Approval for Moderna’s mRESVIA is the 1st time an mRNA vaccine has been approved for a disease other than Covid. This could be crucial for India where RSV's a major public health challenge.
Hungarian biochemist Kariko & American immunologist Weismann won for research in mRNA, which enabled vaccine development for Covid. This followed decades of struggle.
Mice treated with the mRNA vaccine, delivered like ones for Covid, showed reduction in tumours & long-term immune memory, says study by Tufts University researchers published in PNAS.
Researchers at University of California San Diego Health find that vaccine efficacy in US health workers dipped from 90% to 65.5%, recommend continued use of masks & intensive testing.
The researchers from University of Hong Kong also noted that the mechanism by which Covid vaccination can — in very rare instances — lead to the condition remains unclear.
Of the 189 patients who participated in the study, 130 received the Moderna vaccine, while 59 got the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Second dose was administered to 159 subjects.
According to the two studies, there is a link between mRNA-based vaccines and the heart condition myocarditis. But experts caution that the link between the two does not establish causality.
The US House has effectively drawn a line in the sand and approved the release of the Epstein files despite President Trump's efforts to stop it from happening.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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