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Breastfeeding mothers lose weight sooner than those who don't breastfeed.

The reduced family income is impacting children, as it is leading to child labour and other forms of abuse.

35-year-old Aswathy Mohan, hailing from Kozhikode in Kerala and working as quality engineer in Eastern province, was diagnosed with Covid-19 on April 13 and remained in ventilator for 61 days

An acute shortage of drugs to treat symptoms of Covid-19 has led to increased circulation of counterfeit medicines in recent times.

While addressing the nation on the occasion of the seventh International Yoga Day, PM Modi said, "When India proposed the International Yoga Day before the World Health Organisation (WHO), we wanted Yoga to be easily available to the people around the world."

Indonesia saw its number of confirmed new cases climb to nearly 10,000 a day on Wednesday, an increase blamed on travel during last month's Eid al-Fitr holiday.

Compared to the first wave, the number of positive cases and their severity has increased among children this time.

It is imperative to note that while every university has different rules, we expect many of them will require students to be vaccinated to participate in on-campus study

According to WHO, tobacco kills more than 8 million people every year, of which at least 7 million are the direct result of tobacco use, whereas about 1.2 million are exposed to second-hand smoke.

Beijing must now stop playing dangerous games and come out with full disclosure on coronavirus origin

Meanwhile, China has strongly rejected any suggestion that the virus was man-made, or connected to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, reported New York Times Post

On an average, about 1 in 4 employees (24 percent) would prefer digital mental health assistance over in-person assistance.

The 12-16 weeks gap for Covishield will not only boos its efficacy but also help vaccine administration effectively and provide breathing space to the governments for improving supply

Hyderabad: An anti-parasitic drug ivermectin, frequently advised by physicians for management of Covid patients, has come under scrutiny with regulatory authorities advising against its use. The drug is widely prescribed to manage positive patients and even as a prophylactic for Covid-19. On Tuesday, Chief Scientist of World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Soumya Swaminathan said that […]

WHO highlighted the risk of direct transmission of emerging infectious diseases to humans who come in contact with bodily fluids of an infected animal.

WHO officials say the North is no longer providing the UN agency with the number of people it quarantines with suspected symptoms.

"I think it will be very premature, and I think unrealistic, to think that we're going to finish with this virus by the end of the year," Dr. Michael Ryan, executive director of the WHO's Health Emergencies Programme, said

The coronavirus has infected more than 109 million people and killed at least 2.4 million of them.

The Wuhan Institute of Virology has collected extensive virus samples, leading to unproven allegations that it may have caused the original outbreak.

One of China's top virus research labs, the institute built an archive of genetic information about bat coronaviruses after the 2003 outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.