Hunt on for lead source that may have caused Andhra Pradesh mystery illness

HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh government will begin an operation to look for possible sources of contamination that could have led to the mystery disease in Eluru town of the state that has left nearly 600 people ill and one dead. AP health authorities said lead and pesticides, along with other probable sources, are being looked into as possible cause of the illness. AP health commissioner K Bhaskar said vegetables, fruits, soil and all other probable sources are being examined. Bhaskar said the mass convulsions and the subsequent decrease of lead content in the blood of patients after being admitted indicate it’s a case of acute exposure and not chronic exposure. ....read more

Role of fluids, electrolytes and energy for faster recovery

”Food is medicine when you are ill.” Join us today at 7:00 PM on MEDtalks with Dr K K Aggarwal and for a discussion on the role of fluids, electrolyte and energy for faster recoveryJust click on www.facebook.com/drkkaggarwal or https://perfecthealthmela.com/vevent2/hall1a.php

CMAAO Coronavirus Facts and Myth Buster: Around the Globe

1190: India may become the first country in the world to have emergency use approval of three vaccines: Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech filed an application for emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine – Covaxin - on Monday, becoming the third company to seek such regulatory approval in the country after Pfizer and Serum Institute of India (SII). While Pfizer has offered its vaccine, which has been developed in association with German firm BioNTech, SII has sought the approval for Covishield, developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca. SII has conducted only bridging studies in India but is manufacturing the vaccine. The DCGI will decide whether Pfizer needs to conduct bridging studies here. It is possible that Pfizer receives emergency authorization here as it has already been approved in the UK and conducts bridging studies before getting final approval. (TOI) ....read more

World COVID Meter 9th December: Acute manageable immunogenic thrombogenic inflammatory viral disease pandemic

Cases: 1M April 2, 2M April 15, 3M April 27, 4M May 8, 5M May 20, 6M May 30, 7M June 7, 8M June 15, 9M June 22, 10M June 29th, 11M July 4, 12M July 8, 13M July 13, 14M July 17, 15M July 23, 16M July 25, 17M July 29, 18M August 1, 19M August 6, 20M August 10, 21M August 16, 22M August 19, 23M August 21, 24M August 27, 25M August 30, 26M September 3, 27M September 7, 28M September 10, 29M September 14, 30M September 18, 31M September 21, 32M September 23, 33M September 28, 34M October 1, 35M October 4, 36M October 8, 37M October 11, 38M October 14, 39M October 17, 40M October 19, 41M October 22, 42M October 24, 43M October 26, 44M October 28, 45M October 30, 46M November 2, 47M November 4, 48M November 6, 49M November 7, 50M November 8, 51M November 10, 52M November 12, 53M November 14, 54M November 15, 55M November 17, 56M November 19, 57M November 20, 58M November 22, 59M November 24, 60M November 25, 61M November 27, 62M November 29, 63M December 1, 64M December 2, 65M December 4, 66M December 6, 67M December 7 Ground Zero: Wuhan - in live animal market or cafeteria for animal pathogens: 10th January; Total cases are based on RT PCR, 67% sensitivity Coronavirus Cases: 68,545,567,Deaths: 1,562,026,Recovered: 47,445,992,ACTIVE CASES 19,537,549 ....read more

Collective Consciousness

Consciousness is an energized field of information with powers to do everything in the universe. Collective consciousness is the internet of the collective souls of many people in a group. Collective consciousness is the strongest superpower ever available in the universe. As per the Vedic texts, whatever is the intent of collective consciousness will become a reality. Scientifically, collective consciousness is based on the principle of critical mass. The Vedic literature has shown it to be the 1% of the defined population under study. The origin of the critical mass comes from 100th monkey phenomenon. ....read more

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A mystery illness that hospitalized hundreds in Andhra Pradesh. Explained here

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One person has died and nearly 600 have been hospitalised since Saturday in Andhra Pradesh due to a mysterious infection that caused many to fall unconscious after suffering giddiness, seizures and nausea. The first patients were admitted to hospital on Saturday at Eluru in West Godavari of Andhra Pradesh. By Sunday, according to the Union health ministry, there were more than 200 people hospitalised, suffering dizziness, headache and vomiting. Patients including children and women fainted, and that evening a 45-year-old man died.

Gennova Biopharmaceuticals granted conditional permission for human clinical trial of its Covid-19 vaccine

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NEW DELHI: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on Wednesday granted conditional permission for phases 1 and 2 human clinical trials of the Covid-19 vaccine candidate developed by the Pune-based Gennova Biopharmaceuticals Ltd in collaboration with HDT, USA, officials said. The recommendations of the Subject Expert Committee (SEC) on Covid-19, which deliberated upon the proposal submitted by the firm for grant of permission to conduct phases 1 and 2 clinical trials along with animal toxicity study data, has been approved by DCGI. "After detailed deliberation, the committee recommended for grant of permission to conduct phase 1 and 2 clinical trial subject to the condition that the interim results of phase 1 study shall be submitted to the committee before proceeding to the next phase," the SEC recommendations stated.

Indian researchers find new potential COVID-19 drug treatments

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Indian scientists have identified drugs and possible cocktails that can target vital proteins of the novel coronavirus, and may potentially help treat COVID-19. Using a virtual screening of the DrugBank database, the research published in the journal Scientific Reports, identified a variety of unexplored ways to attack SARS-CoV-2, even as it mutates. The Drugbank database is a chemical space of compounds approved by FDA and molecules under drug trials. The researchers from Alagappa University in Tamil Nadu and KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden propose a list of individual drugs and cocktails that deserve testing for the treatment of COVID-19.

Doctor, fashion designer among people who join farmers protests

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New Delhi [INDIA], December 7 (ANI): A doctor and a fashion designer are among the people from different professions who joined the farmers protest at the Singhu border on Monday. Remembering her agricultural background, Dr Harkanwal Sinkhon said, "It does not matter what your profession is. Right now, we all belong to farmers family. I am here so that I can put forward my voice for people of my state." Denying any political agenda the doctor said the protest was about farmers rights.