Browsing Category
Health-Lifestyle
Can monkeypox infections turn dangerous?
<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.!-->…
Read More...
Read More...
US monkeypox case tally soon to outpace other nations: Report
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!-->…
Read More...
Read More...
Explained: How human lung proteins tackle Covid infections
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!-->…
Read More...
Read More...
Smoking, vaping spiked severe Covid complications, death risk
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!-->…
Read More...
Read More...
Covid virus jumped to humans at Wuhan market, didn’t leak from lab: Studies
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!-->…
Read More...
Read More...
Why monkeypox can end up as large-scale global outbreak
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!-->…
Read More...
Read More...
Telangana’s first suspected monkeypox case tests negative
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!-->…
Read More...
Read More...
Monkeypox may not spread as fast as Covid: US expert
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) While monkeypox virus has been detected in about 75 countries in just three months, it may not spread as fast as SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind Covid-19, a US infectious disease expert said.
The recent outbreak,!-->…
Read More...
Read More...