Researchers at Oxford carry out human trials of Ebola vaccine

Researchers from the University of Oxford have rolled out the first human trials of an Ebola vaccine. This vaccine has been developed by using the technology that is used for AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.

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• Researchers at Oxford develop vaccin...

WHO CHIEF TEDROS DISMISSES COUNTRIES CITING TRACING TO BE EXHAUSTIVE

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• The UK and the US amongst the countries who are failing in tracing contacts and therefore have huge outbreaks 
• Tracing is the only way to stop further spread of the virus

It will be six months on June 30 since the coronavirus o...

US: REMDESIVIR, THE ANTIVIRAL INTRAVENOUS DRUG THAT FIGHTS COVID, WILL RUN OUT IN JUNE 2020

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• Remdesivir, the only proven drug to fight covid is running out in the US
• Gilead Sciences, the pharmaceutical company producing this drug has not given any clarity on the availability of the medicines stock for the summer.
• Till now this medicine ...

NEW EBOLA EPIDEMIC WAVES UP IN WEST CONGO, 4 ALREADY DEAD

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• 11th Outbreak of Ebola resurfaces in the Democratic Republic of Congo

• Ebola is the second-largest spread disease

• WHO and AFRICA to work together bringing in the containment of this disease

CAN A SAFE COVID-19 VACCINE BE MADE IN 18 MONTHS? UNLIKELY

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• Vaccines development is a process and involves a lot of trial and error testing
• Technology might have cut down on the development time but it does not guarantee a safe vaccine

When experience speaks, it is a must that we zip up and listen...

EPIDEMICS: A CAUSE OF GLOBAL CONCERN IN 2020

China reported another death due to the outbreak of a SARS-like corona virus, named 2019-nCov or Wuhan virus. This is the fourth death in China caused by the virus. As the threat of a pandemic draws near, the city of the virus's origin, Wuhan, in Central China, continues to report an inc...

Ebola vaccine and the technology

With the shortcomings of certain diseases and their treatment towards the patients and their expectations which is in middle of proper cure of this Ebola virus now, there are various vaccines for the candidates which are developed using the artificial produced detoxified virus and this detoxified...

Global Activism Persists Over High Drug

Nowadays it is elusive an administration that isnt battling with the high cost of drugs. In England, the legislature is battling Vertex, a medication organization, over the expense of medication for cystic fibrosis, Orkambi. In America, diabetics have passed on as a result of the surprising expense ...