Turning the head away by 9 degrees during short conversations reduces the risk of Covid infection, an IISc statement said on Friday....
Argentina's capital Buenos Aires has lifted its mandatory indoor use of face masks to prevent the spread of Covid-19, both for public transport and enclosed spaces, said the city's Health Minister Fernan Quiros....
The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation on Thursday (NTAGI) recommended reducing the gap between second Covid vaccine and the booster dose....
Long Covid, which can lingher up to months and even years in some people, has the potential to emerge into dangerous variants, scientists have found....
A suspected case of monkeypox has been found in Nepal. ...
North Korea has reported outbreak of an "acute enteric epidemic" in its southwestern region on Thursday, amidst the Covid wave. ...
Germany's Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach expressed concern about the current increase in Covid-19 infections, warning that a summer wave has started. ...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday said it is exploring whether monkeypox can be sexually transmitted after reports showed that the virus has been found in the semen of some patients, media reports said....
Eight years after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared India as polio-free country...
Germany recorded more than 1,00,000 new Covid-19 infections within one day for the first time since April, media reported....
