During the 1918 flu pandemic, white people died at similar rates to Black Americans, according to a new study – a very different pattern than what occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Warangal: Amid resurgence of Swine flu across India, a student from the National Institute of Technology, Warangal (NITW) has been tested positive for the H1N1 also known as Swine flu. The infected student was admitted to a private hospital in Hanamkonda. The doctors have confirmed that he was infected with H1N1 on Friday night but his condition is stated to be stable. The
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The coronavirus pandemic may be in its final stage in the U.S. But it will not be the last pandemic of the 21st century.
Since the turn of the century, SARS-CoV-2 is already the second virus to create a pandemic (the first was the H1N1 influenza in 2009) and the third coronavirus outbreak, following the first SARS crisis in 2003 and the emergence of Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome, also known as MERS, in 2012.
If the U.S. can expect roughly one global plague every 10 years, it will have to do better than it did over the past 12 months, when it shut down much of the economy to save lives but lost more than 500,000 souls anyway. In the past few weeks, I asked several scientists, epidemiologists, and other experts to tell me what they considered the foundational failure, or “original sin,” of our COVID-19 response. Was it the hemming and hawing over masks? The overly constrictive lockdowns in places that didn’t yet require them, fo
Covaxin (Photo Credits: Bharat Biotech)
Hyderabad, February 24: Ukraine s Health Minister Maksym Stepanov on Wednesday visited Bharat Biotech s manufacturing facility here and held discussions on supplies of the company s Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin for his country.
A three-member led by the minister took a tour of the world-class Bio-Safety Level 3 manufacturing facility of Bharat Biotech, which has developed India s first indigenous vaccine for Covid-19.
The delegation, that included Deputy Health Minister Igor Ivashchenko, and Ukraine Embassy s Head of Trade and Economic Department Ivan Konovalov had discussions with Bharat Biotech s leadership to secure the supplies of Covaxin to Ukraine.
Bharat Biotech International Limited Chairman & Managing Director Dr Krishna Ella said it was privilege to host the Health Minister from Ukraine at our state-of-the-art facility and showcase our world-class capabilities in the manufacture and supply of vaccines and research and product de
Americans with excess weight and obesity have been hit hard by COVID-19. Now there is reason to believe they may not get the same protection from the vaccines.