Plasma treatment is being considered for treating coronavirus infection and the researchers are busy studying its impact in the COVID-19 treatment. And from the research, they have come to the conclusion that plasma from men is more beneficial.
Men who were infected from the coronavirus are being insisted more to donate plasma from their blood so that the researchers can study further about it for the treatment of COVID-19.
Some of the studies conducted propose that COVID-19 patients that
China has become an advanced country and a big power in the space by launching its final satellite in its BeiDou-3 navigation system.
This launch by China has made it independent and they will no longer have to depend on the Global Positioning System (GPS), which is owned by the US Government. The network consists of overall 35 satellites and had an overall cost of $10bn (8bn). This will now help China to have worldwide navigation coverage.
This vital step was taken owing to the increased
Progress has been shown by a drug in the early stage, which may stop the cancer cells from repairing themselves.
It was observed that in more than 50 percent of the 40 patients that were given berzosertib had a halt in their tumor growth.
In the trial that was conducted by the Royal Marsden NHS Trust and the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) suggested that berzosertib showed effective results when was given together with chemotherapy. This trial had the purpose of the testing the safety o
Researchers from the University of Cambridge found that people who have drug addiction may find control to their compulsive behaviors. The paper available in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences offers detailed study about their learning from the fMRI brain images of the volunteers.
In the treatment for the drug addicts, the main focus is to find ways to prevent them from having certain drugs such as heroin and cocaine or it can even be alcohol. Earlier there were studies that
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the countries the healthcare workers had no idea about how to treat the patients thus many of them turned to the antibiotics.
According to Dr. Jeffrey Strich, physician and researcher at The National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, most of the COVID-19 patients were given antibiotics during their hospitalization. He further added that it is very difficult to judge what is right and wrong in a situation when you are not aware about the disease or the cure.
AstraZeneca, the drug company, has decided to manufacture the potential vaccine for COVID-19.
Pascal Soriot confirmed that the trials of the drug are under way and the firm now needs to make doses in order to meet the demand in case the vaccine proves successful.
In the statement he confirmed that they have planned to manufacture the vaccine so that by the time results are out they have them to use it.
AstraZeneca has made the statement that they will be able to supply two billion doses
Experts are warning that millions of children have the probability of dying from preventable disease as there has been severe disruption in the vaccination programs owing to the pandemic.
Almost 68 different countries were compelled to stop their vaccination campaigns owing to the lockdowns during the pandemic.
The WHO had suggested many of the countries to suspend their vaccinations for time being in order to slow down the spread of the infection. But now, the groups are concerned about i
Putin has declared state of emergency owing to the oil spill in the Arctic Circle. The fuel tank at a power plant near the Siberian city of Norilsk collapsed and caused the oil spill. The officials learnt about the incident after two days thus leading to the presidents anger. The owner of the plant is a subsidiary of Norilsk Nickel, which is the chief nickel and palladium producer on the global platform.
The head of the company was harshly criticized by the president over the late response.
In COVID-19 disease, the virus mainly attacks the lungs. But, the doctors have found cases where the heart is being the target.
JAMA Cardiology study claims that more than 1 in 5 patients of COVID-19 have developed heart damage. The cardiologists have suggested that due to absence of adequate oxygen the heart struggles to pump the blood, or there may be chances that virus directly the heart cells.
The journal had also published a review that at times of influenza epidemics there are increa
The whole world is fighting against coronavirus. People are getting infected; people are dying; people are losing jobs; thus, it has been a long period that people have got any reason to celebrate. This has intensely impacted the sales of the champagne. It has been predicted that in the year 2020, the sales will drop by a third and the primary factor for this drop will be the outbreak of the pandemic. Several food chain restaurants have been closed owing to the lockdown protocols implemented i
