August 14, 2021

Wonder nasal vaccine knocking on the door

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 14 August, 2021   Mohammad Al-Masum Molla Swedish drug awaits human trial in Bangladesh; successful test may see it available […]
July 26, 2021

Mixed AstraZeneca-Pfizer shot boosts Covid antibody level – study

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 26 July, 2021   The data provides further support for the decision of several countries to offer alternatives to AstraZeneca […]
July 25, 2021

People with past COVID-19 benefit from immunisation

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 25 July, 2021   Some patients with past SARS-CoV-2 infections think they have been “naturally immunised” and would not benefit […]
June 23, 2021

Oxford University explores anti-parasitic drug ivermectin as Covid-19 treatment

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 23 June, 2021   Dubbed PRINCIPLE, the British study in January showed that antibiotics azithromycin and doxycycline were generally ineffective […]
June 21, 2021

Gilead’s remdesivir reduces Covid-19 mortality risk

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 21 June, 2021   The drugmaker said on Monday it analyzed data from 98,654 patients from three retrospective studies of […]
June 21, 2021

Study confirms GSK-Vir antibody drug reduces hospitalisation, death in Covid-19 patients

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 21 June, 2021   The drugmakers also said on Monday the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has recommended sotrovimab […]
June 16, 2021

Changes in the incidence of invasive disease due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Neisseria meningitidis during the COVID-19 pandemic in 26 countries and territories in the Invasive Respiratory Infection Surveillance Initiative: a prospective analysis of surveillance data

The Lancet Digital Health June 01, 2021 Prof Angela B Brueggemann, DPhil, Melissa J Jansen van Rensburg, DPhil, David Shaw, MD, Prof Noel D McCarthy, DPhil, […]
June 16, 2021

Indirect acute effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on physical and mental health in the UK: a population-based study

The Lancet Digital Health February 18, 2021 Kathryn E Mansfield, Rohini Mathur, John Tazare, Alasdair D Henderson, Amy R Mulick, Helena Carreira, Anthony A Matthews, Patrick […]
March 29, 2021

WHO report says animals likely source of Covid-19

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 29 March, 2021 AP, Beijing A joint WHO-China study on the origins of Covid-19 says that transmission of the virus […]