A joint study by scientists from New Zealand and Canada showed that silence is golden for marine life as Covid-19 lockdown slowed global shipping and reduced ocean noise....
The French government's restrictive measures targeting unvaccinated people came into effect on Wednesday as the country entered its fourth epidemic wave amid worrying acceleration of the Delta variant...
As Japan goes ahead with Olympics 2021, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday said that the coronavirus pandemic is a test in which the world is failing....
India's first ever death due to H5N1 virus, which is also known as 'Avian Influenza' or 'Bird Flu' at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi on Tuesday, that of an 11-year-old boy, has focused the medical experts' attention on this serious matter. ...
Markers in our blood -- fingerprints of infection -- could help identify individuals who have been infected by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, several months after infection, even if the individual had only mild symptoms or showed no symptoms at all, say researchers....
The Canadian government announced on Monday that it will allow fully vaccinated US citizens and permanent residents into Canada starting August 9, joined by others of the world on September 7....
Underfunding of the public healthcare system and the particularly disastrous Covid-19 second wave worsened health infrastructure and disproportionately affected health outcomes of marginalised groups, according to a report by Oxfam India....
Saudi Arabia will allow citizens who have received two doses of Covid-19 vaccine to travel abroad from August 9, the Saudi Press Agency reported. ...
While the continents of North, Central and South Americas only saw a small increase in cases recently, they still account for more than a quarter of the gloval Covid-19 caseload, as well as 40 per cent of the deaths worldwide, officials of the World Health Organization (WHO) said....
Kuwait has started vaccinating teenagers aged 12-15 against Covid-19 in preparation for the new school year that begins in September....
