Brazil on Wednesday saw record high daily deaths from the Covid-19 for the second day in a row, registering 1,910 deaths in 24 hours and bringing the national death toll to 259,271....
Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are developing a new smartphone app that may help teach young adults how to talk to a peer if they are concerned about that person's drinking or drug use....
Thailand on Thursday confirmed 54 new Covid-19 cases, mostly domestic, and one more fatality, according to a report from the Center for the Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA)....
In a rare deal between competitors, pharmaceutical major Merck, known as MSD outside the US and Canada, has inked a deal to support efforts to expand manufacturing capacity and supply of Johnson and Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine, American President Joe Biden said....
Nearly 2.5 billion people worldwide, or one in four people, may be living with some degree of hearing loss by 2050, and at least 700 million of them will require access to ear and hearing care and other rehabilitation services unless action is taken, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned....
The second phase of the Covid-19 vaccination drive in Gurugram began on Monday as elderly citizens queued up to receive their first vaccine jabs, health officials said. The vaccination drive began for senior citizens aged 60 years and above, and ...
Kerala Health Minister K.K. Shailaja on Monday said that in a day or two Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, ministers and legislators will be taking the Covid vaccine. "I was happy to see Prime Minister Narendra Modi taking the vaccine. All along ...
If you are scouting for a magic potion to live a longer and healthy life, try five daily servings of fruits and vegetables, in which two are fruits and three are vegetables, according to new research that combed through studies representing nearly 2 million adults globally....
February is the “American Heart Month†to raise awareness of heart disease and promote “Healthy Heart†lifestyles. Heart disease is the number one Global Public Health problem. South Asians are at a four-times greater risk of heart dis...
The US has failed to develop a surveillance system that would allow researchers to track dangerous mutations of the novel coronavirus, according to a media report. To discover consequential genetic variations of the virus, like more transmissible variants first identified in Britain and South Africa, research ...
