Illegal mosquito repellent incense sticks are dangerous and poisonous, think before you buy them | Health News
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World AIDS Day: Drop in HIV screening amid COVID-19 outbreak can take collateral toll, warns doctor | Health News
New Delhi: The screenings for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) have dropped by over 40-45 per cent approximately since April, just...
Dr Reddy’s, RDIF begin clinical trials for Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in India | Health News
New Delhi: Dr Reddy's Laboratories and Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) on Tuesday said they have commenced adaptive phase 2/3...
Alcohol-free hand sanitiser just as effective against COVID as alcohol-based versions | Health News
Washington: A new study from researchers at Brigham Young University finds that alcohol-free hand sanitiser is just as effective at disinfecting...
Do shoes spread COVID-19? Does COVID-19 transmit through houseflies or mosquitoes? Read 18 coronavirus facts and myths | Health News
New Delhi: The coronavirus outbreak that had brought the whole world to a complete standstill has also peddled several myths...
Bharat Biotech likely to apply for emergency use approval for coronavirus COVAXIN vaccine this week | Health News
Hyderabad: Hours after the Pune-based pharma firm Serum Institute of India (SII) applied to the Drugs Controller General of India...
28 million routine surgeries may be cancelled, postponed worldwide due to COVID-19 outbreak, reveals study | Health News
New Delhi: The CovidSurg Collaborative research study based on a 12-week period of peak disruption to hospital services due to...
Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine COVAXIN phase 1 clinical trial findings reveal no serious adverse effects: Interim report | Health News
New Delhi: The phase 1 clinical trial findings of Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine 'COVAXIN' has revealed no serious adverse effects,...
UK warns people with serious allergies to avoid Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine | Health News
LONDON: Britain`s medicine regulator has advised that people with a history of significant allergic reactions do not get Pfizer-BioNTech`s COVID-19...
WHO worried COVID-19 ‘amnesia’ will lead to another pandemic | Health News
GENEVA: The World Health Organization`s (WHO) top emergency expert said on Monday that the world risked future pandemics if it...
Serotonin promotes patience in parts of brain, reveal scientists | Health News
Okinawa: Serotonin, the hormone which determines the level of patience, has been found by a study done on mice to...
Many countries have shown COVID-19 can be controlled, even without coronavirus vaccine: WHO | Health News
Geneva: The World Health Organization's (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday said that there are many countries that have...
Will COVID-19 vaccine protect you from novel coronavirus? Know likely side-effects | Health News
New Delhi: The coronavirus outbreak that was first reported in December 2019 in China, has brought the whole world to...
Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine 95 per cent effective, to cost less than USD 20 in international market | Health News
Moscow: Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine efficacy is above 95 per cent, 42 days after the first dose and will...
Coronavirus infection may offer protection from reinfection for this long; read here | Health News
London: A new UK study has suggested that individuals who have previously contracted COVID-19 are highly unlikely to contract the...
COVID-19: ICMR issues advisory, asks states to desist from indiscriminate use of Plasma Therapy | Health News
New Delhi: The India Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Wednesday (November 18) said that indiscriminate use of Convalescent Plasma...
Three kids of COVID-19 positive parents in Australia develop antibodies without being coronavirus infected | Health News
Melbourne: In an unusual case, three kids of COVID-19 positive parents in Melbourne (Australia) have developed antibodies without ever being...
Air pollution may affect mental health later in life, new study finds | Health News
New Delhi: A new research adds to the growing body of evidence that higher exposure to air pollution may affect...
Pfizer final analysis of Phase 3 study indicates COVID-19 vaccine efficacy rate of 95% | Health News
NEW YORK: The Pfizer and BioNTech on Wednesday (November 18, 2020) announced that after conducting the final efficacy analysis in...
E-cigarette users may have increased susceptibility to coronavirus | Health News
Washington: In a controlled study of smokers, nonsmokers, and e-cigarette users, University of North Carolina School of Medicine researchers found...
