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Tina Flournoy, who currently serves as former US President Bill Clinton’s chief of staff, was chosen to be Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ chief of staff, according to a source. Flournoy will join at least two other women of color who hold senior positions in Harris’s office: Symone Sanders, senior spokesperson …

NEW DELHI: India is one of the few countries in the world that has isolated the novel coronavirus what cause COVID-19. Now, you’re on your way to developing one of the cheapest vaccines, according to Dr. MV Padma Srivastava, Head of Neuroscience at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences …

Moderna Inc plans to apply for authorization for its coronavirus vaccine in the United States and Europe on Monday, after a new analysis showed the vaccine was highly effective in preventing Covid-19, without serious safety concerns. The primary analysis, which included 196 cases, found the vaccine to be 94.1 percent …

More than 40 million people have been considered to have recovered from the coronavirus around the world, but it seems that beating the initial illness is not the only battle that Covid-19 survivors have to fight. While a Covid-positive patient can recover in two to three weeks, scientists now say …

The WHO chief urges critics who have accused the agency of handing over the reins of the investigation to China to stop “politicizing” the issue. The World Health Organization (WHO) insisted on Monday that it would do everything possible to find the animal origins of Covid-19, insisting that knowledge is …

Actor Akshay Kumar met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at a dinner in Mumbai on Tuesday. A photo of the actor, immersed in a deep conversation with UP CM, has been shared. Images of Akshay arriving at Mumbai Trident Hotel had previously been shared online. The CM landed in …

The initial findings did not require stopping trials of the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine, he said. “Every time a clinical trial begins, subjects are expected to sign a prior informed consent form. This is a worldwide practice, it occurs in all countries. The form informs the subject about possible adverse events …

Sputnik V became the world’s first registered Covid vaccine based on a human adenoviral vector platform Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) announced on Tuesday the start of adaptive phase 2/3 clinical trials for the COVID-19 Sputnik V vaccine in India after receiving the necessary authorization …

Go to Nakamura / Getty Images | Photo Credit: Getty Images As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread fear and anxiety among people, heartbreaking stories and photos of patients are shared on social media every day. The heartbreaking accounts and photos of patients from around the world are perhaps the …

The UK’s new points-based immigration system was launched on Tuesday under which the European Union (EU) and non-EU citizens, such as Indians, will be treated equally. The government has said that the new visa system is aimed at attracting the “brightest and best” from around the world and reducing cheap …