Tag: India
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Infographic – China, India Continue as Top Student Sources
China and India provided more than half of all international students at U.S. universities in the last academic year, as total enrollment from overseas approached pre-pandemic levels.
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Infographic – Deaths From Nipah Virus
Nipah virus is a rare but deadly infectious disease affecting south and southeast Asia, and since August the Kerala state in India recorded six Nipah cases leading to two deaths.
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Infographic – Planned Moon Missions Through 2030
The Jaxa space agency from Japan plans a landing later this year, while NASA from the U.S. also expects to launch an orbital mission to the moon this year.
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Chewable Covid-19 Drug Reduces Viral Load, Symptoms
Clinical trial results show an experimental drug given as a chewable tablet reduces viral load and symptoms in people with mild to moderate Covid-19 disease.
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Pharma Company Licenses Protein Delivery Hydrogel
A drug maker acquired commercialization rights to an injectable hydrogel developed at a university lab that delivers proteins to repair diseased tissue.
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India Authorizes Covid-19 Vaccines Designed in US
The government of India granted emergency clearance to two vaccines to prevent Covid-19 disease, both designed in U.S. research labs.
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Oral Covid-19 Vaccine Trial Underway
An early-stage clinical trial is underway in South Africa testing the safety of a vaccine in capsule form to prevent Covid-19 disease.
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Trial Underway Testing Cancer Drug as Covid-19 Therapy
A clinical trial enrolled and dosed its first participant testing an oral drug, initially designed to treat cancer, as a therapy for mild Covid-19 infections.
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Infographic – Covax Begins Vaccine Deliveries
Deliveries so far represent a small fraction of the allotments to those countries, with deliveries for other allotments not yet underway.
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Joint Venture Developing Oral Covid-19 Vaccine
Two biotechnology companies are forming a new enterprise to produce a vaccine as a capsule or tablet to protect against Covid-19 infections.