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Tuberculosis vaccine does not protect elderly against COVID-19: Research
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The tuberculosis vaccine (also known as the BCG vaccine) does not protect the elderly with co-morbidities against illness symptoms induced by a coronavirus infection
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Pregnancy complications linked to higher risk of heart disease
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The researchers say all major adverse pregnancy outcomes should be recognised as lifelong risk factors for ischemic heart disease and women should be offered appropriate care to help prevent its development.
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Babies remember faces despite face masks: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A new study by researchers at the University of California, Davis, allays those concerns, finding that 6- to 9-month-old babies can form memories of masked faces and recognize those faces when unmasked.
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China's hospitals flooded with sick, elderly during Lunar New Year holiday
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
According to Chinese health officials, there was no infection "rebound" during last week's travel surge in the country.
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New AI Technology set to transform the design industry
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI/PNN): It's no surprise that the recent rise of artificial intelligence has taken the design world by storm. After all, this technology presents incredible opportunities like never before. Anything you imagine will be easily turned into a reality in just a f
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Researchers discover two separate reservoirs of latent HIV in patients
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
When HIV patients get antiviral medication (ART), their viral levels are reduced to the point that a conventional blood test cannot detect the virus. However, once ART is discontinued, detectable HIV resurfaces, infecting new cells. The cells that release the virus to re-ignite the infection
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Life-threatening fungal infections target of novel vaccine: Research
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
A new vaccine from the University of Georgia could be the first clinically approved immunization to protect against invasive fungal infections, a growing concern as antifungal drug resistance increases.
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Marburg vaccine shows promising results in first-in-human study
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
A newly published paper in The Lancet shows that an experimental vaccine against Marburg virus (MARV) was safe and induced an immune response in a small, first-in-human clinical trial. The vaccine, developed by researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),
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BD India and INS Celebrate and Recognize IV Nurses Day through Webinar Ser
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 30 (ANI/NewsVoir): On the occasion of Infusion Nurses Day, BD (Becton, Dickinson, and Company) in partnership with the Infusion Nurses Society (INS) India-US Affiliate organized a series of webinars for Infusion nurses and Infection control nurses across Delhi, Che
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Gum infection may risk heart arrhythmia: Research
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Periodontitis, a gum disease, can lead to a litany of dental issues from bad breath to bleeding and lost teeth. Now, researchers at Hiroshima University have found that it could be connected to even more severe problems elsewhere in the body -- the heart.
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Researchers find gum infection may be a risk factor for heart arrhythmia
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Periodontitis, a gum disease, can lead to a litany of dental issues from bad breath to bleeding and lost teeth. Now, researchers at Hiroshima University have found that it could be connected to even more severe problems elsewhere in the body -- the heart.
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WHO urges nations to address gaps in leprosy services, accelerate efforts
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The WHO called on nations to accelerate efforts towards zero leprosy infection and disease, zero leprosy disability and zero leprosy stigma.
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