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India drops plasma therapy from COVID-19 management guidelines

11:46 pm May 17, 2021

New Delhi: The government on Monday revised the clinical guidance for COVID-19 treatment, dropping the off-label use of convalescent plasma as it was found not beneficial in reducing the progression to severe disease or death. The development came following a meeting of the ICMR-National Task Force for COVID-19 last week wherein all members were in favour of […]

UK study shows COVID-19 infections ‘fallen significantly’ in England

7:05 pm February 18, 2021

London: The interim findings of a new UK government-backed study released on Thursday shows that COVID-19 infections in England have ”fallen significantly” since January, reflecting the impact of the strict lockdown measures. The Imperial College London led Real-time Assessment of Community Transmission (REACT-1) research swab tested over 85,400 volunteers in England between February 4 and 13 to examine the levels of infection […]

UK study finds arthritis drug tocilizumab effective in reducing COVID-19 deaths

11:27 pm February 11, 2021

London : The UK government said on Thursday that thousands more patients who are hospitalised due to COVID-19 will receive arthritis drug tocilizumab as a treatment after a latest study showed its effectiveness in preventing deaths. In the RECOVERY clinical trial, funded by the government through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the drug […]

UK regulator reviews Pfizer/BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine

8:30 pm November 23, 2020

London: The UK government on Monday said that the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s (MHRA) is reviewing data from Pfizer/BioNTech to determine whether its COVID-19 vaccine meets “robust” standards of quality, safety, and effectiveness. The joint vaccine, produced by American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and German biotech firm BioNTech, had recently claimed to be 94 per cent effective in […]

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Scientists develop faster way of detecting antibiotic resistance in bacteria

6:51 pm November 3, 2020

London: Researchers have developed a new, quicker way of detecting drug resistance in bacteria, taking about 45 minutes, an advance that may help clinicians prescribe antibiotics correctly and reduce their misuse. According to the researchers, including those from the University of Sheffield in the UK, the standard method for detecting antibiotic resistance in bacterial samples is a […]

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