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More than 1.23 crore people have registered till the first week of May 2021 through Co-Win and Arogya Setu platforms in response to the opening of online registrations for Covid-19 vaccination for those who are above 18. A total of about 150 million shots have been given to date. Though, these cover only 11.5% of India's population. The first phase of vaccination in India covered the frontline workers and the citizens’ over-45s. It has now been opened for all above 18 years in India from May 1.

Mucormycosis, previously called zygomycosis, is a serious but rare fungal infection caused by a group of molds called mucormycetes. These molds live throughout the environment. Mucormycosis mainly affects people who have health problems or take medicines that lower the body’s ability to fight germs and sickness. It most commonly affects the sinuses or the lungs after inhaling fungal spores from the air. It can also occur on the skin after a cut, burn, or other type of skin injury.

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Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have discovered one way in which SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, hijacks human cell machinery to blunt the immune response, allowing it to establish infection, replicate and cause disease.

In short, the virus' genome gets tagged with a special marker by a human enzyme that tells the immune system to stand down, while at the same time ramping up production of the surface proteins that SARS-CoV-2 uses as a "doorknob" to enter cells.

This article by Sri Ramakrishna Hospital covers information on how to care for patients facing thyroid problems. How iodine in water plays a major role in thyroid function and why people should not fear getting treatment.

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Vinay Kumar Singh.  
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Kumar Organic Products Research Centre Pvt. Ltd.,
Bengaluru

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¹Tiwari H.S., ²Barfa Rajendra, ³Mehta Pooja, ⁴Alam Anzar, ⁵Panda B.P., ⁶Yadav Minu ⁷Mangal Gopesh, ⁸Sharma Sanjeev
1. Medical advisor,
2. Research Officer,
3. Ayurveda Physician,
4. Quality Control, Multani Pharmaceuticals Ltd. New Delhi,

Hamilton, ON (April 6, 2021) - If you are one of the millions of people worldwide suffering from allergies, you may take an antihistamine pill to ward off hives, sneezing and watery eyes. But you may be taking your medications incorrectly, says Derek Chu, a McMaster University allergy expert and clinical scholar.

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Vinay Kumar Singh.  
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Kumar Organic Products Research Centre Pvt. Ltd.,
Bengaluru