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AstraZeneca CEO says company likely to run new global trial on COVID-19 vaccine, says report

Reuters AstraZeneca is facing tricky questions about its success rate.

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More than half of 20-year-olds in India’s metros likely to develop diabetes in lifetime: Study

PTI As urban centres continue to grow rapidly across India, decreasing diet quality, and decreased levels of physical activity are all contributing to this hidden epidemic.

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Coronavirus | Dry swab RT-PCR COVID-19 test gets ICMR nod

Coronavirus | Hetero signs deal with Russia to make COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V in India

U.K. asks regulator to assess AZ-Oxford vaccine amid questions

Coronavirus | AstraZeneca likely to run new global trial on COVID-19 vaccine, says report

Coronavirus | First ‘wave’ of COVID-19 vaccination to cover 30 crore Indians

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AstraZeneca manufacturing error clouds vaccine study results

In a surprise, the group of volunteers that got a lower dose seemed to be much better protected than the volunteers who got two full doses.

Coronavirus | States told to consult Centre to impose lockdowns outside containment zones

Home Ministry issues guidelines for surveillance, containment and caution; surge in COVID-19 cases anticipated due to the ongoing festival season and onset of winter.

Coronavirus | Russian virus vaccine to cost less than $10 per dose abroad

The two-shot jab, the fund promised in a statement, will be two or more times cheaper than those by Pfizer or Moderna.

Surgery by Ayurveda students | IMA demands withdrawal of amendments

Association says modern medical practitioners feel betrayed by violation, encroachment

Coronavirus | Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine shows interim efficacy of 91%

Sputnik V vaccine is also being tested on human volunteers in India and will cost “less than $10 [₹700] for international markets”, RDIF says in statement

More than half of 20-year-olds in India’s metros likely to develop diabetes in lifetime: Study

As urban centres continue to grow rapidly across India, decreasing diet quality, and decreased levels of physical activity are all contributing to this hidden epidemic.

Coronavirus | One crore frontline healthcare workers identified to receive vaccine in first phase

States have been asked to accelerate the process of identifying frontline healthcare workers so that the exercise is completed in another one week

Serum Institute of India to focus on supplying COVID-19 vaccine to India first

Poonawalla said the company will be able to produce 400 million doses of AstraZeneca's vaccine by July 2021 and scale up further from there.

The pandemic guide to parenting a preteen

How to bring back a sense of calm to children who are between childhood and the teen years

Coronavirus | Serum Institute of India stocking emergency doses of COVID-19 vaccine

SII official says nearly 100 million Covishield vials will be in stock by January 2021.

Air pollution linked to a rise in emergency room visits by children, shows study

Due to higher respiration rates and outdoor physical activity, children retain more air pollutants per unit body weight than adults.

The Hindu Explains | Who are the top contenders in the race for a COVID-19 vaccine?

What are the hurdles in the way to stem the march of the SARS-CoV-2 virus?

Coronavirus | Remdesivir is no magic bullet but can’t rule out its benefit completely, say doctors

The World Health Organisation had advised against its use in the treatment of COVID-19.

Ethics of denying COVID-19 vaccine to placebo group

Offering to the placebo group will mean unblinding the study, making it almost impossible to gather further information on vaccine efficacy.

How kala-azar was eliminated from a highly endemic district in Bihar

Integrated control strategy in Vaishali district helped reduce cases from 664 in 2014 to 163 in 2016

Unilever to introduce mouthwash formulation in India, claims to reduce 99.9% corona after rinsing

Global FMCG major Unilever on Saturday said it will bring to India its mouthwash formulation, which, it claims, will reduce 99.9% of coronavirus after 30 seconds of rinsing

Just a fraction of an estimated 5 million Indians with dementia and Alzheimer’s are diagnosed. Do we need a new policy to ensure their well-being?

As India’s population ages, the number of people with dementia and Alzheimer’s is set to rise to 7.6 million by 2030. How prepared are medical and care networks to deal with this issue?

Mining operations put Chattisgarh tribals at high risk of respiratory infection: study

The Environment Ministry had commissioned the ICMR study in Raigarh district

Digital health mission ready for nationwide roll-out soon: Ayushman Bharat CEO

Speaking at the Bangalore Tech Summit 2020, Indu Bhushan said the digital health mission has been launched in six Union Territories and was set for an all-India launch.

‘Initial support will cover 92 low- and middle-income economies for COVID-19 vaccines’, says Gavi the Vaccine Alliance CEO Seth Berkley

Gavi the Vaccine Alliance has reserved 1 billion doses to bolster nations’ efforts

An algorithm to detect brain signals, restore body movement

Funded by the U.S. Army, the system could be used to foresee and notify soldiers if they are stressed or fatigued, before they realise themselves.

Coronavirus | India’s COVID-19 tally crosses 9 million

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases went past 8 million on October 28.

Coronavirus | Centre sends health teams to Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Manipur

79.49% of the 585 case fatalities that have been reported in past 24 hours are from 10 States/UTs

Coronavirus | India’s active caseload 4.95% of total cases; recovery rate improves to 93.58%

The national recovery rate has improved to 93.58 % with 83,83,602 recovered cases which exceeded active cases by 79,40,299, the health ministry said.

India’s overall spending on health sector ‘low’, says Niti Aayog member

In 2018-19, India’s spending on health sector was 1.5% of GDP.

Coronavirus | Healthcare workers, people aged above 65 will be given priority for COVID-19 vaccine: Harsh Vardhan

“It is natural the vaccine distribution would have to be prioritised.”

Coronavirus | Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine ‘encouraging’ for older age groups: study

This means there are now four promising vaccines on the horizon after Pfizer-BioNTech, Sputnik and Moderna already reporting good preliminary data from Phase 3 trials

Coronavirus | Study reveals how smoking worsens COVID-19 infection in the airways

"If you think of the airways like the high walls that protect a castle, smoking cigarettes is like creating holes in these walls," said Brigitte Gomperts, a co-author of the study

App to self-assess mental health

SAFL to be launched at a webinar today

The storage tale of two vaccines

Moderna’s vaccine offers great promise, especially for developing countries, compared to Pfizer’s vaccine

Kerala to commission genome survey for SARS-CoV-2

Study, commissioned on November 11, will collect 100 samples from 14 districts every month, for three months

Finance panel for public-private partnerships to ramp up health infrastructure

Spending, both by the Centre and the States, need to go up very significantly, it says

Coronavirus | Pfizer ends COVID-19 vaccine trial with 95% efficacy, to seek emergency-use authorisation

Moderna Inc on November 16 released preliminary data for its vaccine, showing similar effectiveness.

Coronavirus | ICMR warns against indiscriminate use of convalescent plasma therapy

Issues specific criteria for potential donors and recipients

Can surgical masks be reused?

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends — in emergency circumstances — hydrogen peroxide vapour to decontaminate the N95 masks worn by healthcare workers.　

WHO launches strategy to accelerate elimination of cervical cancer

“We want countries to aim for 90% of girls under 15 vaccinated, 70% of eligible women identified and treated, 90% of women with invasive cancer treated,” Dr. Princess Nothemba Simelela from South Africa, WHO assistant director general, told a news briefing.

Coronavirus India lockdown day 237 updates | November 18, 2020

Kerala to commission genome survey for SARS-CoV-2; ICMR warns against indiscriminate use of convalescent plasma therapy

COVID-19 | Vaccine a game-changer but not the end-all of the pandemic: Health Ministry

Situation in Delhi is a matter of concern, says Secretary

Let’s address skin ageing on a cellular level

Here are tips from experts on how to take care of our skin after turning 40

Naturopathy Day: A good time to discuss this science of healing

This drugless form of healing does not use any form of medication. Ahead of Naturopathy Day (November 18), we explore its core concepts:

Apple Watch Series 6 review: compact, powerful... worth an upgrade?

The Apple Watch Series 6 released with a lot of pandemic-related concerns in mind for the user. Are these new features worth a double-take?

Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin enters phase-3 trials

26,000 volunteers to form part of the study

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A medic fills a syringe with an experimental COVID-19 vaccine to administer it to a health worker during its trials at the Gujarat Medical Education and Research Society in Ahmedabad on November 26, 2020.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the All India Presiding Officers Conference via video conference, on Thursday, November 26, 2020.

40K | Narendra Modi pitches for ‘One Nation, One Election’

President Donald Trump gets out of a golf cart as he plays golf at Trump National Golf Club, on Thanksgiving, in Sterling, Va., on November 26, 2020.

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A protester walks onto the pitch during play during game one of the One Day International series between Australia and India at Sydney Cricket Ground on November 27, 2020 in Sydney, Australia.

30K | Two protesters enter field during India-Australia ODI in Sydney

Residents of Pattinampakkam, mostly fishermen, run for safety as strong winds and waves picked up pace and move huge quantities of sand up to the road, a good distance away from the waterfront, in Chennai on November 25, 2020.

25K | Cyclone live updates | Nivar now a ‘severe cyclonic storm’ after making landfall

In Mamallapuram, a heritage town and popular tourist destination, huts were damaged in the strong winds and torrential rain. As rains lashed, troops of monkeys sought refuge under the decorative, cave-like arches, dotted with images of deities carved in stone at the ancient Sri Sthalasayana Perumal temple.

23K | Cyclone Nivar live updates | Over 1,000 trees uprooted, say officials

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The Supreme Court of India in New Delhi.

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