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New York, July 28 (IANS) Taking supplements of Vitamin D, popularly known as the sunshine vitamin, may not reduce risk of fractures in adults, claims a study. Although Vitamin D supplements are widely prescribed and used to benefit bone…
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<br>The monkeypox virus has, so far, infected over 16,000 people across 75 countries and caused five deaths in Africa. The disease is not sexually transmitted, but the latest outbreak has been reported among men who have sex with men.…
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Washington, July 27 (IANS) The US is likely to see the largest monkeypox cases in the world within days, as per a report. According to data from the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the country detected 3,487 cases of…
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New York, July 27 (IANS) Researchers have identified specific proteins within our lungs that can protect us from SARS-CoV-2 infections, potentially opening the door to new antiviral therapies. In the study, published in the journal Nature…
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New York, July 27 (IANS) People who reported smoking or vaping prior to their hospitalisation for Covid-19 were more likely than their counterparts, who did not smoke or vape, to experience severe complications, including death, from the…
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New York, July 27 (IANS) The origin of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2019 was at the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China, and resulted from multiple spillover events of the SARS-CoV-2 virus jumping from live animal hosts to humans…
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Washington, July 26 (IANS) Many countries, including the US, are not doing enough to contain monkeypox, which can spiral into a large-scale global outbreak, an infectious disease epidemiologist warned. The viral disease, once centred to…
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Hyderabad, July 26 (IANS) Samples collected from a man with suspected symptoms of monkeypox were found to be negative, a top Telangana health official said on Tuesday. "The samples sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune for…
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