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MSD Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd has rolled out India’s first gender-neutral Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in a bid to reduce the HPV-related disease burden and cancers caused by the virus in Indian women, girls as well as boys.
As of Tuesday evening, India has administered 876.2 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to 642.5 million people – making the country second only to China (1.1 billion people inoculated) in terms of the number of people who have received at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine.
The world’s first DNA vaccine was approved for use in India recently. Developed by the Ahmedabad-based Zydus Cadila, ZyCoV-D is, as the name indicates, is a vaccine against Covid-19. Now, some researchers believe the technology — considered superior because DNA vaccines are easier to make and store, and, most importantly store an enormous amount of information — can be used to develop a vaccine for another tropical disease, dengue, a viral infection transmitted by mosquitoes.
The ministry of health and family welfare on Sunday said 53.5 per cent of people in the 18-44 age group have been inoculat
Researchers from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)’s Pune-based National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), and several other companies from Pune have pooled their expertise to manufacture moulded plastic components from COVID-19 PPE waste.
Based on the foundations laid down in the form of Jan Dhan, Aadhaar and Mobile (JAM) trinity and other digital initiatives of the government, Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission will create a seamless online platform through the provision of a wide-range of data, information and infrastructure services, duly leveraging open, interoperable, standards-based digital systems while ensuring the security, confidentiality and privacy of health-related personal information,” the government said in a statement. The Mission will enable access and exchange of longitudinal health records of citizens with their consent, it said.
The new study conducted by researchers at the Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER) – Mohali, has now filled the gap. It has shown that a local signaling system defined by two genes called Ultrabithorax (Ubx) and Collier in the tertiary lobe regulated the activities of the progenitors in the tertiary as also secondary lobes and that the system shared several biomarkers with the local environment of the primary lobe.
Health minister Mansukh Mandviya said, “In the 4th quarter, after completing our needs, we will produce more. Excess production will help in taking Vaccine Maitri forward. In the 4th quarter under the Vaccine Maitri, we will help the world and fulfill our responsibilities with the COVAX.”
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is a virus that attacks the body’s immune system. HIV causes AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) and interferes with the body’s ability to fight infections. About HIV AIDS, it is believed that treatment can provide relief, but this condition cannot be cured. The treatment for HIV is called antiretroviral therapy (ART). ART involves taking a combination of HIV medicines (called an HIV treatment regimen) every day.
In the financial year 2020-21, India Inc. spent over Rs 1,600 crore (US$ 217.02 million) battling the second wave of Covid-19, according to a report released on Monday. According to a research done by CSR information and impact analytics platform ‘CSRBOX’ on over 350 publicly traded businesses, Indian corporations implemented over 750 corporate social responsibility projects in response to the second wave.
