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Covid is a test and world is failing: WHO chief
As Japan goes ahead with Olympics 2021, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday said that the coronavirus pandemic is...
3D ‘assembloid’ shows how SARS-CoV-2 infects brain cells
A team of researchers has produced a stem cell model that demonstrates a potential route of entry of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19,...
Pak citizens urged to follow SOPs amid 4th wave concerns
Health experts and officials in Pakistan have urged citizens to strictly adhere to the standard operating procedures (SOPs) amid concerns of the fourth wave...
Covid disrupted delivery of DTP-1 jab in over 3mn kids in India: WHO
More than three million children in India missed a first dose of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis combined vaccine (DTP-1) in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according...
Global Covid-19 caseload tops 186.7 mn
The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 186.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.02 million and vaccinations soared to over...
Mansukh Mandaviya takes charge as new Health Minister
Senior BJP leader Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday took charge of the key Health and Family Welfare Ministry amid the ongoing Covid pandemic.
Mandaviya was previously...
WHO recommends arthritis drugs to cut death risk in Covid patients
Arthritis drugs tocilizumab and sarilumab can reduce the risk of death and the need for mechanical ventilation in patients with Covid-19, finds a study.
The...
Bharat Biotech says not received any advance payments from Brazil
After Brazil announced suspending a $324 million Covaxin contract that has mired President Jair Bolsonaro in accusations of irregularities, Bharat Biotech has said it...
Maximise benefits of AI for health, minimise risks: WHO
Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds great promise for improving the delivery of healthcare and medicine worldwide, but only if ethics and human rights are put...
AstraZeneca tests Covid booster shots against Beta-variant
British-Swedish biopharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca has in partnership with the University of Oxford rolled out human trials for booster shots against the Beta Covid variant.
The...