NEW DELHI — The Union of India, on Aug. 16, has been granted four weeks more time by the Supreme Court of the nation to frame the guidelines on ex-gratia assistance and compensation to the families of people who died due to Covid-19. Headed by Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, a division bench of the Apex Court comprising […]

BARCELONA, Spain — How does the parasite respond to changes in its environment? A new study is here will all the long-standing questions answered. The researchers in the study published in Nature Microbiology found a gene that activates a protective response against high temperatures and other adverse conditions within the host. A gene called PfAP2-HS allows […]

WASHINGTON — A pair of research letters reveal that vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 substantially lowers the risks of breakthrough infections and death due to Covid-19 in adult organ transplant recipients. The study’s findings were published in the journal ‘Transplantation,’ the official Journal of The Transplantation Society, and the International Liver Transplantation Society. The journal is published in the Lippincott […]

Changes in healthy lung tissue can be an early signal that the lung is preparing to receive breast cancer cells that are metastasizing — spreading to other organs. This is the breakthrough finding of a study from researchers at Israel’s Tel Aviv University, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Weizmann Institute of […]

More than 500 colleges and universities in the United States will require students to get a COVID-19 vaccine before attending the fall semester, but a patchwork of rules about which vaccines satisfy the mandate is creating uncertainty for international students. Most universities will require students to get new jabs if they received vaccines not approved […]

TAIPEI, Taiwan — As shown in the videos that are being resurfaced on social media, Chinese officials are reportedly locking up their residents inside their homes as China grapples with a nationwide surge of the Delta variant of Covid-19. Local media claimed that it was a repetition of the extreme tactics seen in China’s Wuhan city […]

The quick shift to remote education at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic was a challenge for parents and students worldwide. But families of students with disabilities have had a tougher time. Lack of socialization may impact these students’ physical and emotional health, and parents may not know how to provide the support their children […]

LOS ANGELES — Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger recently shamed anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers for prioritizing individual freedom over a moral obligation to prevent society from being infected when said freedom has a consequence. Schwarzenegger shared his frustrations about Americans advocating for their freedom over public health. The former California governor shared his stance on the importance of following public health […]

NEW DELHI — India’s National Health Authority has partnered with the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, to improve the country’s preparedness for emerging healthcare needs with high-potential innovations that will be scaled up and integrated with the national healthcare system. The National Health Authority has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the technical school in Delhi in this regard. […]

NEW DELHI — The coverage of childhood immunization programs declined globally in 2020, and India was no exception. However, the country prioritized its childhood immunization program by giving it an “essential service” designation. “As a result, India achieved an all-time high of 99 percent reported coverage with DPT3 [diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis] vaccine in the first quarter of […]

NEW DELHI — Scheduled domestic flights in India will now operate with an increased capacity of 72.5 percent, up from the 65 percent limit due to Covid-19, starting Aug. 13. And, airfares will cost 12.5 percent more, as per the aviation ministry. With the threat of Covid-19 receding in the country, for now, the aviation […]

NEW YORK — Rajesh Shrestha from Nepal’s capital Kathmandu was on his motorbike when the ground underneath him started to shake. Shrestha, who was 41 at that time, stopped and jumped off. He was caught in the second most devastating earthquake to hit Nepal on May 12, 2015. “Everyone had stopped what they were doing,” he […]