SARS-CoV-2, a virus that causes Covid-19, can infect cells of the inner ear including hair cells, which are critical for both hearing and balance, finds a study....
A team of researchers has identified a common link between Perrault syndrome, a rare genetic condition resulting in hearing loss in men and women, and early menopause or infertility in women....
Covid-19 infections in England have increased to their highest level since the beginning of the year, according to official figures released on Friday....
Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda recently expressed his opposition to the theory that the Covid-19 pandemic originated in China, Sankei News reported....
Antibodies after a Covid infection remain about 10 months in the body and generate a strong response to future infection from their own variant, but the antibodies were found less effective when fighting against different variants, finds a study....
Chile on Thursday registered 2,205 new cases of Covid-19 infection and 22 more deaths in 24 hours, raising the caseload to 1,688,454 and the pandemic death toll to 37,719, according to the Ministry of Health....
Ireland's Covid-19 daily cases have surged to a record high since January, according to data released by the Irish Department of Health on Thursday....
The Japanese Health Ministry has planned to begin offering Covid-19 booster shots in December, starting with medical workers, local media reported....
Just five African countries, less than 10 per cent of the continent's 54 nations, are projected to hit the year-end target of fully vaccinating 40 per cent of their population, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. ...
Despite being one of the first countries in the world to provide Covid-19 vaccines to its citizens and having an ample supply, the United States has been overtaken by quite a number of countries regarding vaccination rate, local media have said....
