COVID-19

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Health Department on Wednesday confirmed the detection of five new COVID-19 positive cases in the state, raising concerns about a possible resurgence of infections. According to official sources, four of the…
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Cuttack: The Orissa High Court has directed the state government to provide financial assistance to the widow of a pharmacist who died due to Covid-19 infection while working at a drug distribution centre in a hospital. The division…
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London: The United Kingdom government’s former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance recently urged the incoming British government to focus on preparing for another pandemic that is “absolutely inevitable”. He warned, “We are not…
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New Delhi: Scientists from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) have found a potential vaccine for malaria. Their research, published in the iScience journal by Cell Press, focuses on targeting a protein called Prohibitin in the malaria…
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London: It’s been close to two years since COVID-19 stopped being a menace to humanity. However, it brings back painful memories whenever news of rare cases surface. Just like the recent revelation that a man suffered from coronavirus…
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New Delhi: The H5N1 strain of bird flu has the potential of becoming a global pandemic. Experts have warned that it could be ‘100 times worse than COVID and could lead to fatalities in up to half of those infected. In a recent briefing…
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New Delhi: Ramanan Laxminarayan, Economist, Epidemiologist, Founder & Director, One Health Trust, said that while antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is the third leading cause of death in the world, India has the highest number of…
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New Delhi: Two new but exceptionally rare Covid-19 vaccine side effects – a neurological disorder and inflammation of the spinal cord – have been detected by researchers in the largest vaccine safety study to date. The study of more…
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New Delhi: Vaccines that protect against severe illness, death and lingering long Covid-19 symptoms from a coronavirus infection were linked to small increases in neurological, blood, and heart-related conditions in the largest global…
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New Delhi: A significant proportion of Indians who recovered from Covid had lung function impairment and lingering symptoms for months, a study published by Christian Medical College, Vellore, has revealed. It found Indians had more…
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