Tag: Healthcare
Wearing a facemask during physical activity won’t weaken lung function: Study
It is a known fact that facemasks can help in controlling the spread of COVID-19 by reducing respiratory droplets and aerosols, but there was...
More hope: Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine shows 94.5% efficacy
Based on interim data from a late-stage clinical trial, US drugmaker Moderna said its experimental vaccine was 94.5 percent successful in preventing COVID-19, becoming...
A COVID-19 vaccine should benefit everyone; WHO Director-General
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, World Health Organisation (WHO)'s Director-General praised the rapid progress made towards a viable COVID-19 vaccine while insisting that every country...
Google, Apple could face more scrutiny if they compete in health...
Mike Wells, chief executive of Prudential, a US-based insurance firm, said the tech giants Apple and Google have the platforms to compete in the...
Nearly everyone will get COVID-19 vaccine within 10 months: BioNTech CEO
Sharing a very upbeat outlook at the COVID-19 vaccine and its availability across the globe, Mr. Ugur Sahin, CEO and co-founder of German biotechnology...
Faster, easier COVID-19 test kit unveiled by India’s Tata Group
Indian multinational conglomerate Tata Group has launched a COVID-19 test kit that can provide results faster and easier than the RT-PCR method, the gold standard...
Pfizer-BioNTech has its “Eureka” moment as vaccine shows 90% efficacy
An early data set released by American-German vaccine maker duo Pfizer-BioNTech has shown that the vaccine co-developed by the team is effective against coronavirus...
Bosch develops the world’s fastest PCR test
The Germany-based engineering company Bosch has developed the world’s fastest polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, which gives reliable COVID-19 results in 39 minutes.
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