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Wear Masks that reduce the risk of transmission: WHO

06

Jun 2020

Wear Masks that reduce the risk of transmission: WHO

The question of wearing a mask to protect is always a riddle since the inception of Covid-19. Earlier it was said that the mask will not protect Covid-19. Later it said that mask is essential only for medical people. Recently it said that some kind of mask whether it be medical or not will protect common people from Covid-19. Now WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus...

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President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Monday, April 20, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

26

May 2020

WHO to halt Trump-endorsed Hydroxychloroquine

After conducting considerable trials in several countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to halt the use of Hydroxychloroquine, the acclaimed Trump-endorsed drug for the treatment of Covid-19. The various medical studies conducted in this area have suggested that the drug could increase the risk of patients dying from Covid-19 due to cardiac problems. Medical reports claim that Hydroxychloroquine is safe for malaria, and...

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Married to Poison

25

May 2020

Married to Poison

A girl was married to poison. The incident is quite embarrassing and exceptional of its kind that happened in God’s Own Country, Kerala. The incident displays warning signals to all parents having daughters in the world, especially Kerala. The sacred concept of Kanyadan, the offering of virgin daughter to the most eligible man is being sabotaged with this unprecedented tragic incident that happened in the...

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The great green lie behind Amazon rain forests under COVID-19

23

May 2020

The great green lie behind Amazon rain forests under COVID-19

The Amazon rainforest that balances the world’s climate and global warming is now yearning for global health. The blessed biome is suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic. The deforestation in Amazon rainforest has jumped 55% in the quarter of 2020 compared with the same period last year 2019. , as people have taken advantage of the crisis to carry out illegal clearances. The COVID-19 pandemic has...

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What is happening to the legendary Baby Powder?

20

May 2020

What is happening to the legendary Baby Powder?

BBC has reported that the healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson is to stop selling its talc-based Johnson’s Baby Powder in the US and Canada. It has been alleged that the product contains traces of asbestos, a known carcinogen that causes cancer. Whereas the company claimed that its testing had found no traces of asbestos in its product after the tests have been conducted by the...

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President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Monday, April 20, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

19

May 2020

Donald Trump endorses Hydroxychloroquine as Covid-19 preventive medicine

While The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned against the permanent use of the medication with Hydroxychloroquine outside hospitals, and The Centres for Disease Control (CDC) says there are no approved drugs or therapeutics to prevent or treat Covid-19, the 73-year-old, American President Donald Trump dared enough to state that he is taking the Indian drug Hydroxychloroquine for the last one week and...

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Covid-19: The Bio-Detection dogs will ‘sniff out’ the virus

16

May 2020

Covid-19: The Bio-Detection dogs will ‘sniff out’ the virus

The most revolutionary research is on. The Bio-Detection dogs are already trained to detect Covid-19 odours and in future, they will be able to sniff out the traces of the deadly virus. Earlier the mission has proved successful in tracing out certain cancers, malaria and Parkinson’s disease by such Medical Detection Dogs. It has also been proved earlier that respiratory diseases can change body odour....

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Coming Soon! Remdesivir: The Magic Bullet to treat Covid-19.

30

Apr 2020

Coming Soon! Remdesivir: The Magic Bullet to treat Covid-19.

Dr. Anthony Fauci who runs the National Institute of Allergy and Inflectional Diseases (NIAID} at the US said that Remdesivir has a clear-cut, significant, positive effect in diminishing the time to recovery from Covid-19. He also said that the results have proved the drug can block this virus and is opening the door to the fact that we now have the capability of treating Covid-19...

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The world is looking at India for the Covid-19 vaccine.

27

Apr 2020

The world is looking at India for the Covid-19 vaccine.

The world is looking at India and hope for the vaccine against the deadly virus Covid-19. Now half a dozen Indian firms are developing vaccines against the virus that causes Covid-19. India is counted number one among the largest manufacturers of generic drugs and vaccines in the world. India is known as the major vaccine maker and a host of smaller ones, making doses against...

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BBC reports: The fighter vaccine against COVID-19 is on trial.

24

Apr 2020

BBC reports: The fighter vaccine against COVID-19 is on trial.

The fighter vaccine against COVID-19 is on its launching pad. The vaccine was developed by a team at Oxford University. Sarah Gilbert, professor of vaccinology at the Jenner Institute, led the pre-clinical research. More than 800 people recruited for the study. Two volunteers were injected. The first human trial in Europe of a coronavirus vaccine has begun in Oxford. Elisa Granato, one of the two...

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