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New XBB Covid variant is immune evasive says WHO's Soumya Swaminathan
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], October 21 (ANI): With India reporting a highly infectious new COVID-19 variant, World Health Organization Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Friday said that there were over 300 sub-variants and XBB being a recombinant virus is a matter of concern.
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Must follow COVID-appropriate behaviour, high-risk patients can get seriou
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI): With India reporting a highly infectious new COVID-19 variant, former Director of Delhi AIIMS, Dr Randeep Guleria on Wednesday urged the common people to follow COVID-appropriate behaviour.
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This Diwali, give your loved ones the gift of good health with California
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI/NewsVoir): In India, every festival is celebrated with great pomp and joy - none more so than Diwali, the festival of lights. The festivities last for almost a week, and several different rituals are observed to celebrate the triumph of good over evil and l
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Study finds inhibiting enzyme boosts the innate immune response
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 16 (ANI): Researchers have identified a promising strategy for the development of broad-spectrum antiviral therapies that center around promoting a strong immune response capable of stopping a number of viruses in their infectious tracks.
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Ahead of 20th Party Congress, China detects new Omicron sub-variants in fr
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 11 (ANI): New Omicron sub-variants BF.7 and BA.5.1.7, which are highly infectious with greater transmissibility have been detected in China, in the latest COVID flare-up, which comes just ahead of the 20th Party Congress.
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Research reveals that Alzheimer's disease is caused by decline in levels o
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 5 (ANI): New research supports the hypothesis that Alzheimer's disease is caused by a decline in levels of a protein called amyloid-beta.
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Another monkey virus may be on verge of infecting humans: Researchers
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Colorado [US], September 30 (ANI): According to new University of Colorado Boulder research published online Sept. 30 in the journal Cell, an unknown family of viruses that is currently prevalent in wild African primates and known to cause lethal Ebola-like symptoms in certain monkeys is "po
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Around 4,000 cases of infectious diseases reported in Pakistan in 24 hours
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], September 25 (ANI): At least 3,963 new cases of diarrhoea, skin infections, and malaria were reported in the last 24 hours in the worst-hit province of Balochistan, as Pakistan faces the aftermath of devastating floods.
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Pakistan faces spread of Malaria, other diseases in flood-hit areas
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], September 23 (ANI): As Pakistan continues to bear the brunt of ongoing floods, infectious diseases like Malaria, typhoid and dengue fever are fast spreading across regions as the death toll reached 324, authorities said on Wednesday, the Express Tribune reported.
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Pakistan floods: Infectious diseases kill nine people in Sindh in 24 hours
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], September 20 (ANI): As infections continue to rise across flood-hit Pakistan, at least nine people have been reported dead of viral diseases in Sindh on Monday, ARY News reported citing the data of the Ministry of Health.
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Study suggests more attention on synanthropic flies, disease carriers
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Amherst [US], September 20 (ANI): According to a new study, "synanthropic" flies, or non-biting flies that live with us, need to be paid more attention as disease carriers. While epidemiologists have focused on biting flies, which can spread diseases by transferring infected blood from host
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Outbreak of infections in Pakistan's Sindh 'uncontrollable' as floods wrea
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], September 19 (ANI): Unprecedented floods across Pakistan have resulted in a widespread outbreak of infectious diseases in the country, posing a severe threat to the health of the citizens.
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