Category : Medical Science

IANS Geneva, Jan 19 : The world faces a ‘catastrophic moral failure’ because of unequal Covid-19 vaccine policies, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said it was not fair for younger, healthy people in richer nations to get injections before vulnerable people in poorer states, the […]Read More

London, Jan 18: Almost a third of recovered COVID-19 patients end up back in the hospital within five months — and up to one in eight die of complications from the illness. Researchers at the UK’s Leicester University and the Office for National Statistics found that out of 47,780 people discharged from the hospital, 29.4% […]Read More

With ANI inputs New delhi, Jan 17: A study published in Perspectives on Psychological Science shows that downturn, stress, loneliness, and chronic weakness practices can debilitate the body’s immune system and lower the adequacy of specific antibodies. A study published in Perspectives on Psychological Science shows that downturn, stress, loneliness, and chronic weakness practices can […]Read More

Srinagar, Jan 11: More than three quarters of people hospitalised with COVID-19 still suffered from at least one symptom after six months, according to a study published that scientists said shows the need for further investigation into lingering coronavirus effects. The research, which was published in the Lancet medical journal and involved hundreds of patients […]Read More

Fars NA Tehran, Jan 09: Iran is the first country that uses plasma to cure ocular diseases, a health official said on Saturday, adding that the special plasma surgery is being used to treat nearly 15 eye diseases. Plasma Assistance Non-Invasive Surgery (PANIS) inventor Farhad Nejat said that Iran is the first country that applies […]Read More

Texas, Jan 08: Pfizer Inc and BioNTechs COVID-19 vaccine appeared to work against a key mutation in the highly transmissible new variants of the coronavirus discovered in Britain and South Africa, according to a laboratory study conducted by the U.S. drugmaker. The study by Pfizer and scientists from the University of Texas Medical Branch, which […]Read More

Washington, Jan 07: Nearly 4,400 adverse events were reported after people received the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in the US, with 21 cases determined to be anaphylaxis, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The US Food and Drug Administration issued an Emergency Use Authorization for Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine on […]Read More

London, Jan 06: Two nursing home residents died after receiving doses of the Pfizer and BioNTech coronavirus vaccine. The Medical Director of the Norwegian Medicines Agency and Norway’s National Institute of Public Health is investigating the deaths. This comes after a paediatric surgery assistant in Porto was found dead two days after being administered the […]Read More

New Delhi, Jan 06: Several states from North, West and South India are witnessing a sporadic rise in the cases of Avian Influenza (bird flu). States like Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Kerala have reported close to 25,000 deaths predominantly of ducks, crows and migratory birds. The news has started to trigger panic among the […]Read More