Amlodipine & perindopril, amlodipine & indapamide, and perindopril & indapamide achieved blood pressure control in 70 percent of patients to less than 140/90 mm Hg in six months.
Fourteen patients with rectal cancer carrying a specific genetic mutation were rid of the disease using immunotherapy, without need for chemotherapy, radiation or surgery.
Studies of drugs like remdesivir and hydroxychloroquine were underpowered and small, and the results were conflicting and, in many cases, inconclusive.
Sinovac is betting on a successful vaccine to inoculate more people around the world, especially in developing countries that will have limited access to the Pfizer and Moderna shots.
Interim results from Lilly and AbCellera’s treatment trial found a 1.7% hospitalisation rate compared with a 6% rate among people on a placebo, a 72% reduction in risk and no deaths.
Synairgen said its SNG001 formulation greatly reduced the number of hospitalised Covid-19 patients, who progressed from requiring oxygen to requiring ventilation.
The anti-body test is crucial to understanding Covid-19 & the virus that causes it. It can tell how many people potentially have some level of immunity.
Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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