MUMBAI, India — Bollywood actor Arjun Kapoor marked his “one-year anniversary” for testing positive for Covid-19 by opening up about his mental and physical struggle of regaining his fitness levels. The actor took to his Instagram handle on Sept. 6, 2021, and posted a detailed write-up of his tough journey after contracting the deadly virus. Along with the details, he […]

PARIS — Jean-Pierre Adams, the former French footballer, who was in a coma for 39 long years, died at the age of 73 on Sept. 6. During a match with Chalon, a French soccer club, Adams got injured and was operated under anesthesia at the Hospital de Lyon on March 17, 1982. After that, Adams fell into […]

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil — The coronavirus Delta variant is advancing rapidly through Rio de Janeiro, in southeastern Brazil, accounting already for 56.6 percent of the cases in the city, said the Municipal Health Secretary Daniel Soranz. “We see an increase in Delta variant cases in the city, but so far, it has not brought an […]

BRASÍLIA, Brazil — Soccer legend and three-time World Cup champion with Brazil, Pele said on Sept. 6 that he underwent surgery to remove a colon lesion after several days in the hospital. Pele was hospitalized on Aug. 31 for medical tests at the Albert Einstein Hospital in São Paulo, revealing that he had a tumor. “My friends, thank you very […]

PORTLAND, Ore. — Reattachment to work turns out to be a beneficial practice for leaders and managers, reads a new study. The study suggests they experienced higher positive moods and work focus, allowing them to be more successful throughout the day. The findings of the study were published in the ‘Journal of Vocational Behavior.’ Getting into the right mindset […]

WASHINGTON — A novel approach for preventing age-related disc degeneration that may pave the way for treating chronic back pain reveals a new study. The findings of the study were published in the journal ‘Nature Communications.’ Chronic back pain affects upwards of 15 million adults in the US, racking up billions in healthcare costs and lost workdays. Degeneration […]

HAMILTON, Ontario — Combination therapy of aspirin, statins, and at least two blood pressure medications given in fixed doses can slash the risk of fatal cardiovascular disease by more than half, reads a new study. The study was led by the Hamilton researchers and is published in the journal The Lancet and is concurrently presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress by […]

It’s common knowledge that cannabis compounds, such as CBD and THC, have therapeutic uses for everything from chronic pain to COVID-19. An Israeli immigrant, pharmacologist Raphael Mechoulam, was the first to isolate, name and synthesize some of the plant’s many cannabinoids in the 1960s. Since then, Israel has led the world in medical cannabis research […]

NEW DELHI — The Indian Council of Medical Research, on Sept. 6, said that the certificate of the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories is a must for the private lab’s enrollment for the Covid-19 testing. In its affidavit, the Indian Council of Medical Research said to the Delhi High Court that monitoring the activities of online […]

WASHINGTON — A recent study by the North Carolina State University researchers showed how a single mechanism can trigger different behaviors from the same gene — and has applications in the biotechnology sector. The findings of the study were published in the journal “Cell Systems.” “The fundamental idea here is that you can encode information in the dynamics of […]

MANILA, Philippines — The travel ban for all inbound travelers from India and nine other countries in the Philippines from Sept. 6 will be lifted. The authorities took the decision despite the rising Covid-19 cases fueled by the highly contagious Delta variant, informed Harry Roque, the presidential spokesperson, on Sept. 4. The recommendation of the inter-agency Covid-19 […]

TSUKUBA, Japan — New evidence of brain refreshing during a specific phase of sleep, i.e., rapid eye movement, has been found by a team from the University of Tsukuba in Japan. The rapid eye movement sleep happens when a person tends to dream a lot. The journal “Cell Reports” published the findings of the study. “Across multiple cortical areas, average […]

SAN FRANCISCO — If learning a new language as an adult seems like a challenge, you’re not alone. A study by neuroscientists at UC San Francisco has shed light on the age-old question of why it’s so difficult to learn a second language as an adult. The study in patients with epilepsy is helping researchers understand how the brain manages the […]

NAIROBI, Kenya — Mercy Nandutu, 42, a single mother of two, left her native home in Chwele, western Kenya, more than a decade ago to work in the tea plantations in Kericho County—the leading tea producer in the country. “I started picking tea by hand in 2010, which has been my only source of livelihood since […]

GENEVA — The World Health Organization (WHO) on Aug. 30 listed the Mu Covid-19 variant as a “variant of interest.” The World Health Organization on Aug. 30 added the Mu variant — known by scientists as B1621 — to the list of “variants of interest” because of preliminary evidence that it can evade antibodies. The Mu variant has […]

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Chiedza Sobwe, 20, fell pregnant aged 15 while still in school. Still, her parents forced her into an abusive marriage with a 20-year-old man from Chitungwiza, 30 kilometers [18.6 miles] south of Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital city. She sought help from a neighbor who introduced her to a local movement that advances the rights […]

It was a sobering jobs report on Friday, with hiring sharply down, leaving many economists and other observers surprised at the sudden falloff in new employment. The rise in the Delta variant provided the United States economy with a Covid-19 deja vu. But some economists said the slowdown isn’t an indication of a coronavirus recession […]

NEW DELHI — India is recognized as a sunrise sector in medical technology with a potential to reach $50 billion by 2025, said Jitendra Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology.  Singh spoke at the virtual inaugural session of the 13th edition of the Global MedTech Summit organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry on […]

NEW DELHI — The Indian Supreme Court on Sept. 2 expressed its displeasure and concern over the way a section of web portals, social networking sites, and channels run fake news and harm reputations in the absence of a regulatory mechanism. The apex court said they only listen to powerful voices and write anything against judges, institutions without […]

DELHI, India — Sheenam Sharma, a 24-year-old from the hill state of Himachal Pradesh in northern India, hasn’t had a decent date since the pandemic started. The freelance digital marketer who lives in the state’s capital, Shimla, rues that while she has been striking up exciting conversations on dating apps, she has made no actual connections […]

WASHINGTON — A new study has sought to examine what happens to couples who seek online help for their relationship but have to wait six months before beginning an intervention program. The findings of the study titled “Trajectories of relationship and individual functioning among waitlisted couples for an online relationship intervention” were published in the journal […]