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‘Mucormycosis Is Caused Due to Misuse of Steroids’, Says AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria

New Delhi, May 15: All India Institute of Medical Sciences’ (AIIMS) Director Randeep Guleria on Saturday said misuse of steroids is a major cause behind mucormycosis. Guleria also urged the hospitals to follow protocols of infection control practices as secondary infections — fungal and bacterial — can be seen as the COVID-19 cases are increasing… Read More »

Most Americans probably won’t be able to get a Covid-19 vaccine until mid-2021, CDC director says

“Those who are vaccine hesitant have had their hesitancy enhanced by a variety of things that are happening right now, particularly the unfortunate mix of science and politics,” Collins said at an event hosted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. A recent poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation found that more than… Read More »