TTS Explained: The Rare Disorder Caused By AstraZeneca’s Covishield Vaccine

TTS is a rare disease that was observed in individuals who received a Covid-19 adenovirus vector-based vaccination. (Image: Shutterstock)  A limited number of individuals who got the Covishield vaccination have reported experiencing TTS syndrome, a significant and uncommon side effect. AstraZeneca, the UK pharmaceutical company, has admitted that their Covid-19 vaccination might cause Thrombosis with …

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WHO team calls Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital a ‘bloodbath’

The emergency department at the Al-Shifa hospital in northern Gaza, devastated by Israeli bombardments, is “a blood bath” and is “in need of resuscitation”, the WHO said Sunday. A team from the World Health Organisation and other United Nations agencies was able to deliver medical supplies Saturday to the hospital, the largest in the Palestinian …

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Gaza faces ‘perfect storm’ of deadly diseases

For the besieged residents of Gaza who have so far survived Israel’s bombs and bullets, a silent, invisible killer is now stalking them: disease. A lack of food, clean water and shelter have worn down hundreds of thousands of traumatised people and, with a health system on its knees, it’s inevitable epidemics will rip through …

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Niti Aayog plans policy to push local production of assistive devices

The government is working on policy intervention to promote mass manufacturing of assistive devices in India by incentivising the private sector to undertake R&D for such technology and scale up production while providing monetary support to persons with disability to avail assistive technology services to reduce the out-of-pocket payment. NITI Aayog has started discussions with …

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