Red Dye No. 3 is used in what foods? Here's all you need to know about the banned food coloringThe FDA plans to ban Red Dye No. 3, which has been linked to cancer in animals, from foods and medicines by 2027. Consumers should check la...
16 Jan, 2025, 11.38 PM IST
Why have 39 US states witnessed COVID-19 surge? Know about reasons, new variants, common symptoms and moreThere is a summertime spike in COVID-19 cases in 39 states in the United States. Reduced immunity, low vaccination rates, new COVID-19 vari...
02 Jul, 2024, 07.26 PM IST
Here's how heat shuts down your heartThe critical danger point outdoors for illness and death from relentless heat is several degrees lower than experts once thought, say resea...
22 Jun, 2024, 12.01 AM IST
US reports 1st Omicron-related death as unvaccinated man diesThe news of the first death in the US due to Omicron came on a day when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that Omic...
21 Dec, 2021, 11.43 AM IST
Delta dominant variant in US, makes up more than half of COVID-19 cases: CDCThe variant, also known as B.1.617.2, was first detected in India in December and is spreading quickly across the globe. In some parts of A...
07 Jul, 2021, 03.22 PM IST
Lights come back on in Texas as water woes rise in the SouthAbout 325,000 homes and businesses remained without power in Texas on Thursday, down from about 3 million a day earlier, though utility off...
19 Feb, 2021, 02.38 PM IST
Relief Therapeutics says some COVID-19 patients who got its drug survived longer, awaits trial dataRelief -- which is still awaiting results of randomized studies of aviptadil, also called RLF-100 -- said 17 of 21 intensive-care patients ...
13 Oct, 2020, 11.48 AM IST
New drug RLF-100 shows dramatic recovery in COVID-19 patients suffering respiratory failureAviptadil is a formulation of Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide (VIP), which is present in high concentrations in the lungs and known to bl...
06 Aug, 2020, 08.40 AM IST
Covid-19 plasma therapy safe, without adverse side effects: StudyThe clinical administration of the blood component plasma from recovered Covid-19 patients to those severely affected by the disease could ...
03 Jun, 2020, 11.56 AM IST
Remdesivir shows promise against COVID-19, but more trials needed: ScientistsOriginally developed to treat Ebola more than a decade ago, Remdesivir is a broad-spectrum antiviral drug, according to a study, published ...
20 Apr, 2020, 04.42 PM IST
Houston hospital first in US to try coronavirus blood transfusion therapyThe individual, who has been in good health for more than two weeks since being diagnosed with the deadly coronavirus, donated the blood pl...
29 Mar, 2020, 02.01 PM IST
- Normalise heart rate with world's smallest pacemaker
New York, Feb 5 (IANS) A pacemaker similar to the size of a nickel can be implanted in patients to restore the heart's normal rhythm, when ...
05 Feb, 2017, 06.20 PM IST
World's smallest pacemaker, size of a vitamin capsule, unveiledPacemakers are the most common way to treat bradycardia and help restore the heart's normal rhythm.
05 Feb, 2017, 12.03 PM IST
US doctors perform historic skull-scalp transplantWorld's first skull-scalp transplant was performed by American surgeons on a man who suffered a large head wound from cancer treatment.
05 Jun, 2015, 01.17 PM IST
Former US President George H W Bush breathing normally, to be discharged soonThe 41st President spent last week at the hospital after experiencing shortness of breath on December 23.
30 Dec, 2014, 12.45 PM IST
Former US President George H W Bush spends another night in hospital90-year-old Bush, a Texas resident, was admitted to Houston Methodist Hospital on Tuesday as a precaution.
26 Dec, 2014, 11.14 AM IST
Why NASA put this spacesuit through a CT scannerNASA has teamed with the Houston Methodist Hospital's research institute to make sure that such a thing never happens again-using a CT scan...
10 Dec, 2014, 01.22 PM IST