Ivermectin's efficacy against COVID-19 proven in other countries: Goa govt to HC
3 years, 7 months ago

Ivermectin's efficacy against COVID-19 proven in other countries: Goa govt to HC

India TV News  

The Goa government on Friday defended before the Bombay High Court its controversial decision to distribute Ivermectin tablets as preventive medicine against COVID-19. The state government earlier this month decided to distribute these tablets, used to treat parasitic infections, to all adult residents as preventive drug or treatment against COVID-19. Joint Secretary Vikas Gaunekar said in an affidavit that "various studies conducted in different countries have shown that the medicine has a positive effect on prevention and treatment/cure of patients." Some reports say that the World Health Organisation's analysis was flawed, and the mortality rate was much low in the patients who were given the tablets for early treatment or prophylaxis, the affidavit claimed.

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Column: FDA shoots itself in the foot by settling a groundless lawsuit over its ivermectin warnings
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Column: FDA shoots itself in the foot by settling a groundless lawsuit over its ivermectin warnings

LA Times  

“You are not a horse”: The FDA’s 2021 consumer warning about not treating COVID with ivermectin, best known as a horse dewormer, was the most successful social media post in its history. The agency also agreed to retire a consumer advisory titled “Why You Should Not Use Ivermectin to Treat or Prevent COVID-19.” In defending its decision, the FDA said …

'Blood on its hands': FDA loses battle against ivermectin, agrees to remove COVID-related anti-drug social media posts
9 months, 2 weeks ago

'Blood on its hands': FDA loses battle against ivermectin, agrees to remove COVID-related anti-drug social media posts

Hindustan Times  

After losing its battle against ivermectin, the US Food and Drug Administration has agreed to remove webpages and its social media posts urging people to avoid the usage of drug for COVID-19 treatment. FDA has agreed to remove webpages and its social media posts urging people to avoid the usage of ivermectin for COVID-19 treatment. Stop it.” According to a …

FACT CHECK: Did FDA approve Ivermectin as medicine for corona virus? Check here
1 year, 4 months ago

FACT CHECK: Did FDA approve Ivermectin as medicine for corona virus? Check here

India TV News  

India TV Fact Check: Social media platforms have become a primary source of misleading information. The report that the user shared on the social media platform read, "FDA explicitly recognizes that doctors do have the authority to prescribe Ivermectin to treat COVID." Image Source : SCREENSHOTLawyer's argument written in the article India TV did a fact check When we clicked …

Posts mislead on NIH COVID-19 guidelines for ivermectin
55 years ago

Posts mislead on NIH COVID-19 guidelines for ivermectin

Associated Press  

CLAIM: The National Institutes of Health recently added ivermectin to a list of COVID-19 treatments. The NIH COVID-19 treatment guidelines website says the agency recommends against the use of ivermectin for the treatment of COVID-19, except in clinical trials. “Looks like the conspiracy theorist were right and the ‘experts’ wrong once again.” Another Tweet with over 39,000 likes reads: “Suddenly …

Column: Definitive study shows ivermectin is utterly useless against COVID-19
2 years, 9 months ago

Column: Definitive study shows ivermectin is utterly useless against COVID-19

LA Times  

Tracey Savich, owner of Rolling Hills General Store, felt the need to warn customers against using veterinary ivermectin to treat COVID-19. These findings are important because ivermectin has been so assiduously touted by anti-vaxxers and credulous, irresponsible fools such as Sen. Ron Johnson, who has also used Senate hearings to promote hydroxychloroquine, another useless COVID treatment. “Unfortunately, the promotion of …

Flawed research abstract leads to ivermectin falsehoods
2 years, 10 months ago

Flawed research abstract leads to ivermectin falsehoods

Associated Press  

CLAIM: A recently published study shows that ivermectin is more effective than remdesivir in reducing mortality when treating COVID-19. Several Twitter accounts that have previously spread COVID-19 misinformation to their large followings shared a link to the abstract, titled: “Treatment with Ivermectin Is Associated with Decreased Mortality in COVID-19 Patients: Analysis of a National Federated Database.” But claims that suggest …

Ivermectin, hailed as Covid wonder drug by Trump fans, does not prevent severe illness, study finds
2 years, 10 months ago

Ivermectin, hailed as Covid wonder drug by Trump fans, does not prevent severe illness, study finds

The Independent  

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What a bottle of ivermectin reveals about the shadowy world of COVID telemedicine
2 years, 11 months ago

What a bottle of ivermectin reveals about the shadowy world of COVID telemedicine

NPR  

What a bottle of ivermectin reveals about the shadowy world of COVID telemedicine Enlarge this image toggle caption Screenshot by NPR/Facebook Screenshot by NPR/Facebook Just before Christmas, a right-wing journalist named Ben Bergquam became seriously ill with COVID-19. A look into the world of unproven COVID treatments Bergquam told his audience he got his ivermectin from a group known as …

Have Covid-19 And In Home Isolation? Govt Advises On Medicines To Be Taken
2 years, 11 months ago

Have Covid-19 And In Home Isolation? Govt Advises On Medicines To Be Taken

ABP News  

New Delhi: The government expressed concern over "misuse and overuse" of Covid-19 drugs as cases continue to spike in India driven by the highly transmissible Omicron variant. Addressing a press conference, NITI Aayog Member Dr VK Paul said Covid-19 patients in home isolation should take paracetamol for fever and for cough, Ayush syrup could be used. Dr VK Paul said …

Online doctors giving ivermectin to Covid patients; Investigation launched
3 years ago

Online doctors giving ivermectin to Covid patients; Investigation launched

NL Times  

The Health and Youth Care Inspectorate is investigating a group of doctors who prescribed the controversial drug Ivermectin to people with Covid-19. The Inspectorate said it will tackle doctors and pharmacists who still provide the drug to patients with the coronavirus. Despite the lack of scientific evidence for the effect of Ivermectin against Covid-19, the drug is still recommended on …

TGA issues warning about counterfeit ivermectin products and using them to treat COVID-19
3 years ago

TGA issues warning about counterfeit ivermectin products and using them to treat COVID-19

ABC  

The national medical regulator is warning people not to try and import ivermectin products, saying a number of them are fake and have smaller doses of active ingredients in them than advertised. Key points: The Therapeutic Goods Administration tested a number of imported ivermectin products It is warning people that counterfeit medication could cause serious reactions The drug's maker says …

Dutch customs impound 55,000 doses of Ivermectin sent to private buyers
3 years, 2 months ago

Dutch customs impound 55,000 doses of Ivermectin sent to private buyers

Dutch News  

Over the past three months, Dutch customs officials have seized 665 packages containing the drug Ivermectin, which is wrongly said to help combat coronavirus. The shipments were impounded as part of an international campaign by the World Customs Organisation to stop illegal medicines relating to the Covid-19 pandemic, the tax office said in a statement. In total, the packages contained …

Dutch customs impound 55,000 doses of Ivermectin sent to private buyers
3 years, 2 months ago

Dutch customs impound 55,000 doses of Ivermectin sent to private buyers

Dutch News  

Over the past three months, Dutch customs officials have seized 665 packages containing the drug Ivermectin, which is wrongly said to help combat coronavirus. The shipments were impounded as part of an international campaign by the World Customs Organisation to stop illegal medicines relating to the Covid-19 pandemic, the tax office said in a statement. In total, the packages contained …

Maryland congressman says he prescribes ivermectin for COVID
3 years, 2 months ago

Maryland congressman says he prescribes ivermectin for COVID

Associated Press  

BALTIMORE — A Maryland congressman who is a practicing anesthesiologist said on a radio show that he prescribed a medication typically used to treat parasites in livestock and humans as a treatment for COVID-19. Republican Rep. Andy Harris, who represents Maryland’s 1st District, made the comments during a call-in radio program that he and his wife, Nicole, co-hosted last month …

Merck’s Molnupiravir, Glenmark’s Nasal Spray, Zydus' Antibody Cocktail: 20+ Drugs in Pipeline for Covid
3 years, 3 months ago

Merck’s Molnupiravir, Glenmark’s Nasal Spray, Zydus' Antibody Cocktail: 20+ Drugs in Pipeline for Covid

News 18  

Merck’s Molnupiravir, Zydus’ antibody cocktail and Glenmark’s nasal spray are among more than 20 new drugs in different stages of drug trials or approvals in India to treat Covid-19. “As the world needs Covid-19 vaccines, the world also needs proven and effective Covid-19 therapies,” Lahariya said. List of Drugs in the Pipeline US pharma giant Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics’ oral …

Ivermectin shortage because of false Covid cure claims may result in animals being sent to slaughter
3 years, 3 months ago

Ivermectin shortage because of false Covid cure claims may result in animals being sent to slaughter

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An ivermectin shortage linked …

Why HCQ and Ivermectin were removed from India's Covid-19 treatment protocol
3 years, 3 months ago

Why HCQ and Ivermectin were removed from India's Covid-19 treatment protocol

India Today  

The Indian Council of Medical Research and the National Task Force on Covid-19 have dropped the use of Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine drugs from their revised guidelines for the treatment of the infection. “HCQ may be considered for removal from guideline, with recommendation to use with caution only in clinical trial setting,” said the document titled ‘considerations for exclusion of Ivermectin …

Reality check: There's still no compelling evidence for ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19
3 years, 4 months ago

Reality check: There's still no compelling evidence for ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19

ABC  

Reality check From Federal MP Craig Kelly to tennis champion Pat Cash, ivermectin has attracted attention around the world as a potential treatment for COVID-19. Key points: Ivermectin has shown signs of controlling the replication of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in a test tube, but results of trials in humans are yet to show high-quality evidence for effectiveness Ivermectin has shown …

Efforts grow to stamp out use of parasite drug for COVID-19
3 years, 4 months ago

Efforts grow to stamp out use of parasite drug for COVID-19

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Health experts and medical groups are pushing to stamp out the growing use of a decades-old parasite drug to treat COVID-19, warning that it can cause harmful side effects and that there’s little evidence it helps. This week, the top U.S. professional groups for doctors and pharmacists appealed for an “immediate end” to the drug’s use outside of …

No reliable evidence deworming meds can treat coronavirus, ICU expert says
3 years, 4 months ago

No reliable evidence deworming meds can treat coronavirus, ICU expert says

NL Times  

There is no real evidence that the anti-parasite medication Ivermectin is an effective remedy against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, Outbreak Management Team member and ICU doctor Diederik Gommers emphasized in the BNR radio. A few smaller studies have claimed that Ivermectin had a positive effect against the coronavirus, but no major study provided such evidence to support use of the drug. …

Efforts grow to stamp out use of parasite drug for COVID-19
3 years, 4 months ago

Efforts grow to stamp out use of parasite drug for COVID-19

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Health experts and medical groups are pushing to stamp out the growing use of a decades-old parasite drug to treat COVID-19, warning that it can cause harmful side effects and that there’s little evidence it helps. This week, the top U.S. professional groups for doctors and pharmacists appealed for an “immediate end” to the drug’s use outside of …

Northern Territory clinic warns against sourcing or using ivermectin to treat COVID-19
3 years, 4 months ago

Northern Territory clinic warns against sourcing or using ivermectin to treat COVID-19

ABC  

A "handful" of people have caused concern at a Northern Territory health clinic after asking about an unproven treatment normally used to treat parasites in humans and animals, instead of vaccines, to treat COVID-19. Key points: Practitioners at a Top End chain of health clinics have been asked by "a handful" of patients about a non-standard drug to treat COVID-19 …

CDC says 88,000 ivermectin prescriptions issued in one week, warns against using drug for Covid
3 years, 4 months ago

CDC says 88,000 ivermectin prescriptions issued in one week, warns against using drug for Covid

Daily Mail  

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a warning to Americans against using a horse dewormer to treat COVID-19 after prescriptions of the drug skyrocketed. The drug is a popular horse dewormer, though some are buying veterinarian versions of the drug for use in COVID-19 treatment 'Clinical trials and observational studies to evaluate the use of ivermectin to …

Regulator warns Australians against using anti-parasitic medication Ivermectin to treat COVID-19
3 years, 4 months ago

Regulator warns Australians against using anti-parasitic medication Ivermectin to treat COVID-19

ABC  

A growing number of people are importing an unproven treatment for COVID-19, prompting warnings from the nation's pharmaceutical regulator. Key points: The Therapeutic Goods Administration warns against using Ivermectin to treat COVID-19 Ivermectin is an anti-parasitic medication and is not approved for COVID-19 treatment The TGA says it detected an increase in Ivermectin being imported The Therapeutic Goods Administration has …

Column: Major study of ivermectin, the anti-vaccine crowd’s latest COVID drug, finds ‘no effect whatsoever’
3 years, 5 months ago

Column: Major study of ivermectin, the anti-vaccine crowd’s latest COVID drug, finds ‘no effect whatsoever’

LA Times  

Trump was a big advocate of bogus treatments of COVID. Ivermectin, the latest supposed treatment for COVID-19 being touted by anti-vaccination groups, had “no effect whatsoever” on the disease, according to a large patient study. One of the trial’s principal investigators, Edward Mills of McMaster, presented the results from the ivermectin arms of the study at an Aug. 6 symposium …

How anti-vaxxers weaponized Ivermectin, a horse de-wormer drug, as a COVID-19 treatment
3 years, 5 months ago

How anti-vaxxers weaponized Ivermectin, a horse de-wormer drug, as a COVID-19 treatment

Salon  

In November 2020, a pre-print study touting the safety and efficacy of an anti-parasitic drug called Ivermectin was published on the Research Square website, a platform where scientific studies are submitted before they are peer-reviewed and accepted by a journal. The study, led by Dr. Ahmed Elgazzar of Egypt's Benha University, claimed that in a randomized control trial of nearly …

Research on over need of booster dose against COVID-19: AIIMS doctor
3 years, 6 months ago

Research on over need of booster dose against COVID-19: AIIMS doctor

India TV News  

Research is taking place in India, US and several other countries to see if booster dose will be needed for maintaining longer efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, a senior doctor has said. Everyone is looking towards the government, doctors and scientists if they are safe or they need a booster dose to make themselves safe. This is the important question and …

Revised Health Ministry Guidelines Drop Ivermectin, Doxycycline from Covid Treatment
3 years, 7 months ago

Revised Health Ministry Guidelines Drop Ivermectin, Doxycycline from Covid Treatment

News 18  

The Union health ministry’s directorate general of health services has revised the Covid management guidelines dropping all medicines, except antipyretic and antitussive, for asymptomatic and mild cases. The revised guidelines, issued on May 27 have dropped all drugs including hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin, doxycycline, zinc, multivitamins, etc prescribed by the doctors to asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic Covid-19 patients retaining only antipyretic for …

Have Decided To Give 'Ivermectin' To All Suspected/Symptomatic COVID Patients, Float Tender For Vaccines: Goa Govt. To Bombay High Court
3 years, 7 months ago

Have Decided To Give 'Ivermectin' To All Suspected/Symptomatic COVID Patients, Float Tender For Vaccines: Goa Govt. To Bombay High Court

Live Law  

The Goa Government last week submitted before the Bombay High Court that Ivermectin medicines were being used only for therapeutic purposes and not for prophylaxis. The issues dealt with by the Court Use of Ivermectin As regards the use of Ivermectin, an advocate for one of the petitioners objected to the state government's prescription of Ivermectin even to healthy patients. …

‘Lower mortality...’: Goa govt defends Ivermectin’s efficacy against Covid-19
3 years, 7 months ago

‘Lower mortality...’: Goa govt defends Ivermectin’s efficacy against Covid-19

Hindustan Times  

In defence of its decision to administer Ivermectin, an anti-parasitic medicine for the use as prophylaxis, to Covid-19 patients, the Goa government, in a statement, has claimed that the mortality rate is much lower in patients who take the medicine than those who don’t. In a statement filed before the Bombay High Court at Goa, which had asked the Goa …

Centralised vaccine procurement, transparency: Lancet panel makes eight recommendations to Centre for COVID-19 management
3 years, 7 months ago

Centralised vaccine procurement, transparency: Lancet panel makes eight recommendations to Centre for COVID-19 management

Firstpost  

The expert panel also recommended ‘minimising the profound suffering and risk’ to health caused by loss of livelihoods by making provisions for cash transfers to workers in informal sectors who lost their jobs With an aim to curtail the loss of life and suffering caused by the second wave of rise in COVID-19 cases across India, a panel of experts …

Covid-19: What you need to know today
3 years, 7 months ago

Covid-19: What you need to know today

Hindustan Times  

It’s important to remember that till late 2019 or early 2020, the world really didn’t know of the existence of the Sars-CoV-2 virus that causes the coronavirus disease. Still, the absence of therapeutics means a continued search – and a bunch of traditional, homegrown, and experimental therapies are being pitched, not just by those who learn at the shiny altar …

Health Ministry Guidelines on Usage of Ivermectin For Treating Covid Patients Differs With WHO
3 years, 7 months ago

Health Ministry Guidelines on Usage of Ivermectin For Treating Covid Patients Differs With WHO

News 18  

The union health ministry has recommended drugs- Ivermectin and Remdesivir in Covid-19 treatment after the World Health Organization had warned against the use of these medicines in treating patients infected with coronavirus. Earlier this month, the revised guidelines issued by All India Institute of Medical Sciences on the use of Remdesivir and Ivermectin, recommend that Remdesivir may be considered under …

When to use Remdesivir, Ivermectin? India's Covid treatment protocol and what experts say
3 years, 7 months ago

When to use Remdesivir, Ivermectin? India's Covid treatment protocol and what experts say

India Today  

As the second wave of Covid-19 wreaks havoc across the country, the spotlight is on what India has recommended and what it hasn't for the management of adult patients. A look at India’s clinical management protocol: Covid treatment protocol for people with mild disease In the case of mild infection, upper respiratory tract symptoms like fever without shortness of breath …

After Goa and K'taka, Uttarakhand Govt Advises Ivermectin as Preventive Medicine Against Covid-19
3 years, 7 months ago

After Goa and K'taka, Uttarakhand Govt Advises Ivermectin as Preventive Medicine Against Covid-19

News 18  

The Uttarakhand government will be distributing Ivermectin, an antiparasitic drug, among the residents of the state as a preventive medicine against the spread of COVID-19, a senior official said. Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane had on Monday said all people above 18 years will be given Ivermectin drug irrespective of their coronavirus status to bring down the number of deaths …

Ivermectin tablets to be distributed among Uttarakhand residents to prevent Covid, says state govt
3 years, 7 months ago

Ivermectin tablets to be distributed among Uttarakhand residents to prevent Covid, says state govt

India Today  

The Uttarakhand government will be distributing Ivermectin, an antiparasitic drug, among the residents of the state as a preventive medicine against the spread of Covid-19, a senior official said. pic.twitter.com/wPJ35td4dy — VishwajitRane May 11, 2021 Rane had said that people will be given Ivermectin 12 mg for five days as expert panels from the UK, Italy, Spain and Japan have …

All Adults To Be Given Ivermectin Drug In Goa - But Here's Why WHO Warned Against Its Use
3 years, 7 months ago

All Adults To Be Given Ivermectin Drug In Goa - But Here's Why WHO Warned Against Its Use

ABP News  

Panaji: Asserting that he has “given instructions for immediate implementation of prophylaxis treatment”, Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane has said all adults in the state will be given Ivermectin drug to prevent complications arising out of the Covid-19 infection. Rane said Ivermectin is a drug used to treat many types of parasite infestations, adding it does not prevent Covid-19 but …

WHO warns against use of ivermectin to treat Covid-19
3 years, 7 months ago

WHO warns against use of ivermectin to treat Covid-19

India TV News  

A day after Goa's Health Minister Vishwajit Rane recommended ivermectin to all above 18 to combat Covid in the state, the World Health Organisation on Tuesday has warned against its use. @WHO recommends against the use of ivermectin for #COVID19 except within clinical trials," Soumya Swaminathan, the global health body's chief scientist, said in a tweet. The Goa state government …

Widely Used in India, WHO Recommends Ivermectin Only For Clinical Trials, Not Treatment of Covid
3 years, 8 months ago

Widely Used in India, WHO Recommends Ivermectin Only For Clinical Trials, Not Treatment of Covid

News 18  

The World Health Organization on Tuesday recommended against the general use of ‘Ivermectin’ – a widely used drug in India for treating parasitic infections – for treatment of COVID-19 patients. This comes a day after American Journal of Therapeutics in its May-June issue said regular use of the oral antiparasitic drug ivermectin may significantly reduce the risk of contracting covid-19. …

WHO warns against use of Ivermectin for Covid-19 treatment
3 years, 8 months ago

WHO warns against use of Ivermectin for Covid-19 treatment

Hindustan Times  

The World Health Organisation has recommended against using Ivermectin to treat patients with coronavirus disease but the anti-parasitic medicine is widely prescribed by doctors in India for the same. @WHO recommends against the use of ivermectin for #COVID19 except within clinical trials,” said Dr Soumya Swaminathan, chief scientist, World Health Organisation in a tweet. She also quoted a statement from …

Goa wants all adults to take Ivermectin. Here's why FDA warned against its use
3 years, 8 months ago

Goa wants all adults to take Ivermectin. Here's why FDA warned against its use

Hindustan Times  

Goa health minister Vishwajit Rane on Monday said that all adults -- everyone above the age of 18 in the state -- will be given the Ivermectin antiparasitic drug irrespective of their coronavirus disease status. Experts of the central government's joint monitoring group and the Indian Council of Medical Research 's Covid-19 task force held a meeting to deliberate upon …

Covid-19: All adults in Goa to be given Ivermectin drug; WHO warns against it
3 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19: All adults in Goa to be given Ivermectin drug; WHO warns against it

Hindustan Times  

All adults in Goa will be given Ivermectin, irrespective of their vaccination status, to prevent complications arising out of Covid-19 infection. Ivermectin is a drug used to treat many types of parasite infestations, and it does not prevent Covid-19, but can help reduce the severity, said state health minister Vishwajit Rane. Expert panels from the UK, Italy, Spain and Japan, …

Covid-19: All adults in Goa to be given Ivermectin drug
3 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19: All adults in Goa to be given Ivermectin drug

India Today  

All people above 18 years in Goawill be given Ivermectin drug irrespective of their coronavirus status to bring down mortality, state Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said on Monday. He said patients will be given Ivermectin 12 mg for a period of five days as expert panels from the UK, Italy, Spain and Japan have found a statistically significant reduction in …

What is Ivermectin, the drug Goa will give to all adults to combat Covid-19
3 years, 8 months ago

What is Ivermectin, the drug Goa will give to all adults to combat Covid-19

India Today  

Despite a raging debate on the efficacy of Ivermectin in treating Covid-19, Goa has decided to administer the anti-parasitic drug to everyone above 18 years in the state, irrespective of symptoms. Expert panels from the UK, Italy, Spain and Japan, found a large, statistically significant reduction in mortality, time to recovery and viral clearance in Covid-19 patients treated with Ivermectin. …

Goa Recommends Ivermectin to All Above 18 After Scientists Say Its Use Can 'End Covid-19 Pandemic'
3 years, 8 months ago

Goa Recommends Ivermectin to All Above 18 After Scientists Say Its Use Can 'End Covid-19 Pandemic'

News 18  

Goa government on Monday cleared a new Covid-19 treatment protocol which recommends all residents above the age of 18 to take five tablets of the ivermectin drug, in order to prevent the steep and sometimes fatal viral fever, which accompanies a Covid-19 infection. Expert panels from the UK, Italy, Spain and Japan, found a large, statistically significant reduction in mortality, …

What Widespread Recommendation of Remdesivir for COVID-19 and Its Shortage Teach Us
3 years, 8 months ago

What Widespread Recommendation of Remdesivir for COVID-19 and Its Shortage Teach Us

News 18  

Soon after the start of the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in India, the images of people standing in long queues outside the chemist stores/pharmacies across India, were all over the newspapers. Though clinical trials have not found Remdesivir beneficial in COVID-19 treatment; however, clinicians in India and even the national COVID-19 task force and expert groups in India continue …

Do not use 'miracle cure' ivermectin on COVID-19 patients says WHO
3 years, 9 months ago

Do not use 'miracle cure' ivermectin on COVID-19 patients says WHO

Firstpost  

The World Health Organization said Wednesday that ivermectin — touted by some on social media as a Covid-19 “miracle cure” — should not be used to treat coronavirus patients. The WHO said: “We recommend not to use ivermectin in patients with Covid-19 except in the context of a clinical trial.” Facebook posts and articles endorsing ivermectin have proliferated in Brazil, …

Approval for Covid vaccines accelerates India's journey to be virus-free: PM Modi
4 years ago

Approval for Covid vaccines accelerates India's journey to be virus-free: PM Modi

India Today  

Calling the approval given to two coronavirus vaccines as a "decisive turning point" in the drive against Covid-19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the development will fasten the process for India to become a virus-free nation. In a series of tweets after the Drugs Controller General of India approved Oxford's vaccine Covishield and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin for …

WHO welcomes India's coronavirus vaccine approval, says will help intensify fight against Covid
4 years ago

WHO welcomes India's coronavirus vaccine approval, says will help intensify fight against Covid

India Today  

The World Health Organisation on Sunday welcomed India's decision to give approval to Covid-19 vaccines for emergency use authorisation and said the move will "intensify and strengthen" the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. This decision taken today by India will help intensify and strengthen the fight against Covid-19 pandemic in the Region," Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, the regional director, WHO …

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