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New York, July 17 (IANS) A second booster shot significantly improved effectiveness against widespread variants Omicron BA.1 and BA.2/BA.2.12.1, finds a study led by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All variants of…
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New York, July 16 (IANS) Machine learning (ML) may help identify handgun purchasers who are at high risk of suicide as it identifies individual and community characteristics that are predictive of firearm suicide, says a new study. The…
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New York, July 16 (IANS) Vaccine protection against Covid-19 is short-lived and, therefore, booster shots are important, says a new study. "The mRNA vaccines produce the highest levels of antibody response and in our analysis confer more…
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New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) Scientists have found that Covaxin, which is an inactivated whole-virion vaccine, induces robust immune memory to SARS-CoV-2 and its variants of concern that persists for at least six months after vaccination and…
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Hyderabad, July 15 (IANS) Bonalu, which symbolises the unique culture of Telangana, began Friday amid fanfare at Ujjaini Mahankali temple in Secunderabad. Telangana Animal Husbandry Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav and Labour Minister…
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London, July 15 (IANS) Health officials in Tanzania have reported a "strange" bleeding disease, with no known cause, that has so far affected 13 people and claimed three lives, media reports said. The 13 Tanzanian patients, from the Lindi…
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New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) Although women represent 67 per cent of workers in the healthcare sector globally, they are paid 24 per cent less than their male counterparts, according to the first-ever global sectoral gender pay gap report…
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New York, July 15 (IANS) Researchers used non-invasive skin biopsy to identify clots in small venous and arterial blood vessels in skin of patients with severe Covid-19 that appeared normal. The clots were, however, not seen in the skin of…
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