Geetha VM’s son Om, was 10 when he was diagnosed with pneumonia in February 2020. To avail medical treatment, the Bengaluru boy was hospitalised and his family was promised insurance coverage by Care Health (formerly Religare) Insurance company. However, later they were denied health cover on account of Om’s autistic condition, w
09 May,2024 01:50 PM IST | Mumbai | Ainie RizviAs British-Swedish pharma giant AstraZeneca recalled its Covid-19 vaccine globally, Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) on Wednesday said it stopped the manufacturing and supply of additional doses of Covishield in December 2021. AstraZeneca has voluntarily withdrawn the "marketing authorisation" of its Covid vaccine, sold as Covishield in I
08 May,2024 06:27 PM IST | Mumbai | IANSThe pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine is being withdrawn worldwide after the company acknowledged for the first time in court documents that it can cause a rare and dangerous side effect, according to a report in the British Newspaper 'The Telegraph'. AstraZeneca has announced that the vaccine was being removed from markets for c
08 May,2024 10:44 AM IST | Cambridge | ANIIn light of the recent developments where AstraZeneca has accepted thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (TTS) as a side effect in the UK courts, Awaken India Movement (AIM) claimed it just had its ‘we told you so’ moment. The AIM representatives held a press conference on Monday afternoon at the Mumbai Marathi Patrakar Sangh in Aza
07 May,2024 07:25 AM IST | Mumbai | Hemal AsharThrombosis Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (TTS) -- a blood clot disorder -- is a rare side effect of AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine, and the benefits far outweigh the risks of the jab, said doctors here on Tuesday. This comes after reports said that AstraZeneca has for the first time accepted in court documents that its vaccine, developed in partner
01 May,2024 10:19 AM IST | New Delhi | IANSMaharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday appealed to voters to put aside other issues and vote for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he kept everyone alive by making vaccines available during the COVID-19 pandemic. Fadnavis sought votes over vaccines during his addresses at Madha and Barshi towns in Solapur district. The se
29 April,2024 07:30 AM IST | Mumbai | AgenciesA high-level North Korean economic delegation was on its way to Iran, the North’s state media said on Wednesday, for what would be the two countries’ first known talks since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Embracing the idea of a “new Cold War”, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is pushing to build up cooperation with coun
25 April,2024 07:53 AM IST | Seoul | AgenciesThe success of mRNA vaccine technology as seen during the recent Covid-19 pandemic offers hope for using the platform to reduce preventable illness across multiple disease areas, according to a report on Wednesday. The report by GlobalData, a data and analytics company, as part of World Immunization Week, shows that there are about 507 prophylacti
24 April,2024 05:29 PM IST | New Delhi | IANS
To gain insights into the far-reaching impact and deeply troubling nature of addiction to synthetic drugs, mid-day spoke to members of investigation agencies as well as experts such as psychiatrists and doctors. Their inputs shed light on the physical, psychological and social ramifications of the narcotics menace. A senior officer of an investiga
15 April,2024 06:35 AM IST | Mumbai | Faisal TandelFresh out of the Congress, which is a poll ally of Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena in the state, Sanjay Nirupam took potshots at the saffron party by accusing its spokesperson Sanjay Raut as the ‘kingpin’ of the COVID-19 Khichdi scam in the city. Nirupam who addressed a press conference in the city on Monday alleged that Raut’s dau
09 April,2024 07:10 AM IST | Mumbai | Ranjeet JadhavThe bird flu pandemic with the potential to be "100 times worse than COVID" may be on the horizon after a rare human case was discovered in Texas, experts have warned, the New York Post reported on Thursday. The H5N1 avian flu has spread rapidly since a new strain was detected in 2020 affecting wild birds in every state, as well as in commercial p
05 April,2024 11:16 AM IST | New York | ANIADVERTISEMENT
