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Washington, Sep 2 : US drug maker Moderna has applied to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the evaluation of a booster dose of its mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccine.Early trials have shown that the mRNA-1273 booster shot at 50 microgram dose le…

London, Sep 2 : People who got fully vaccinated against the infectious coronavirus disease are nearly 50 per cent less likely to experience long Covid than unvaccinated people who get infected with the virus, according to a large-scale study publishe…

Canberra, Sep 2 : Australia has reported another record number of 1,477 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday as the country continued to battle the raging third wave of the infections.The new cases took the overall infection tally to 56,212, while the deat…

New York, Sep 2 : Antibodies that turn against the body’s own immune systems are the reason for severe illness and death among one-fifth of Covid patients, according to a large international study.These rogue antibodies are known as autoantibodies, a…

Beijing, Sep 2 : The city of Binzhou, in China’s Shandong province, has reported two anthrax cases, including one death, the local health commission said.On August 6, Binzhou reported a suspected anthrax case, and the patient died on the same day, Xi…

New York, Sep 2 : Researchers have pointed to a significant decline in kidney function in Covid-19 long-haulers and even among those who had mild infections of the virus.The study, by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St.Loui…