Booster

Small launch firm Rocket Lab on Monday captured a falling rocket stage out of the air with a helicopter before dropping it in the ocean, appearing to achieve a partially successful test of the company's novel cost-savings approach to recovering used rockets for multiple mission to space.The demonstration, involving parachutes and a long cable hanging from a helicopter, sought to check off a key milestone for the Long Beach, California-based company as it ventures to slash the cost of sending things into space, an industry…

Mixing different Covid-19 vaccines as the third dose than was received for the first two shots was found to be more effective than using the booster of the same preventive, a study published in The Lancet Global Health journal has said. The study was conducted to determine the safety profile and effectiveness of mixing CoronaVac, Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccine boosters in individuals who had a primary two-dose immunisation schedule with CoronaVac, compared with no vaccination.…

NEW DELHI : The effect of covid-19 vaccine Covishield starts waning after six months of vaccination, a research study found, making a case for booster doses to protect from the viral pandemic. According to the study conducted by Pune’s ICMR-National Institute of Virology (NIV), neutralizing antibodies, which are generated by the body after infection or vaccination and guard against future infection, become less effective after this period. The study, funded by the…

With India’s Covid graph inches upwards, not enough people are getting their booster shots. Among the reasons for the apparent lethargy are the fear of adverse effects, the view that Covid is now a mild infection and doubts over whether a precaution dose is indeed useful, said scientists, public health experts and industry insiders. As to virologist Dr T Jacob John, vaccine fatigue has set in, also because the "cacophony of new experts" has been confusing. “I get a number of questions for clarification on…

NEW DELHI : A top health expert has said that the gap between the second dose of vaccine against coronavirus and the precautionary dose should be made six months for better immunity against the infection. The Indian Government started administering the precautionary dose or the third dose of vaccine against the novel coronavirus for all adults across the nation.  However, the central government has determined the gap between the second dose and the precaution dose to…

Elon Musk's SpaceX achieved yet another milestone on February 21. It has successfully landed a Falcon 9 rocket back on Earth for the 100th time after deploying its payload into orbit. The rocket was launched from Florida, US, at 8:14pm IST, carrying 46 Starlink satellites. About nine minutes later, the rocket's first stage (booster) returned to Earth for a vertical touchdown on a SpaceX drone ship, A Shortfall of Gravitas (ASOG), stationed a few hundred kilometres off the Florida coast. The successful return marked the…

Redmi 10A launch in India has been set for April 20, as per a microsite on Amazon. The phone is teased to come with a large display, big battery, and RAM booster feature, among others. Redmi launched the smartphone in China last month with a 6.53-inch HD+ display, a MediaTek Helio G25 SoC, up to 6GB of RAM, and up to 128GB of onboard storage, along with a 5,000mAh battery. Recently, a report also tipped the India price of the smartphone.Redmi announced the launch date of the Redmi 10A via a microsite on Amazon and a…

Facebook-owner Meta is no longer requiring employees to have COVID-19 boosters to enter its offices in the United States, a company spokesperson said on Friday. The social media company previously said that all workers returning to the office would have to present proof of their booster jabs, while the company monitored the Omicron variant situation."We updated our requirements in early March to align with CDC guidance, and now COVID-19 boosters are no longer required for entry, though strongly recommended. The primary…

Tencent Holdings said it will shut down a service that allowed Chinese gamers to access overseas platforms to play unapproved foreign games, in a sign of tightening compliance as Chinese regulators more closely scrutinize the industry.The country's largest social and gaming firm said late on Wednesday it will on May 31 update its games speed booster mobile and desktop apps to new versions that would only support games operating in China. The new versions will no longer allow users to access foreign games.Tencent first…