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FLU vaccine.. What you should know and why is it a good idea to take it? FLU vaccine or influenza vaccine, commonly called the “FLU SHOTS” helps reducing the chance of becoming sick with viruses that cause influenza which come with the change of seasons.India has a bimodal peak of influenza or FLU.One in rains…

COVID during FESTIVALS Festival season is round the corner with NAVRATRI and DIWALI festivities urging people to step out.It’s been almost seven months since India went into lockdown.Now that large part of the country is under the unlock phase, people are slowly returning to normal life with covid or Corona virus restrictions on their lives.In…

Covid 19 Vaccine race: Where does India stand? Introduction:Novel coronavirus or SARS CoV2 or COVID 19 has struck the entire globe with a vengeance and has resulted in huge numbers of morbidity and mortality amongst the human population. At the time of writing this article, there were 40 million cases worldwide with 1.1 million deaths…

COVID VACCINE: MYTHS AND FACTS Now that India has started its own vaccination programme with Made in India Vaccines, its imperative to know who all should take the vaccines. We have a vaccination programme which is funded and run by the central and state governments respectively. Covishield or Oxford Vaccine, maufactured by Serum Institute of…