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Covid-19 positivity jumps to 7.1pc in Islamabad
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] July 10 (ANI): Pakistani authorities on Friday confirmed that the COVID-19 positivity ratio has jumped to 7.1 percent in the capital city and the Delta variant has also been detected in patients diagnosed with the disease.
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Inhaled COVID-19 vaccine prevents disease, virus transmission in animals:
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 9 (ANI): In a new study assessing the potential of a single-dose, intranasal COVID-19 vaccine, a team from the University of Iowa and the University of Georgia found that the vaccine fully protects mice against lethal COVID-19 infection. The vaccine also blocks the anim
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Kerala CM requests PM Modi to waive duty on imported drug for child with r
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 9 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to ask the finance ministry not to levy Customs duty and the Integrated Goods and Services Tax for the import of a Rs 18 crore life-sa
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Study identifies potential new treatment targets for Alzheimer's disease
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 9 (ANI): Potential new treatment targets for Alzheimer's disease, as well as existing drugs that have therapeutic potential against these targets, have been identified by a research team at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis.
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Africa's COVID-19 cases surpass 5.78 million: Africa CDC
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], July 9 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 5,784,641 as of Thursday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
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Doctors call for front-of-pack labelling on packaged foods to reduce heart
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Leading doctors from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh and Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar have called for mandatory front-of-package labels on packaged food products to stem the rising burden of cardiovascular disease an
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Study shows weekly dance training can benefit people with Parkinson's dise
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 8 (ANI): A new study has shown that dancing with music can halt the most debilitating symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
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Study suggests adults with ADHD at higher risk of wide range of physical c
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 7 (ANI): Adults with ADHD are at an increased risk of a wide range of physical conditions, including nervous system, respiratory, musculoskeletal, and metabolic diseases, according to a large register-based study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.
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Rajasthan's Health Infrastructure gets a new boost with the installation o
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI/NewsVoir): With COVID-19 cases slowly decreasing in Rajasthan and with much speculation about the third wave and other variants coming forth, Ajmer city has been amplifying its medical infrastructure and is vouching on implementing robust healthcare amenities t
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ADB establishes high-level advisory group for Covid-19 vaccines
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], July 5 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has joined with leading public health experts, vaccine regulators and policymakers to form an advisory group to provide its developing member countries (DMCs) with expert technical and scientific advice on the quality,
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Researchers developed tool to reveal estimated risk of cardiovascular dise
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Helsinki [Finland], July 5 (ANI): Current American Heart Association, European Society of Cardiology, and UK National Health Service guidelines recommend 5-yearly health checks for screening of individuals at high cardiovascular disease risk.
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Scientists discover nano-sized molecules that might inhibit Alzheimer's, P
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], July 5 (ANI): Nanosized molecules of a particular chemical element can inhibit the formation of plaque in the brain tissues. A discovery by researchers at Umea University- Sweden, in collaboration with researchers in Croatia and Lithuania, provides renewed hope for novel
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