In what could possibly be the world's largest and fastest ever operation of its kind, UNICEF has announced that it will be leading the...
WASHINGTON: COVID-19 patients can suffer long-term lung and heart damage but, for many, this tends to improve over time, according to the first, prospective...
CANBERRA: coronavirus vaccine will likely become available to people in Australia as early as at the start of next year, Prime Minister Scott Morrison...
TEXAS: Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), believed to be linked to COVID-19, damages the heart to such an extent that some children will...
NEW DELHI: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has issued an advisory on the strategy for Covid-19 testing in which it has recommended...
LONDON/NEW YORK: In a significant discovery, data pooled from 121 hospitals in eight countries by clinicians and scientists have found that inexpensive, widely available...
JAIPUR: Noting that the two-month-long lockdown may increase the number of underweight children by millions, the Indian Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR) University,...
GENEVA: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), said that he wants to see children returning to school and people going...
NEW DELHI: Severe cases of Covid-19 with pre-existing acute cardiovascular underlying condition are at a greater fatality risk.
The death rate in such patients is...
SEOUL: Scientists have urged people with atrial fibrillation -- the most common heart rhythm disorder -- to quit smoking if they want to reduce...