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Authorities worldwide are preparing to manage passengers from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius, headed to Tenerife. With three deaths reported and several infections linked to the Andes virus strain, officials are tracing exposures and organising repatriation amid continuing uncertainty

The discovery could lead to the development of drugs that enhance infection-fighting abilities by targeting the circadian clock in neutrophils, according to researchers at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland.

Immunologists, seasonal disease experts advise people to focus on immunity

Infections like influenza, common cold, asthma, pneumonia, and bronchitis become a norm in every household.

For the first time, the Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System (GLASS) report released on Friday provides analyses of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) rates in national testing coverage

Hyderabad: Telangana on Wednesday reported 992 Covid positive infections taking the cumulative number of active Covid infections to 6,132. Out of the 992 daily infections, 376 positive cases were from areas under GHMC, 65 from Rangareddy, 57 from Karimnagar, 54 from Medchal-Malkajgiri, 37 each from Nalgonda and Nizamabad, 32 each from Yadadri Bhongir and Khammam. […]

New Delhi: Menstruation is one of the most important and essential processes of a woman’s body that deserves utmost self-care. Hence, it becomes extremely vital to ensure personal hygiene to avoid infections while one is on their period. Menstrual cycles make many women suffer from severe pain. The period cramps come with sharp, throbbing, burning […]

New York: A combination of vaccination and naturally acquired infection appears to boost the production of maximally potent antibodies against the Covid-19 virus, new research finds. The findings, published in the peer-reviewed journal mBio, raise the possibility that vaccine boosters may be equally effective in improving antibodies’ ability to target multiple variants of the virus, […]

While public health officials in Telangana have advocated for usage of masks, a large-scale population-based study taken-up by Oxford researchers in the UK might just convince the skeptics.

Hyderabad: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has issued an advisory to all the medical colleges on indiscriminate use of antimicrobials and development of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) leading to an increase in the incidence of infections and avoidable morbidity and mortality. The Chairman of NMC, Dr Suresh Chandra Sharma has forwarded a letter from Secretary, Ministry […]

In a study published in the medical journal PLoS Pathogens, the researchers found evidence linking mother-to-child transmission of HIV to rare variants of the virus in the mother's blood that is able to escape broadly

In a statement on Friday, the WHO said that based on available data the review team found no increased risk of blood clotting conditions in people who received the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine.

So far, more than 2.19 million infections have been registered in Germany since the outbreak of the pandemic, according to the federal government agency for disease control and prevention.

For the past 16 days, the country has been recording less than 20,000 daily new infections even as the toll remained below 300-mark for just short of a month.

There are 1,92,308 active coronavirus infections in the country which comprises 1.81 per cent of the total caseload.

There are 2,08,826 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which constitute 1.98 per cent of the total caseload, the data showed.

A total of 415 persons recovered on Saturday taking the cumulative Covid-19 recoveries in the State to 2,83,463 with a recovery rate of 97.81 per cent, while the countrywide recovery rate was 96.4 per cent.

"The situation is far from being back to normal. The level of contamination remains high and has tended to increase since mid-December," Xinhua news agency quoted Castex as saying at a press conference on Thursday.

India continued its streak of low daily new cases. Till now, 1,00,37,398 have recovered. Currently, there are 2,25,449 active cases. The recovery rate stands at 96.36 per cent while the fatality rate is 1.45 as per cent.

The death toll increased to 1,47,901 with 279 new fatalities