Britain reports first death with Omicron coronavirus variant
Dec 14,2021:British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday reported the first known omicron death after saying the country faces a ...
New Zealand launches smokefree action plan to curb smoking
Wellington [New Zealand], December 9,2021: New Zealand on Thursday launched a smokefree action plan that aims to reduce daily smoking ...
‘Three doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine neutralizes Omicron variant’
New York [US]/Mainz [Germany], December 9,2021: A preliminary laboratory study demonstrated that three doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech ...
France reports record daily COVID-19 count
Paris, Dec 8 ,2021: France has reported 59,019 more COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, a record daily count since November ...
Over 4,000 Indians died of Covid abroad, most in Saudi Arabia
New Delhi, Dec 4,2021: A total of 4,048 Indian citizens succumbed to COVID-19 abroad, with the largest number being reported from ...
GSK says tests indicate antibody drug works against Omicron
Dec 3,2021:In a major boost to the treatment against fast spreading and heavily mutated new coronavirus variant Omicron, ...
COVID: US Surgeon General urges parents to vaccinate their children
Washington, Dec 2,2021: Vivek Murthy, the Indian-origin US Surgeon General, has urged parents world over to go for the Covid pediatric ...
India stands by African countries hit by Omicron, ready to supply vaccines, life-saving drugs
New Delhi, Nov 29,2021: Even as most countries began slapping travel bans on African countries, India on Monday offered support for ...
Blood test offers new hope for people with depression, bipolar
Dr Alexander NiculescuNov 29,2021:A blood test using RNA markers is offering new hope to people with mood disorders such as depression ...
WHO says not clear whether Omicron more transmissible, causes more severe disease
Geneva, Nov 29.2021: It is not yet clear whether the Omicron COVID-19 variant is more transmissible, or causes more severe disease ...