Covid-19 patients with a secondary blood infection were significantly sicker upon hospital admission, had longer hospital stays and poorer outcomes, new research has found. A bloodstream infection (BSI) is defined as one or more positive blood cultures...
Authorities in Australia's largest city Sydney have extended the Covid-19 restrictions on social gatherings across Christmas in a bid to curb an outbreak. Most Sydney residents will continue to be able to have 10 adult visitors to their home over the holiday period, the BBC reported on Wednesday....
The Western Cape High Court in South Africa has ruled that the cigarette sales ban during the countrys hard lockdown period was not necessary or in keeping with the South African Constitution. British American Tobacco South Africa (BATSA) and others had taken the Department...
Indian pharma companies are expected to benefit from improving demand in the US market, said India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra). As per the ratings agency, these companies have garnered 45 per cent of all new Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) approvals over the past nine months. ...
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday announced that India is at the cusp of authorizing the first set of Covid-19 vaccines and expressed the need for an expeditious vaccination drive to cover all the target populations estimated to be around 30 crore....
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic took a huge toll on South Africa's education system as 1,493 teachers succumbed to the disease this year, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshega said. In an announcement on Thursday, the Minister said the 2020 academic year was ...
Researchers have now claimed that kids who use e-cigarettes are more likely to take up smoking or smokeless tobacco. The study, published in the journal Addictive Behaviors, says teenage boys who vaped were almost three times as likely to start smoking as other teen boys ...
Researchers have revealed that armed conflict activities increased in five countries, including India, during the first wave of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. According to the study, published in the journal World Development, India, ...
The Odisha government on Thursday said Covid-19 vaccine will be provided to healthcare workers and other frontline workers free of cost in the state. "In the first phase, doctors, health workers who are our Corona warriors and elderly persons will be administered Covid-19 vaccine free of cost. In the ...
The Tokyo metropolitan government on Thursday confirmed a record number of 822 new coronavirus cases, marking the first time single-day infections have topped the 800-mark in the Japanese capital. The latest figure surpasses the previous record of 678 confirmed on Wednesday,...
