
South Korea confirmed a highly pathogenic avian influenza case in a wild bird for the first time in seven months, raising concerns over a possible transmission to poultry farms, the Agriculture Ministry said on Tuesday. ...

Delhi's air quality is likely to deteriorate "significantly" on November 5 and 6 and may reach the upper end of the "very poor" category with PM2.5 being the predominant pollutant, Ministry of Earth Sciences forecast on Monday....

The much-awaited festival of lights stands at our threshold -- the harbinger of peace and prosperity. With the economy coming back on track after the jolt suffered on account of the lockdown during the pandemic, spirits are rising, as they should....

Time spent alone during the pandemic led to positive effects on well-being across all ages, new research has found....

China has slammed the US as being "politically motivated" for its intelligence report on the origins of novel coronavirus....

Even if you are fully vaccinated, chances are that you can still catch Covid and pass on the deadly disease to people at home, according to a study published in the journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases on Friday....

SARS-CoV-2, a virus that causes Covid-19, can infect cells of the inner ear including hair cells, which are critical for both hearing and balance, finds a study....

A team of researchers has identified a common link between Perrault syndrome, a rare genetic condition resulting in hearing loss in men and women, and early menopause or infertility in women....

Covid-19 infections in England have increased to their highest level since the beginning of the year, according to official figures released on Friday....

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda recently expressed his opposition to the theory that the Covid-19 pandemic originated in China, Sankei News reported....