The United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) maintained that people who are fully inoculated with the Covid-19 vaccine can venture out without masks.The CDC’s new guidelines stat
Britain approves ‘world’s most expensive’ drug costing ₹18 crore
March 09, 2021
Zolgensma is used to cure Spinal Muscular Atrophy The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) has approved the world’s most expensive drug that can prevent a rare genetic disorder, as per media reports.
The drug, called Zolgensma and manufactured by Novartis Gene Therapies, has been approved by Britain. The drug costs ₹18 crore (£1.79 million) per dose, according to the official statement NHS England.
The drug is used to cure Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). SMA is rare and can be a fatal genetic disease that causes paralysis, muscle weakness and progressive loss of movement.
Researchers from the University of Sheffield's Institute of Translational Neuroscience (SITraN) have been awarded over £1 million from Parkinson's UK to.
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Top COVID-19 vaccine questions: Vaccine, face masks and breastfeeding
In this video Professor Alison McMillan, Australia’s Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, answers the top 3 questions you’ve been asking on our social accounts.
Top 3 questions
Will I still need to wear a face mask once I have received the vaccines?
Is it safe to breastfeed once I have received the COVID-19 vaccines?
Transcript below:
Hi, and welcome to Top 3 and thank you for James being with me this morning.
A quick shout out to all of those health professionals across the country who are either
administering the vaccine right now to our most venerable, or receiving the vaccine,
China, home to half the world s hogs, is the hardest hit by African swine fever since reporting its first outbreak in 2018.- Reuters
BEIJING/HANOI (Bloomberg): African swine fever is re-emerging in Asia, threatening to upend efforts to replenish national herds after the virus killed tens of millions of pigs in the region and created a huge shortage of meat protein.
Fresh outbreaks have been reported in China and Vietnam this year, and the disease has even landed on Malaysia s shores.
While new cases are scattered and isolated, they ve put governments on notice that the virus is alive and well and there could be dire consequences if it s not kept under control.