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Fast charging dominates global smartphone sales in Q1: Report
Image Source : PIXABAY Fast charging dominates global smartphone sales in Q1: Report
The sales of fast charging-based (over 10 watts) smartphones accounted for almost 80 per cent of the global smartphone market in the first quarter (Q2) of 2023, compared to 74 per cent in Q1 2022 and 29 per cent in Q1 2018, a new report showed on Thursday. According to…
Think You Never Got Covid-19? Thank Your Genes
A DNA variation that affects the immune system can boost a person’s odds of avoiding Covid-19 symptoms, a study found. The work, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, helps explain why some people infected with the virus that causes Covid-19 don’t fall ill.
The T cells of some people with the variation can find and kill the virus without having seen it before, researchers said. That is because the part of the virus their T cells home in on is similar enough to common…
Alliance Air Boosts Connectivity Between Chennai and Jaffna with Daily Flights, Aiding Travel and Trade
Last Updated: July 17, 2023, 13:47 ISTAlliance Air (Photo: IANS)Alliance Air launches daily commercial flights between Chennai and Jaffna, strengthening travel and trade ties between India and Sri Lanka.In a significant development, Alliance Air has commenced daily commercial flights between Chennai and Sri Lanka’s Jaffna city, taking travel and trade between the two countries to new heights.The increased frequency of flights comes as a welcome move, aiming to bolster connectivity between Chennai and the Tamil-dominated…
Updated Covid vaccines should have ‘reasonable’ prices: HHS
A nurse prepares doses of the Pfizer vaccine on Dec. 30, 2021, during a COVID-19 vaccination event at Josephine's Southern Cooking in Chatham, Illinois.Brian Cassella | Tribune News Service | Getty ImagesThe Biden administration on Thursday urged Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax to price their updated Covid vaccines at a "reasonable" rate when they roll them out in the U.S. this fall.In a letter addressed to the shot manufacturers, the Department of Health and Human Services said price gouging the new jabs would take advantage…
Biden HHS to provide free Covid vaccines for uninsured through 2024
A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in the Peabody Institute Library in Peabody, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022.Vanessa Leroy | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe Biden administration on Thursday announced a program to provide free Covid vaccines to uninsured Americans through December 2024 after the federal government's supply of shots runs out this fall.Those free shots, which the government is purchasing at a discount, will be available to the…
Flexible batteries, designer phages among top-10 emerging technologies of 2023: WEF
New Delhi, Jun 26 (PTI) A new type of AI capable of generating new and original content, designer phages, flexible batteries and sustainable aviation fuel are among the technologies poised to have the most positive impact on the world in the next 3-5 years, the WEF said on Monday.Listing the top ten such emerging technologies, the WEF said the list also includes wearable plant sensors, metaverse for mental health, spatial omics, flexible neural electronics, sustainable computing and AI-facilitated healthcare. The WEF's…
Omicron-specific mRNA-based booster vaccine gets DCGI nod
New Delhi: The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) on Tuesday announced that the Omicron-specific mRNA-based Booster vaccine developed using the indigenous platform technology by Gennova Biopharmaceuticals has got a nod from the office of the Drug Control General of India (DCGI) for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA).…
Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax gear up for fall rollout
A pharmacist prepares to administer COVID-19 vaccine booster shots during an event hosted by the Chicago Department of Public Health at the Southwest Senior Center on September 09, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois.Scott Olson | Getty ImagesThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Covid strain selection for the next round of shots puts Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax on track to deliver new jabs in time for the fall – a decisive win for the vaccine makers as they gear up to compete against one another. The FDA on Friday advised the…
FDA advisors raise doubts about seasonal updates
A person receives a COVID-19 vaccination dose, during a free distribution of COVID-19 rapid test kits for those who received vaccination shots or booster shots, at Union Station on January 7, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.Mario Tama | Getty ImagesThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration's independent panel of advisors raised doubts about the need to "periodically" update Covid vaccines, noting that it's unclear if the virus is seasonal like the flu.Advisors on Thursday unanimously voted that new jabs for the fall should be…