Study shows enhanced immunity with booster shot of six vaccines
Dr Veena Aggarwal, Consultant Womens’ Health, CMD and Editor-in-Chief, IJCP Group & Medtalks Trustee, Dr KK’s Heart Care Foundation of India, 06 December 2021 #Multispeciality
Results of the COV-BOOST multicenter phase II trial show that the booster dose of six vaccines generated a strong immune response in persons who had completed their prima ...MORE
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Omicron variant three times more likely to cause reinfection than Delta
Dr Veena Aggarwal, Consultant Womens’ Health, CMD and Editor-in-Chief, IJCP Group & Medtalks Trustee, Dr KK’s Heart Care Foundation of India, 05 December 2021 #Multispeciality
A preliminary study from South Africa has suggested that the new Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant causes a three-times increase in the chances of causing reinfection compared to the other varian ...MORE
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Coronavirus Updates
Dr Veena Aggarwal, Consultant Womens’ Health, CMD and Editor-in-Chief, IJCP Group & Medtalks Trustee, Dr KK’s Heart Care Foundation of India, 04 December 2021 #Multispeciality
Prioritize genomic sequencing of immunocompromised positive Covid cases to detect omicronIn addition to vaccination prioritizing genom ...MORE
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A case for the booster dose
Dr Veena Aggarwal, Consultant Womens’ Health, CMD and Editor-in-Chief, IJCP Group & Medtalks Trustee, Dr KK’s Heart Care Foundation of India, 03 December 2021 #Multispeciality
The booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine reduced the chances of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 by 86 according to preliminary results from a short-term Israeli study reporte ...MORE
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Effectiveness of Covishield during the second Coronavirus wave
Dr Surya Kant, Professor and Head, Dept. of Respiratory Medicine, KGMU, UP, Lucknow. National Vice Chairman IMA-AMS, 02 December 2021 #Multispeciality
A new study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases has found that Covishield vaccine was effective against SARS-CoV-2 in fully vaccinated individuals during the sec ...MORE
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Viral suppression in children and adolescents with HIV falling short of global targets
Dr Veena Aggarwal, Consultant Womens’ Health, CMD and Editor-in-Chief, IJCP Group & Medtalks Trustee, Dr KK’s Heart Care Foundation of India, 02 December 2021 #Multispeciality
A new NIH study has shown that while adults are well on the path to achieve the goal of achieving viral suppression in 95 of all people with HIV on antiretroviral therapy ART by ...MORE
