The Bacille Calmette-Guerin or BCG vaccine, originally made against tuberculosis, may help in the management of Covid-19, especially in the elderly, says a study by the Indian Council of Medical Research. “We also investigated total antibody levels in a group of healthy elderly individuals at one month post vaccination as part of our clinical study to examine the effect of …
Indian scientists have responded cautiously to a suggestion by global researchers that the oral polio vaccine be tested for COVID-19, saying it is a “testable idea” based on a sound scientific concept but may offer only limited protection against the infection. According to Vishwakarma, the idea proposed by Gallo, an internationally renowned virologist who co-discovered that HIV causes AIDS, is …
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