South Africa is likely to experience a fourth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic but the numbers of hospital admissions and deaths will probably not be as high, a senior epidemiologist said....
People infected with Covid, who had long-term exposure to air pollution, are more likely to end up in hospital or intensive care, finds a study. ...
Exercise increases the body's own cannabis-like substances, which in turn helps reduce inflammation and could potentially help treat certain conditions such as arthritis, cancer and heart disease, according to a new study. ...
India is among 60 countries on track to achieve the global target of a 30 per cent reduction in tobacco use by 2025, according to the fourth World Health Organization's global tobacco trends report. ...
As Germany's Covid-19 infection rate has risen to its highest recorded level yet, some of the country's 16 federal states started to restrict event, restaurant and bar access to unvaccinated patrons....
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorised a virtual reality (VR) system, which uses cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), as a prescription treatment for chronic lower back pain....
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that the "scandal" of global Covid-19 vaccine disparity must stop, according to a recent report by Voice of America (VOA)...
People who tested positive for Covid-19 (confirmed by a PCR test) had an increased risk of mental illness, fatigue and sleep problems, finds a new study....
China is set to approve the country's first monoclonal antibody combination therapy against Covid-19 by December, according to media reports....
A UK-based company is soon set to begin clinical trials of an easy-to-administer skin patch against Covid-19, the media reported....
