Evidence from a mouse study suggests that statins, especially at high doses, may have an adverse effect on bone health.

The consequences of increased dosing with statins, medications that help reduce cholesterol, on bone health were the focus of a recent study. Female mice had their ovaries surgically removed to mimic adult statin users, and they were fed a high-fat diet to mimic human statin users. For 5.5 months...

South Korea allows COVID-19 booster doses using a domestically produced vaccine

The local COVID-19 vaccine SKYCovione, created by SK Bioscience Co., was approved for use in South Korea on Friday for both primary inoculations and booster doses against the coronavirus.

At the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters meeting, Second Vice Minister of Hea...

6,680 Doses of Covid-19 Vaccine Administered in the UAE in 24 Hours

The United Arab Emirates has administered a total of 6,539 doses of the Covid-19 vaccination in the last 24 hours. The Ministry of Health and Prevention of the UAE said that the total number of vaccines administered in the country now stands at 24.6 million. This means that the rate of doses has ...

Australia sends 500,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Singapore under exchange deal

Australia has sent round 500,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to Singapore, as a part of the vaccine sharing agreement between both the countries.

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• Australia has sent 500,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Singapore

Britain to donate millions of COVID-19 doses to developing countries

Leaders from world's 20 richest nations are going to meet in Rome, and during this meeting Johnson is hoping to make progress on producing firm commitments towards cutting emissions before the United Nations COP26 summit.

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• Britain had ple...

India successfully carries out 1 billion vaccinations

Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted about this at 9:48 AM today morning. He congratulated India on achieving this milestone and said that this was a result of the leadership of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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• India administers...

Sanofi ditches mRNA Covid-19 vaccine, as there’s huge competition

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• Sanofi drops plans for its own mRNA Covid-19 vaccine
• Instead they are focusing on partnership with British partner GlaxoSmithKline for another Covid-19 vaccine

Sanofi is dropping its plans of developing mRNA-based Cov...

Britain to send 4 million doses of Vaccine to Australia in a swap deal

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• Britain, Poland and Switzerland have agreed on a swap deal of vaccines
• Only 36 % of the Australian population is vaccinated till date

Britain is sending 4 million Pfizer doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Australia, as the numbe...

US administration purchases vaccine doses in advance

The US government has bought 200 million doses of Pfizer-BioNtech’s COVID-19 vaccine in order to stay prepared for upcoming threat of next wave of corona virus. They said that they needed extra for children under the age of 12. These vaccine shots will also be given to adults who need boost...

UK STUDY: MIXING COVID-19 VACCINE ARE SAFE BUT INCREASE SIDE EFFECTS

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• A UK study found that, mixing covid-19 vaccine doses are safe but it increases the risk of side effects
• The findings at this stage are limited to the reactogenicity or how the people feel after receiving the vaccines

Acco...

SOUTH KOREA IN GRIPS WITH REALITY SECURES COVID-19 VACCINE FOR 44M PEOPLE

• South Korea has arrived at an early lead with access to COVID-19 vaccines developed by four pharmaceutical companies and from a global vaccine project for 44 million people, the health ministry said Tuesday.
• The Ministry of Health and Welfare said it has preordered 64 million d...

SEOUL IN CONCLUDING PHASE OF VACCINE DEAL NEGOTIATIONS

• The Korean government said Tuesday it is in the final stage of negotiations to buy COVID-19 vaccines, including the ones being manufactured by Pfizer and Moderna.
• There are nearly about 10 vaccine candidates in Phase 3 trials.

Excluding those vaccine candidate...

SOUTH KOREA’S GL RAPHA TO PRODUCE 150 MILLION VIALS OF RUSSIAN COVID-19 VACCINE

• Bio-tech Company GL Rapha has been chosen to produce 150 million doses of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine to battle against the COVID-19 in Korea every year, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said Friday.
• The statement was issued after the RDIF declared in August that Ru...

CHINA’S COVID-19 VACCINES ON DISPLAY AFTER SOME HULLABALOO

• China has showcased its homegrown coronavirus vaccines for the first time, as the country where the contagion originated looks to bring some semblance to the narrative surrounding the pandemic.
• High hopes dangle on the small encased droplets of liquid put on show at a Beijing t...

The rare disease found in London resident

As we are evolving we are coming across various diseases that we didn’t even know existed and this is turning out to be fatal as most of the diseases are incurable or the cures are so expensive that there is no way we can save a common person with it.
Trigeminal Neuralgia is the cond...