Fund crunch slows down India’s indigenous ‘warm’ COVID-19 vaccine
N.B. Nair Bengaluru (ISJ Exclusive): The global pandemic of COVID-19, which broke out on 30 January 2020 in India took away the lives of 5,30,720...
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How startups can bridge healthcare gaps in rural India
N.B. Nair New Delhi (ISJ): The Novel Coronavirus spread across India exposed the country’s gap in healthcare infrastructure. Over 43 million people were infected, while...
One in four women experience intimate partner violence, finds new study
N.B. Nair London/New Delhi (ISJ): A new international research published in The Lancet estimates that over one in four women have experienced domestic violence in...
COVID vaccine booster increases antibody responses, reveals US study
Washington (ISJ): A booster dose of the mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine given to rhesus macaques about six months after their primary vaccine series significantly increased levels...
COVID-19 vaccine efficacy does not support boosters, experts
London (ISJ): An expert review by an international group of scientists, including some at the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the US Food and Drug...
Traditional leafy vegetables helpful to boost immune system, COVID-19, reveals study
N.B. Nair Kannur, Kerala (ISJ): A group of biologists from several colleges in Kerala have found, plant-based food supplements could ward off infectious diseases including COVID-19....
Over 1.5 million children lost primary or secondary caregiver due to COVID-19 pandemic
Washington (ISJ): More than 1.5 million children around the world are estimated to have lost at least one parent, custodial grandparent, or grandparent who lived...
‘Mulethi’ may help alleviate aggressive symptoms of COVID-19: Indian scientists
New Delhi (ISW): In an interesting development, a team of scientists at National Brain Research Centre (NBRC), under the federal Department of Biotechnology has identified Mulethi, a commonly...
‘Inappropriate treatment recommended for COVID-19 in India,’ says medical scientist
N.B. Nair New Delhi (ISJ): As India is heading for another wave of COVID-19, a new variant has been found in several states, described by...
India needs a re-look at its stressed healthcare infrastructure
By M.Y.Siddiqui* Covid-19 induced pandemic since early 2020 has brought untold miseries to India with unprecedented loss of lives, livelihood, loss of jobs, innumerable/unaccounted/undercounted deaths...