Ertugliflozin, an FDA approved drug for type-2 diabetes, works as SGLT-2 inhibitor by removing excessive glucose through urine.
Results from a Phase 2 trial of Covaxin indicate that it is safe and well tolerated, while unpublished interim results from the Phase 3 trial indicate that the vaccine has 78 per cent efficacy against symptomatic disease.
The vaccine produced neutralising titers against all variants tested, including the Delta variant.
Study shows people who took mNRA vaccines such as Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna could be protected for many years from the virus.
According to the CDC, the variant now represents at least 20 per cent of Covid cases in the US,
The woman suffered from a rare and catastrophic condition after receiving the first dose of AstraZeneca vaccine.
The study also found that mutations in the Beta variant make the spike less effective in binding to ACE2.
Researchers from the University Hospitals of Strasbourg in France followed 97 Covid-19 patients who lost their sense of taste and smell for an entire year.
The discovery shows that the virus can change in unexpected ways and find new ways to cause infection.
The analysis included 14,019 cases of the Delta variant – 122 of whom were hospitalised – between 12 April and 4 June.
The procedure was tested during the research of biological materials of pets, agricultural and fur animals.
Biden announced in early May the goal to administer at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine to 70 per cent of American adults by July 4.
The CDC has elevated the Delta strain from "variant of interest" to "variant of concern".
An extensive testing operation, which began after one of the middle school students had been tested positive, revealed the outbreak.
The delta variant has brought out newer and dangerous symptoms in Covid-19 patients not previously reported before.