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Amit Shah Unveils Book Chronicling Journey of SII's Covishield from Lab to People
2 years, 9 months ago

Amit Shah Unveils Book Chronicling Journey of SII's Covishield from Lab to People

News 18  

A book titled “The Shield: Covishield” encapsulating the journey of Serum Institute of India in producing Covid vaccine ‘Covishield’, which has become a mainstay of the Union government’s inoculation effort to wipe out the contagion, was unveiled by Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The coffee table book, penned by Prakash Kumar Singh, Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs at Serum Institute, …

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Two years of COVID: The battle to accept airborne transmission
2 years, 9 months ago

Two years of COVID: The battle to accept airborne transmission

Al Jazeera  

In the early days of the pandemic, did health authorities get it wrong on airborne transmission? There has been this resistance from people in medical fields, agrees Prather, who says, “They’ve sort of dismissed our opinions.” One of the reasons for that has been the call from certain scientists in the medical field for randomised controlled trials, considered a gold …

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How will COVID end? Experts look to past epidemics for clues
2 years, 9 months ago

How will COVID end? Experts look to past epidemics for clues

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, most of the world has seen a dramatic improvement in infections, hospitalizations and death rates in recent weeks, signaling the crisis appears to be winding down. Mask mandates are vanishing — even federal health officials have stopped wearing them — and President Joe Biden has said it’s time for people to …

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California offers cautious blueprint forward as COVID wanes, mask orders ease
2 years, 10 months ago

California offers cautious blueprint forward as COVID wanes, mask orders ease

LA Times  

California’s newly announced pandemic plan calls for flexibility as new variants surge and fall. “The date will be well within a period of time that, I think, will do justice to the needs to keep people confident that their children are being prioritized and healthy and safe; at the same time, to accommodate the understanding that we’re trying to promote …

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Canada’s trucker protest jams major US bridge as tensions grow
2 years, 10 months ago

Canada’s trucker protest jams major US bridge as tensions grow

Al Jazeera  

The blockades represent a potentially dramatic escalation for protests that began in late January when a convoy of truckers moved into Ottawa. The blockades represent a potentially dramatic escalation for protests that began in late January when a convoy of truckers moved into Ottawa, paralyzing Canada’s capital city. On Friday, he said calling in the military was “not in the …

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My plan to tackle the cost of living crisis in London
2 years, 10 months ago

My plan to tackle the cost of living crisis in London

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Equipping Londoners with the skills they …

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Another Year, Another Wave: 10 Tips from a Top Scientist on How to Live with COVID in 2022
2 years, 11 months ago

Another Year, Another Wave: 10 Tips from a Top Scientist on How to Live with COVID in 2022

News 18  

The last two years have been transformative for many of us. As an immigrant scientist of Indian origin living in the United States, throughout this pandemic, I shuttled between two countries that lead the world’s tally in terms of COVID-19 related deaths. With elderly parents in India and my own roots and work in the US, my life rode with …

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Care home visits restricted to just three per resident
3 years ago

Care home visits restricted to just three per resident

Daily Mail  

Care home residents will be banned from seeing more than three named visitors in an attempt to protect them from the Omicron variant. Omicron 'tsunami' is about to hit UK: Super-mutant cases jump 54% in a day and EVERY Covid case in Scotland is predicted to be variant within 10 days - as overall infections start to spike north of …

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Opinion: The infectious disease expert who warned us 800,000 Americans would die of Covid-19
3 years ago

Opinion: The infectious disease expert who warned us 800,000 Americans would die of Covid-19

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. CNN — Michael Osterholm is director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota and author of The New York Times bestseller, “Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs.” He …

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Omicron: Vaccine nationalism will only perpetuate the pandemic
3 years ago

Omicron: Vaccine nationalism will only perpetuate the pandemic

Al Jazeera  

The United Kingdom and wealthy European nations are in a panic. For more than a year, the UK and European Union have blocked a proposal from South Africa and India to suspend intellectual property on COVID -19 technologies including vaccines. But South Africa’s lingering apartheid-era health system, enduring levels of poverty, and year-long inability to obtain decent amounts of vaccines …

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Mandating Vaccines: Actually The Way Forward?
3 years, 1 month ago

Mandating Vaccines: Actually The Way Forward?

Live Law  

Recently, the Meghalaya High Court held the Meghalaya Government's order of mandating vaccinations for vendors, taxi drivers and other business as unconstitutional. The aforesaid mandatory orders have sparked the question of what must gain precedence – the government's duty to protect the health of its citizens by getting everyone vaccinated or an individual's right to privacy, liberty and bodily autonomy …

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Pfizer agrees to allow generic versions of its COVID pill
3 years, 1 month ago

Pfizer agrees to allow generic versions of its COVID pill

Al Jazeera  

Deal with international public health group will allow generic versions of the drug to be made and sold in 95 countries. The agreement between the US company and the UN-backed international public health group Medical Patent Pool would allow producers to manufacture and supply generic versions of the drug in 95 countries without the threat of patent infringement. Still, medical …

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India remains steadfast partner in global efforts to combat coronavirus pandemic: PM Narendra Modi
3 years, 2 months ago

India remains steadfast partner in global efforts to combat coronavirus pandemic: PM Narendra Modi

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday thanked a host of world leaders for their wishes to India on crossing the 100-crore vaccine doses milestone and underlined that the country remains a steadfast partner in global efforts towards fighting the Covid pandemic. Responding to Morrison, Modi tweeted, "Thank you, my friend @ScottMorrisonMP for your wishes on India achieving #VaccineCentury.And, congratulations to …

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TCS, Infosys, IT Companies On Hiring Spree: 120% Salary Hike, Bonus to Joinees. Know Why
3 years, 3 months ago

TCS, Infosys, IT Companies On Hiring Spree: 120% Salary Hike, Bonus to Joinees. Know Why

News 18  

With the onset of this pandemic in 2020, many sectors bore the brunt, so much so, many sectors carried out massive layoffs but now we are over 1.5 years after this pandemic, some good news from some sectors has started pouring in. The demand for skilled technical job roles like Application Developer, Lead Consultant, Salesforce Developer and Site Reliability Engineer …

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Regeneron: Covid-19 antibody treatments work, but they’re ‘not the path out of this pandemic’
3 years, 4 months ago

Regeneron: Covid-19 antibody treatments work, but they’re ‘not the path out of this pandemic’

CNN  

CNN — When Texas Gov. Monoclonal antibodies such as those made by Regeneron and GlaxoSmithKline won’t work for every Covid-19 patient; mAbs, as they are known, are only available for people age 12 and older and who aren’t hospitalized or severely ill. Regeneron’s therapy can also be used for some people who know they were exposed to the virus,but don’t …

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Op-Ed: As a doctor in a COVID unit, I’m running out of compassion for the unvaccinated. Get the shot
3 years, 4 months ago

Op-Ed: As a doctor in a COVID unit, I’m running out of compassion for the unvaccinated. Get the shot

LA Times  

In a letter to the unvaccinated, Dr. Anita Sircar writes: If you believe you can ride out the pandemic without getting vaccinated, “you could not be more wrong. On those who are eligible to get vaccinated but choose not to, a decision they defend by declaring, “Vaccination is a deeply personal choice.” But perhaps never in history has anyone’s personal …

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In Mississippi, Back to School and the Delta Variant Are a “Recipe for Disaster”
54 years, 11 months ago

In Mississippi, Back to School and the Delta Variant Are a “Recipe for Disaster”

Slate  

Right about now, a whole lot of parents are looking around and asking themselves: What is school going to look like this year? Here in New York, this is the time of year when I get letters telling me who my kids’ teachers are going to be and how to track down school supplies. Some start up in July, which …

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Indian-American Manisha Juthani nominated as Public Health Commissioner of Connecticut
3 years, 4 months ago

Indian-American Manisha Juthani nominated as Public Health Commissioner of Connecticut

India Today  

Indian-American Dr Manisha Juthani has been nominated as commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Health in the US. Dr Manisha Juthani, who is an infectious diseases physician at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, was nominated to the post by Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont on July 26, according to a press statement. “I am grateful to the civil …

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Covid vaccine myths debunked: These reasons for not getting a shot don’t hold up. In fact, they’ll set the US back
3 years, 5 months ago

Covid vaccine myths debunked: These reasons for not getting a shot don’t hold up. In fact, they’ll set the US back

CNN  

CNN — Americans have an easy way to crush Covid-19 – one that would let more businesses fully reopen safely, reduce the need for masks and help prevent more dangerous variants from emerging. “That’s what the FDA waited for.” The most serious vaccine side effects in history have all been caught within six weeks, said Dr. Paul Offit, director of …

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Covid vaccine myths debunked: These reasons for not getting a shot don’t hold up. In fact, they’ll set the US back
3 years, 5 months ago

Covid vaccine myths debunked: These reasons for not getting a shot don’t hold up. In fact, they’ll set the US back

CNN  

CNN — Americans have an easy way to crush Covid-19 – one that would let more businesses fully reopen safely, reduce the need for masks and help prevent more dangerous variants from emerging. “That’s what the FDA waited for.” The most serious vaccine side effects in history have all been caught within six weeks, said Dr. Paul Offit, director of …

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Matt Hancock makes grovelling apology to the public in resignation letter to the PM
3 years, 5 months ago

Matt Hancock makes grovelling apology to the public in resignation letter to the PM

Daily Mail  

Matt Hancock has made a grovelling apology to the public in his resignation letter to the Prime Minister, the day after video footage emerged of him kissing an aide in his ministerial office in a breach of coronavirus restrictions. Matt Hancock wrote a letter of resignation to Boris Johnson where he said the Government 'owe it to people who have …

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Full text of Mukesh Ambani's speech at RIL AGM 2021: 'Even in challenging environment, RIL’s performance continued to be outstanding'
3 years, 6 months ago

Full text of Mukesh Ambani's speech at RIL AGM 2021: 'Even in challenging environment, RIL’s performance continued to be outstanding'

Firstpost  

Reliance will create and offer a fully integrated, end-to-end renewables energy eco-system. Dear Friends, As India’s largest business enterprise, Reliance’s contribution to the Indian economy continues to remain unmatched. New Energy Business: Vision, Mission and Implementation Plan Dear Shareholders, Last year I had shared with you our vision to create the next big Value Creation Engine for Reliance and India …

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Pet parenting in a pandemic: Caring for a fur child during the COVID-19 crisis has its comforts — and challenges
3 years, 6 months ago

Pet parenting in a pandemic: Caring for a fur child during the COVID-19 crisis has its comforts — and challenges

Firstpost  

What this pandemic has taught us about pet parenting is how our vocabularies are not robust enough to capture the profundity of the bonds we share with our fur-children. So the thought that my pup Bhuto might just prefer someone else’s company to mine, or may have liked to spend his days in the park instead of being locked inside …

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G7 leaders are guilty of vaccine nationalism – this shameful stance will prolong the pandemic
3 years, 6 months ago

G7 leaders are guilty of vaccine nationalism – this shameful stance will prolong the pandemic

The Independent  

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