NEW DELHI — The Indian Health and Family Welfare Minister Mansukh L. Mandaviya on Sept. 1 said that the Health Ministry has partnered with Google to enhance people’s access to the Covid-19 vaccine. “The Ministry of Health has taken yet another significant initiative to enhance access to #Covid-19 vaccine: Search ‘covid vaccine near me’ on Google, […]

KIEL, Germany — An effective way to kill bacteria and prevent its drug resistance has been suggested by a new research. This was done by sequential treatment using antibiotics that are similar but swapped around frequently. The results published in the journal in eLife challenge a broad assumption that using similar antibiotics promotes cross-resistance to drugs and show that […]

BEIJING — After the Covid-19 pandemic, China is facing a surge in African swine fever cases.  The country has one of the world’s highest rates of pork consumption. It’s also home to nearly half of global pig stocks.  But its porcine population has been severely affected by a swine fever panzootic (the animal equivalent of a pandemic) that began in […]

GENEVA — Global air cargo markets show that demand continued its strong growth trend in July, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said. Global demand measured in cargo tonne-kilometers was up 8.6 percent compared to July 2019. Overall growth remains strong compared to the long-term average growth trend of around 4.7 percent. The pace of […]

WASHINGTON — Clinicians from the University of Pittsburgh have discovered that a telephone-delivered nursing care strategy that combined heart failure care management with depression treatment improved patients’ clinical outcomes. The findings of the clinical trial, called Hopeful Heart, were published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine. The Hopeful Heart Trial is the first study to apply a “blended” collaborative care approach to […]

WASHINGTON — A new study has shown that two months after the second Pfizer/Moderna vaccination, antibody response decreases 20 percent in adults with prior cases of Covid-19. “Two-dose messenger RNA vaccines against the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are highly effective in preventing symptomatic Covid-19 infection,” states an abstract of the study. “However, the durability of […]

MUMBAI, India — Dubai-based Outsourcing and technology services company VFS Global has resumed the UAE tourist visa services for Indians from Aug. 30 as Abu Dhabi announced the reopening of borders for Indian travelers ahead of the Expo 2020 trade fair. “The reopening of borders to the UAE is a reassuring move for the travel industry, with the […]

WASHINGTON — Epilepsy, although considered a relatively common condition, affects nearly 1 percent of individuals across the globe and is often difficult to diagnose in clinical practice. Estimation suggests that up to a quarter of all the cases may be misdiagnosed initially. Epilepsy is often inherited, and recent research has shown that sufferers have elevated polygenic […]

A 73-year-old Russian man proves you can wow people at any age. Known only as Igor on social media, he is seen on video demonstrating his skiing-style skateboarding. After 40 years of honing his ability, Igor, of Saint Petersburg, cruises along in serpentine fashion on an empty street. His video, posted on Instagram in early […]

MOUNT SINAI, N.Y. — Body-state monitoring neurons can hijack the decision-making process, a new study reveals. Anxiety, addiction, and other psychiatric disorders are often characterized by intense states of what scientists call arousal: The heart races, blood pressure readings rise, breaths shorten, and “bad” decisions are made. To understand how these states influence the brain’s decision-making […]

WATERLOO, Ontario — A new study has found that people’s beliefs about supernatural beings, such as good and evil characters, are influenced by their views of ordinary humans. The study titled “Butt-dialing the devil: Evil agents are expected to disregard intentions behind requests” is published in the “Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.” The study from […]

GENEVA — A new study has shown that a mother’s voice during a painful medical intervention for her prematurely born baby decreased its pain. The study “Maternal speech decreases pain scores and increases oxytocin levels in preterm infants during painful procedures” is published in the journal “Scientific Reports.” A baby born prematurely often has to be […]

Asian tiger mosquitoes, which can transmit harmful diseases, have been detected for the first time in Brittany, just across the English Channel from the U.K. The French Regional Health Agency stated the insects have been found in Domagne in the department of Ile-et-Vilaine in the western Brittany region. A large-scale insecticide campaign is being carried […]