COVID-19 Treatment
Posted on26 Jun 2020
Since COVID-19 is a novel virus, there have been continuous efforts by the various health agencies to undertake trials of various drugs... Read More
Lassa Fever
Posted on26 Jun 2020
What is it? Lassa fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic illness caused by Lassa virus, a member of the arena-virus Family of... Read More
Hydroxychloroquine
Posted on15 May 2020
Source: The Hindu Manifest pedagogy: India’s gesture of helping the USA with the drug has played a crucial role at difficult times. The... Read More
Combination therapy for TB
Posted on29 Apr 2020
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Context: Pre-grant patent opposition has been filed at the Indian Patent office in Kolkata against a French pharmaceutical giant’s application for patents... Read More
H9N2
Posted on28 Apr 2020
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Context: Indian scientists have detected the country’s first case of infection with a rare variant of the virus that causes avian influenza,... Read More
TYPHOID VACCINE
Posted on27 Apr 2020
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Context: Indian drug Typbar TCV Vaccine is prequalified by WHO Typhoid fever is a systemic infection caused by Salmonella Typhi, usually through... Read More
Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation (CEPI)
Posted on27 Apr 2020
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Context: CEPI has moved quickly to coordinate with global health authorities and partners to rapidly develop vaccine candidates against the COVID-19 The... Read More
2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
Posted on27 Apr 2020
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Context: Outbreak of the corona pandemic throughout the world This virus gets its family name from a telltale series of spikes —... Read More
Convalescent plasma therapy
Posted on24 Apr 2020
Source: The Hindu Manifest pedagogy: In the pursuit of mitigating the spread of and fatality due to COVID-19, the researchers, scientists and doctors... Read More
Concerted Technological efforts to contain and mitigate COVID-19
Posted on17 Apr 2020
Source: The Hindu Manifest pedagogy: As the pandemic has taken the whole world to halt, many dimensions of COVID 19 have to be... Read More