Oct 05, 2021, at 02:51 pm
New York: Two doses of Pfizer-BioNTech (BNT162b2) are 90% effective against COVID-19 hospitalizations for all variants, including delta, for at least six months, confirms a new study from Kaiser Permanente and Pfizer published in The Lancet.
UN chief promotes ‘enormous’ benefits of greener cities
Oct 04, 2021, at 11:03 pm
New York: For the UN Secretary-General, the benefits of making cities more environmentally friendly are “enormous”, and include reduced climate risk, more jobs, and better health and well-being.
American scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian win Nobel Prize for Medicine
Oct 04, 2021, at 09:49 pm
Stocckholm: American scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian have been awarded 2021 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 'for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch'.
India records 20,799 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Oct 04, 2021, at 03:05 pm
New Delhi: India, which is currently witnessing the festive season, reported 20,799 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per the Ministry of Health released data on Monday.
Bangladesh records 18 new deaths due to COVID-19 in past 24 hours
Oct 04, 2021, at 03:26 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh registered 18 new deaths due to COVID-19 infection in the past 24 hours, media reports said on Sunday.
Oct 03, 2021, at 03:49 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India, a country of 1.3 billion people, registered 22,842 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said in its daily bulletin on Sunday.
Thailand's daily COVID-19 deaths fall below 100 for first time since late July
Oct 03, 2021, at 12:31 am
Bangkok/UNI/Xinhua: The number of daily COVID-19 deaths in Thailand fell below 100 for the first time since July 26, the country's health authorities reported on Saturday.
Australia registers over 2,000 new COVID-19 cases for 3rd day
Oct 03, 2021, at 12:00 am
Canberra/UNI/Xinhua: Australia has reported more than 2,000 coronavirus cases for the third consecutive day as the country continues to battle the third wave of COVID-19 infections.
Maharashtra: Resident doctors continue indefinite strike
Oct 02, 2021, at 11:16 pm
Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors’ indefinite strike (MARD) entered second day on Saturday following an inconclusive meeting with the government officials.
Pakistan: 46 people die due to COVID-19 in past 24 hours
Oct 02, 2021, at 09:41 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan claimed 46 new deaths due to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, media reports said on Saturday.
India registers 24,354 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Oct 02, 2021, at 03:08 pm
New Delhi: India recorded 24,354 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per Ministry of Health released data on Saturday.
Coronavirus antiviral pill can halve risk of hospitalization
Oct 02, 2021, at 02:40 pm
New Jersey: Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics on Friday announced that molnupiravir, an investigational oral antiviral medicine, significantly reduced the risk of hospitalization or death at a planned interim analysis of the Phase 3 MOVe-OUT trial in at risk, non-hospitalized adult patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19.
Covid-19 infections among children on rise in UK with reopening of schools: Reports
Oct 02, 2021, at 04:28 am
London/IBNS: The Covid-19 infections in children increased in the UK with the opening up of schools across the country, media reports said on Friday.
Covid positivity rate in J&K below the national average
Oct 02, 2021, at 03:52 am
Srinagar/IBNS: Indicating a considerable decline in the infection proportion, Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) has recorded a 0.53 percent Covid-19 positivity rate in the last week.
Gauri Healthy Heart Project launches ‘No heart attack mission-2025’ in J&K
Oct 02, 2021, at 03:23 am
Srinagar/IBNS: Dr Upendra Kaul addressed the audience at an event commemorating the World Heart Day 2021, during which the Gauri Healthy Heart Project (GHHP), J&K, an initiative of the Gauri Kaul Foundation, also released its annual report.
Keep raising your voices, UN chief tells young climate leaders
Oct 01, 2021, at 09:16 pm
New York: With the climate crisis already devastating lives and incomes, young people will be critical to driving global action forward, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told participants attending the Pre-COP Youth Event in Milan, Italy, on Thursday.
West Bengal: Like last year, no entry to Durga Puja pandals for visitors
Oct 01, 2021, at 09:03 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Like last year, no visitor will be allowed inside the Durga Puja pandals in West Bengal in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Rapid decline in public health conditions, WHO warns
Oct 01, 2021, at 08:59 pm
Healthcare provision is deteriorating fast in Afghanistan, the UN health agency warned on Wednesday, with cases of measles and diarrhoea shooting up, and polio becoming a “major risk”.
India reports 26,727 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours
Oct 01, 2021, at 05:03 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In a spike, India reported 26,727 COVID-19 cases while the toll went up by 277 in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry stated Friday.
New Zealand registers 19 new community cases of COVID-19 Delta variant
Oct 01, 2021, at 03:21 pm
Wellington/UNI/Xinhua: New Zealand reported 19 new Delta variant cases of COVID-19 in the community on Friday, bringing the total number of confirmed coronavirus infections in the country's community outbreak to 1,268.
Chinese mainland reports 24 imported COVID-19 cases
Oct 01, 2021, at 02:59 pm
Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland reported 24 imported COVID-19 cases and ten locally-transmitted infections on Thursday, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Friday.
Bengaluru doctors remove 8kg plus tumor from Odisha man's face
Sep 30, 2021, at 09:24 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: A team of doctors at Aster CMI Hospital successfully removed a humongous tumor from the face of 31-year-old Manbodh Bagh from Odisha.
Jammu and Kashmir govt constitutes Poplar Commission
Sep 30, 2021, at 08:54 pm
Jammu/IBNS: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Wednesday constituted a Poplar Commission headed by the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests to advise on various aspects of introduction, cultivation, utilization, and regulations of poplars in the Union Territory.
India reports 23,529 COVID-19 cases, 311 deaths in 24 hours
Sep 30, 2021, at 04:16 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In a spike in daily coronavirus cases, India reported 23,529 new infections while the toll increased by 311 in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry stated Thursday.
Kolkata: BM Birla upholds clinical excellence this World Heart Day
Sep 30, 2021, at 12:17 am
Kolkata: Kolkata'sBM Birla Heart Research Centre conducted an interactive session on World Heart Day highlighting clinical excellence and nuances in the treatment of cardiology in the post covid time when experts said there is a need to raise the awareness of maintaining a healthy heart.
Leopard caged in Assam’s Dibrugarh
Sep 29, 2021, at 11:45 pm
Guwahati: A full-grown leopard was caged on Wednesday at Dikam tea estate in Assam’s Dibrugarh district.
IIT Guwahati researchers develop Water Repellent Material for Wearable Motion Sensors
Sep 29, 2021, at 09:26 pm
Guwahati: Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IIT-G) researchers have developed a novel water repellent material that can be used for real-time monitoring of human movements.
New global meningitis strategy aims to save 200,000 lives a year
Sep 29, 2021, at 06:23 pm
New York: More than 200,000 lives could be saved annually if the goals of a new global strategy to defeat meningitis are achieved, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
India records 18,870 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Sep 29, 2021, at 04:12 pm
New Delhi: India, a nation that witnessed a devastating second wave of the pandemic, registered 18,870 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Wednesday.
Drugs used by some Type 2 diabetics may lessen their risk for severe COVID-19 complications: Study
Sep 29, 2021, at 01:41 am
New York: A type of drug already used to treat obesity and Type 2 diabetes, when taken six months prior to the diagnosis of COVID-19, was associated with a decreased risk of hospitalization, respiratory complications and death in COVID-19 patients with Type 2 diabetes, according to researchers at Penn State College of Medicine.