LIVE market updates: Frontline indices held onto their morning gains amid broad-based buying, bolstered by strong gains in global markets. The frontline S&P BSE Sensex was at 52,700 levels, up 500 points, while the Nifty50 index was hovering around 15,750-mark, up 150 points. In global markets, Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 index rose 0.9 per cent, South Korea’s Kospi index… Read More »
July 14, 2021 — As restrictions lift and mask mandates become scarce, Americans are filling their social calendars and booking vacations. While some are rejoicing, health care professionals say others are emerging from the pandemic with more health-related fears. COVID-19 has caused more anxiety and depression for many over the course of the pandemic. A survey from… Read More »
FRIDAY, June 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) — U.S. regulators have extended the expiration date on millions of Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine doses by six weeks, the company announced Thursday. A U.S. Food and Drug Administration review concluded the shots remain safe and effective for at least 4 1/2 months, J&J said in a statement. In February,… Read More »
A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that the wife of Ejaz Warsi’s relative remained critically ill. Warsi’s relative’s sister remains critically ill. The article has been corrected. Avani Singh hops on Zoom around 11 p.m. every night with her mother in New Jersey and uncle in India, strategizing how to keep her coronavirus-stricken grandfather alive. They… Read More »
By Cara MurezHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, April 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) — U.S. resistance to getting a COVID-19 vaccine is slowly diminishing, a new online survey finds, but it still exists and at especially rates in some blue-collar jobs. For adults under age 65 who are hesitant, reluctance is mainly driven by concerns about safety, side effects and distrust… Read More »
By American Heart Association NewsHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, April 20, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — On a recent day in his Denver Health emergency room, Dr. Eric Lavonas hit another tragic trifecta. “In a nine-hour shift, I took care of somebody with chest pain from cocaine, somebody with an opioid overdose who quit breathing, and somebody with methamphetamine… Read More »
THURSDAY, April 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A new clinical trial will investigate whether people who are highly allergic or have what’s known as a mast cell disorder are at higher risk for a sudden allergic reaction to the Moderna or Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines. “The public understandably has been concerned about reports of rare, severe allergic reactions… Read More »
Shares of Dr Lal PathLabs hit a record high of Rs 2,924.85, ralling 7 per cent on the BSE in the intra-day trade on Monday, on expectation of healthy earning growth in the near-term, as the company would continue to reap benefits from increased Covid-related and allied testing in its widespread network of diagnostic centers and labs.… Read More »
Christopher Wood, global head of equity strategy at Jefferies has trimmed his ‘overweight’ exposure to India in his Asia Pacific ex-Japan relative-return portfolio by 2 percentage points (ppt). Weight in Singapore and Taiwan in the above-mentioned portfolio has been increased by 1 ppt each. Earlier in December 2020, he raised exposure to Indian equities… Read More »
THURSDAY, April 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — More than one-quarter of U.S. parents don’t plan to vaccinate their kids for COVID-19, and roughly as many oppose school-required coronavirus shots, a new study finds. This opposition was more common among moms than dads, and was especially common among white mothers who identified as Republican/Republican-leaning, the researchers said. … Read More »