Researchers have found that a novel form of a drug used to treat osteoporosis that comes with the potential for fewer side effects may provide a new option for patients. For the study, published in the journal Biophysical Journal, a team of researchers developed a stabilized form of human calcitonin, which is a peptide ...
The Kerala government has sanctioned compensation for duck farmers whose ducks were culled following the bird flu threat in Alappuzha and Kottayam districts. The Cabinet has decided to provide Rs 100 for a duck which is less than two months old and Rs 200 for those which are above 2 months. Compensation of Rs 5 ...
Karnataka health minister K. Sudhakar on Friday said the home department was yet to track 75 people who returned to the state from England since November 25. The minister told reporters that of the 75 people 70 are within the limits of Bengaluru civic body, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike and five are from other...
With the UK giving the green light to the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and drug maker AstraZeneca, India is also expected to follow suit soon as a meeting of the decision-making body began on Friday, giving new hope of beginning the end of the pandemic as the New Year ushers in....
The Delhi government on Monday informed the Delhi High Court that a meeting of the expert committee which is reviewing the Covid-19 condition in the national capital will take place on January 5. The submissions were made before the vacation bench of the high court presided ...
The Union Health Ministry on Monday issued a detailed action plan which the genomic surveillance consortium would follow if the new coronavirus variant, which is more infectious, is detected in the samples of returnees from the United kingdom. The British Government had recently announced that the newly identified...
In a few hours over one evening, one of Gardner's students built an original Covid-19 dashboard from scratch....
Covid-19 patients with a secondary blood infection were significantly sicker upon hospital admission, had longer hospital stays and poorer outcomes, new research has found. A bloodstream infection (BSI) is defined as one or more positive blood cultures...
Authorities in Australia's largest city Sydney have extended the Covid-19 restrictions on social gatherings across Christmas in a bid to curb an outbreak. Most Sydney residents will continue to be able to have 10 adult visitors to their home over the holiday period, the BBC reported on Wednesday....
The Western Cape High Court in South Africa has ruled that the cigarette sales ban during the countrys hard lockdown period was not necessary or in keeping with the South African Constitution. British American Tobacco South Africa (BATSA) and others had taken the Department...
