Weakened Immune Systems

The clearance for the third dose from both Moderna and Pfizer will help people with compromised immune systems.

Aug 12, 2021

By Nirmeeti Patole

Coronavirus

Covid-19 Vaccinations Pose Risk of Heart Complications in Teenage Boys:Study

Countries like Israel and the US have reported cases of chest pain and heart inflammation within days of receiving the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 shot

Aug 11, 2021

By Aayna Raj

Arkansas Out of ICU Beds as it Hits Record COVID Hospitalizations; Delta Variant Fuels Pandemic

The region and the rest of the US cope with a rise in Covid infections, fueled in part by the highly contagious Delta variant.

Aug 11, 2021

By Aayna Raj

Coronavirus

Deadly Anthrax Pneumonia Detected in Beijing; China Toughens Control to Prevent Breakout

Reports state that the patient had a contact history with cattle and sheep and products that come from those animals.

Aug 11, 2021

By Aayna Raj

Coronavirus

West Africa Detects the First Case of Deadly Marburg Virus

The virus causes hemorrhagic fever and belongs to the same family as the Ebola virus. The case fatality rate is 24-88%.

Aug 10, 2021

By Aayna Raj

Coronavirus Update: 'If Florida Were A Nation, US Would Consider A COVID Travel Ban'

Dr. Jonathan Reiner, an infectious disease expert, said if the state were a nation, the US "would have to consider banning travel" from its residents.

Aug 9, 2021

By Nirmeeti Patole

Coronavirus

Changing the Future of Aesthetic Procedures

Dr. Khaled said I believe in this field and with the help of medical devices I think it can end the era of cutting skin, and that will help everybody look their best for a long time.

Aug 9, 2021

By IBT Desk

Young Covid-19 Patients with no Underlying Conditions are Getting 'Too Sick to Talk', Reveals Doctor

A lot of young Covid-19 patients are being admitted in the ICU and put on ventilators, says Sydney doctor.

Aug 9, 2021

By Vinod DSouza

Kwek Yu Xuan: Baby Born with Weight of an Apple Discharged from Singapore Hospital after 13 Months

Kwek Yu Xuan weighed just 212 grams when she was born four-months premature. Here is how the world's lightest baby at birth beat all odds and miraculously survived.

Aug 9, 2021

By Suman Priya Mendonca

New US Study Shows One Dose of Pfizer Vaccine Enough to Ward Off Re-Infection

The study, published in the JAMA Network Open, included 29 Chicago-area residents with a prior case of Covid infection based on PCR testing.

Aug 9, 2021

By IANS

Coronavirus

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Pfizer, Moderna to Make Billions as Booster Doses Create Market Similar to 'Flu Shot Business'

Mississippi Sets Up Field Hospital in Parking Garage as Virus Cases Surge

Lambda Variant Likely to Neutralize Vaccines, More Contagious than Delta: New Study

As Virus Becomes Endemic, Covid-19 Can Become a Childhood Disease: Study

Fact Check: Third Dose of AstraZeneca Vaccine to Cause Blood Clots? Here's what Doctors Say

FDA Likely to Approve 3rd Vaccine Shot for People with Weakened Immune Systems

Covid-19 Vaccinations Pose Risk of Heart Complications in Teenage Boys:Study

Arkansas Out of ICU Beds as it Hits Record COVID Hospitalizations; Delta Variant Fuels Pandemic

Deadly Anthrax Pneumonia Detected in Beijing; China Toughens Control to Prevent Breakout

West Africa Detects the First Case of Deadly Marburg Virus

Coronavirus Update: 'If Florida Were A Nation, US Would Consider A COVID Travel Ban'

Changing the Future of Aesthetic Procedures

Young Covid-19 Patients with no Underlying Conditions are Getting 'Too Sick to Talk', Reveals Doctor

Kwek Yu Xuan: Baby Born with Weight of an Apple Discharged from Singapore Hospital after 13 Months

New US Study Shows One Dose of Pfizer Vaccine Enough to Ward Off Re-Infection

Overweight could Hamper Body's Response to Covid Infection, Study Finds

Overweight could Hamper Body's Response to Covid Infection, Study Finds

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Norovirus Outbreak Sparks Health Alert in Illinois Following $1 Burrito Deal at Restaurant

Norovirus Outbreak Sparks Health Alert in Illinois Following $1 Burrito Deal at Restaurant