Eleven cases of Ebola virus disease have so far been confirmed by Health officials in the northeastern province of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), more than five months after the end of a previous Ebola outbreak in the same province, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said....
Europe is once again at the epicentre of the Covid-19 pandemic after 1.8 million new cases and 24,000 new deaths have been registered in the region last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned....
Children under the age of 12 now account for over 20 per cent of Canada's daily new cases coronavirus cases, health authorities have confirmed. ...
Delivering Covid-19 vaccines via a suctioning technique may help generate higher antibody levels and provide more protection than traditional needles, suggests a new study....
While domestic pets are known to contract Covid-19, UK scientists have for the first time reported of infection from the Alpha variant in cats and dogs. ...
The Covid-19 situation in Germany could further worsen in the course of the fourth wave, German media has reported....
The UK's medicines regulator on Thursday approved Merck's molnupiravir -- the world's first oral antiviral medicine against Covid-19, which can halve the risk of hospitalisation or death for patients with mild or moderate cases of the infectious disease, the company said....
An international team of researchers has, in a new study, claimed that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, does not infect human brain cells, raising hopes that Covid-related damage to sense of smell may be more superficial than previously feared....
Sorghum (jowar) can be a wonder crop not only for all those related to sugar industry but to a common man also in the fight against coronavirus....
Using high-energy X-rays, scientists have found how Covid-19 damages even the smallest blood vessels in human lungs. ...