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Remdesivir Shortage in India

Remdesivir is an injectable anti-virus. It is injected to prevent replication of the virus. The Remdesivir was created...

📅 April 13, 2021

Zydus Cadila launched the cheapest generic version of Remdesivir in India

Zydus Cadila launched the cheapest generic version of Gilead Sciences’ antiviral drug Remdesivir in India to treat the...

📅 August 13, 2020

What are Immunity Passports that are warned against by WHO?

The World Health Organization has recently warned against issuance of immunity passports. The organization is against the concept...

📅 April 25, 2020

Four Mega Trials of COVID-19 Treatment launched by WHO

The World Health Organization recently launched a mega trial of four most promising corona virus treatments. The organization...

📅 March 24, 2020

WHO names the new Corona Virus: “COVID-19”

On February 11, 2020, the World Health Organization announced a new name for the Corona Virus, “COVID-19”. Today...

📅 February 12, 2020

Corona Virus: A new stain of virus found in China

On January 11, 2020, China reported the first death in the country due to pneumonia caused by a...

📅 January 11, 2020

CEPI, MERS, Lassa Fever and Nipah Virus

Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) is a public-private alliance to finance and coordinate the development of new...

📅 January 25, 2017

South Korea declares end of MERS outbreak

South Korea has declared the deadly outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outbreak in the country has...

📅 July 28, 2015

First potential treatment for deadly MERS virus identified by scientists

For the first time scientists have identified two promising drug candidates for the treatment of deadly Middle East...

📅 July 1, 2015

Juvenile Camel’s key source of MERS: Study

As per recently published study, camels aged less than four years might be a major source of Middle...

📅 June 12, 2015

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