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London, Feb 20 (IANS) Improving air quality may not only help your lungs but also your kidneys, suggests a study. Researchers from King's College London found that ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentration reduction led to…
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London, Feb 20 (IANS) While there has been a milestone development in the treatment of HIV, with three people being cured of the disease so far, the world is still 10 to 20 years away from a viable cure against the virus, a scientist has…
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London, Feb 19 (IANS) Treating babies with antibiotics in the first week of life is linked to a decrease in healthy bacteria necessary, among others, to digest milk and an increase in antimicrobial resistance, research suggests. According…
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New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) As scientists raise an alarm over the fast rise in Omicron's sibling called BA.2 in certain parts of the world, early studies suggest that the BA.2 lineage might prolong the Omicron wave but won't necessarily cause…
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New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) Over 2 crore adolescents in the 15-18 age bracket are now fully vaccinated against Covid-19, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya said on Friday. According to the government's CoWIN portal,…
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Sydney, Feb 17 (IANS) Although Omicron is touted as mild compared to previous variants, it is widely known to be more contagious than previous Covid strains. However, a team of researchers at University of New South Wales in Australia have…
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New York, Feb 17 (IANS) A US woman has reportedly been cured of HIV disease after undergoing stem cell transplant. The woman dubbed as the New York patient is also the third person in the world to be cured of HIV disease, after receiving a…
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New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Google on Thursday celebrated the 94th birth anniversary of Japanese virologist Dr Michiaki Takahashi, who developed the world's first vaccine against chickenpox with a Doodle. The lifesaving vaccine developed by…
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