Health-Lifestyle

Canberra, Jan 26 (IANS) A peak body representing Indigenous Australians has called for stricter health measures to protect the vulnerable remote communities from the coronavirus. The Central Land Council (CLC) on Wednesday urged the…
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Puducherry, Jan 26 (IANS) The Union Territory of Puducherry recorded 1,504 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours pushing the tally to 1.56 lakh cases, UT's Director of Health Services Dr. G. Sriramalu said on Wednesday. In a statement,…
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London, Jan 26 (IANS) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told lawmakers in the House of Commons that he welcomed a police investigation into alleged parties at Downing Street during the national lockdown. Johnson faced calls to resign…
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Berlin, Jan 26 (IANS) German biotechnology company BioNTech and US company Pfizer have started clinical trials of an Omicron-based Covid-19 vaccine candidate in healthy adults from 18 through 55 years of age, the companies have said. The…
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New York, Jan 26 (IANS) The US has started to distribute free N95 masks while a clinical study has been launched to evaluate a specific vaccine targeting the rampant Omicron variant of Covid-19. Free N95 masks are now available at some US…
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Urumqi, Jan 26 (IANS) Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region registered two confirmed Covid-19 cases and six asymptomatic carriers, the local health commission has said. All cases were registered in the border city of Horgos in…
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Washington, Jan 26 (IANS) More than 10 million children in the US have tested positive for Covid-19 since the onset of the pandemic, according to the latest report of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Children's Hospital…
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Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 25 (IANS) For the first time, the number of daily Covid cases crossed 50,000 in Kerala on Tuesday even as State Health Minister Veena George said there is no need to panic. The test positivity rate (TPR) touched…
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