Lingering health issues Post-COVID vaccine? New Yale research explains the possible causesFor most, COVID vaccines offer protection with no lasting effects. But for a small percentage, chronic symptoms persist long after the jab....
25 Feb, 2025, 02.45 PM IST
US Surgeon General Dr Vivek Murthy's nomination sent to Senate to serve country's representative on WHO boardPresident Joe Biden has re-nominated Indian-American Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy to represent the United States on the executive board...
10 Jan, 2024, 03.01 PM IST
The more, the merrier: More kids were breastfed by their mothers during the pandemicThe World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends exclusively breastfeeding for the first six months of a baby's life. But the UK has had the ...
02 Sep, 2023, 08.24 PM IST
Dr Vivek Murthy is US representative on WHO executive boardDr Murthy, 45, will serve in the new position alongside his continued duties as the US Surgeon General, the White House said in a statement...
06 Oct, 2022, 01.00 AM IST
COVID-19 endemic stage two years away: ReportThe COVID-19 disease may reach endemic stage in the US in at least two years, according to a study conducted in rats. To develop a better u...
06 Jul, 2022, 03.58 PM IST
New study suggests that exposure to common cold virus may provide some protection from COVID-19The research found that the common respiratory virus jump-starts the activity of interferon-stimulated genes.
16 Jun, 2021, 05.38 PM IST
Biden taps Indian-American Vivek Murthy as Surgeon General: Media report"Vivek H Murthy, a former US surgeon general, has been asked to reprise the role in an expanded version in the new administration," The Was...
04 Dec, 2020, 02.03 PM IST
India can avoid 72 per cent of projected COVID-19 cases by closing red light areas: ReportThey said Indians are at a much lower risk of getting COVID-19 if red light areas are kept closed after the lockdown until an effective tre...
16 May, 2020, 01.14 PM IST
- MRI brain scans may help identify MS risk early in children
New York, Oct 15 (IANS) MRI brain scans may help identify children at high-risk of developing Mmultiple Sclerosis (MS) before symptoms appe...
15 Oct, 2017, 03.12 PM IST
Cannabis use can disrupt brain's information processingThe use of cannabis can produce psychosis-like effects and increased neural noise in humans, disrupting brain's normal information processi...
05 Dec, 2015, 10.57 AM IST
Arthritis drug may treat eczemaStandard treatments, such as steroid creams and oral medicines, commonly fail to relieve symptoms in patients with moderate to severe eczem...
21 Jul, 2015, 05.32 PM IST
Two Indians named 2015 Yale World Fellows in USYale World Fellows is Yale's global leadership development initiative and a core element of the university's ongoing commitment to internat...
18 Apr, 2015, 11.51 AM IST
Barack Obama to nominate Indian-origin doctor Vivek Hallegere Murthy as Surgeon GeneralObama announced his intention to nominate Dr Vivek Hallegere Murthy to the top administration position along with several other nominations...
15 Nov, 2013, 05.39 PM IST
- Two Indians among 2013 Yale World Fellows
Two Indians -- Prodyut Bora and Abhik Sen -- are among the 16 people selected for this year's World Fellows Programme by the prestigious Ya...
04 Apr, 2013, 08.51 PM IST
Two Indians selected as Yale 2012 World FellowsAyush Chauhan co-founder and managing director, Quicksand and Ruchi Yadav, senior programme officer, The Hunger Project are the two 2012 Ya...
05 Apr, 2012, 05.22 PM IST
- Two Indians selected as Yale World Fellows
Two Indians have been selected for Yale World Fellows, which is Yale University's global leadership development initiative.
27 Apr, 2011, 04.59 PM IST
- Obama names two Indian-Americans to his administration
US President Barack Obama has named two Indian-Americans, Vivek Murthy and Islam Siddiqui, to his Administration, the White House said.
28 Jan, 2011, 02.17 AM IST