Katalin Kariko, Drew Weissman named Nobel Prize winners in medicine for their work in mRNA COVID-19 vaccines

Katalin Kariko, Drew Weissman named Nobel Prize winners in medicine for their work in mRNA COVID-19 vaccines

Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman got the Nobel Prize for Medicine for developing effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 since the pandemic started in 2020.

by Trans World Features October 02, 2023

Health experts worry COVID will spread amid booster hesitancy in South Asia

Health experts worry COVID will spread amid booster hesitancy in South Asia

When a vaccination team came to her home in Pakistan’s central Karachi district, Noor Jehan gently told the health workers she wouldn’t get a COVID-19 booster and wasn’t allowing her children to get their first doses of vaccine either.

by B. Vijay Murty January 19, 2023

How COVID-19 changed mental health discourse in India and Pakistan

How COVID-19 changed mental health discourse in India and Pakistan

When Amina Zia in Pakistan lost her husband to COVID-19 in the early days of the pandemic, she descended further into depression.

by Rabia Umaima Ahmed in Pakistan and Devina Buckshee in India January 14, 2023

Heart should be checked within a few months of Covid-19 recovery: Dr. Samin Sharma

Heart should be checked within a few months of Covid-19 recovery: Dr. Samin Sharma

Dr. Samin K Sharma, renowned interventional cardiologist and Senior Vice-President, Operations & Quality at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, was the guest at Ek Mulakat Vishesh organised by Prabha Khaitan Foundation and presented by Shree Cement earlier in July. In the course of his interaction with Ehsaas Woman of Mumbai Karishma Mehta, a lawyer and a banker by profession, Dr. Sharma spoke about the effects of COVID-19 on hearts and how one can take precaution or recover from it. IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh brings the highlights

by Trans World Features July 17, 2021

Faster we vaccinate, the better: Dr. Ambrish Mithal on COVID-19 situation

Faster we vaccinate, the better: Dr. Ambrish Mithal on COVID-19 situation

Dr Ambrish Mithal, a Padma Bhushan and B C Roy awardee, is the chairman and head of endocrinology and diabetes department at Max Healthcare, a group of 16 hospitals. In an exclusive chat with Ina Puri at Ek Mulakat Vishesh, organised by Prabha Khaitan Foundation and presented by Shree Cement, Dr. Mithal spoke about COVID-19 situation, the need to vaccinate and the struggle his fraternity had to go through over the last few weeks. IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh tracks

by Trans World Features July 02, 2021

'The only solution to Covid-19 is herd immunity': Kolkata-based homeopath Dr. Pratip Banerji

'The only solution to Covid-19 is herd immunity': Kolkata-based homeopath Dr. Pratip Banerji

Kolkata/TWF: Most states in India have seen a fresh surge in Covid-19 cases in the post-festival period.

by Arunadhti Gupta December 22, 2020

What are the advantages of Homeopathy in developing immunity to combat COVID-19? Dr. P Banerji writes

What are the advantages of Homeopathy in developing immunity to combat COVID-19? Dr. P Banerji writes

World Health Organization (WHO)'s May 14 statement about COVID-19 that the pandemic virus may never go away makes the need to boost immunity against the virus more important than ever before. In this context, eminent Kolkata-based homeopath Dr. Pratip Banerji has written about The advantages of homeopathy in developing immunity in combating COVID 19, from the perspective of being a fourth-generation homeopath with over 30 years of experience as a practitioner and a researcher, belonging to a family of homeopaths who have treated patients for over 150 years.

by Trans World Features June 02, 2020

In homeopathy we recommend Thuja 30 as prevention of Corona:  Dr. Pratip Banerji

In homeopathy we recommend Thuja 30 as prevention of Corona: Dr. Pratip Banerji

As the world bleeds under the surge of deadly Covid-19, medical experts are suggesting ways to fight the invisible enemy till a vaccine arrives. IBNS spoke to eminent Kolkata-based homeopath Dr. Pratip Banerji, known for their famous Banerji Protocols, to learn about remedies available in homeopathy

by Trans World Features April 24, 2020

Covid 19: Catholic Church of Asia head Cardinal Charles Maung Bo holds Chinese govt accountable

Covid 19: Catholic Church of Asia head Cardinal Charles Maung Bo holds Chinese govt accountable

Yangon (Myanmar) : Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, head of the Catholic Church in Asia, has minced no words in blaming the Chinese regime for the global Covid-9 contagion. The prelate, who is also the Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar, wants China to accept moral culpability for the pandemic and pay compensation for the worldwide havoc it has caused.

by Trans World Features April 07, 2020