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In 1928, Alexander Fleming Returned From Vacation: Found Mold in a Petri Dish and Discovered Penicillin, Changing Medicine ForeverA forgotten petri dish led to a groundbreaking discovery. Alexander Fleming observed mold inhibiting bacteria, a finding later developed in...
A man took over 200 covid vaccine shots. What happened to him?Researchers have examined a German man who claimed receiving over 200 Covid-19 vaccinations. The effects of this hyper-vaccination on the i...
Investors of companies in pandemic hotspots can help mitigate new pandemic risks, researchers sayA study published in The Lancet Planetary Health journal suggests that financial entities investing in companies operating in hotspots for ...
Rising temperature & worsening AQI may increase heart attacks, blood sugar & risk of lung cancer: WHOAlmost 99 percent of the world's population breathes air that exceeds the WHO's guidelines for air pollution.
UN Climate talks embrace first-ever 'Health Day' amidst urgent calls to tackle global warming's health impactPreceding the UN climate talks, heightened focus emerges on global warming's health impact. The WHO highlights extreme heat, air pollution,...
Heat projected to kill nearly five times more people by 2050An international team of experts has warned that the number of deaths caused by extreme heat will increase nearly fivefold in the coming de...
New study urges to redirect infectious disease control efforts from kids to older children and adolescentsInfectious diseases cause three million deaths among children and adolescents annually, with India, Nigeria, and Pakistan having the larges...
New Omicron subvariant largely evades neutralising antibodies: Lancet studyThe BA.2.75.2 variant of Omicron largely evades neutralising antibodies in the blood and is resistant to several COVID-19 antibody therapie...
Covishield's effectiveness in fully vaccinated individuals 63% during 2nd wave: Study"More importantly, the scientists also observed that the spike-specific T-cell responses were conserved against both the delta variant and ...
COVID-19 vaccines effective at reducing severe illness, hospitalisation: Lancet study"We are at a critical point in the pandemic as we see cases rising worldwide due to the Delta variant. Breakthrough infections are expected...
Single dose of Pfizer, AstraZeneca Covid vaccine offers 60 per cent protection: Lancet studyThe protective effect of a single dose of vaccination is evident from 4 weeks to at least 7 weeks after vaccination, which provides some ev...
Bharat Biotech shares elaborate data of all research studies of CovaxinCovaxin, a whole-virion inactivated coronavirus vaccine, is the first and only product to have published any data from human clinical trial...
One in four people experience mild side effects from Covishield COVID-19 vaccine: Lancet studyThe researchers from King's College London in the UK also found that most systemic side effects -- meaning side effects excluding where the...
British variant of COVID-19 not as severe as feared, according to The LancetThe strain, known as B.1.1.7, was identified in Britain late last year and has become the most common strain in the United States, accordin...
Covaxin safe, may be superior to similar vaccines: LancetIndia’s first indigenous Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin, codenamed BBV152, is safe, immunogenic and has no serious adverse effects, medical journ...
90-minute British DnaNudge COVID-19 test is accurate, Lancet study findsThe new test, based on the design of a DNA test developed by a professor at Imperial College London, received approval for clinical use by ...
No. of India's TB patients may be double the estimate: StudyWhile it was assumed that India's annual TB cases stands at 2.2 million a year, the study pegs this number at over 3.8 million in 2014.
Dengue costs the world $8.9 billion annually: StudyDengue imposes a whopping $8.9 billion economic burden every year on 141 countries and territories where active transmission of the disease...
NDM-1: What really bugs the superbug researcherThe Lancet has distanced itself from authors of superbug article, saying magazine never accused Indian officials of a cover-up.
- India 'supressing' truth about NDM-I: Lancet
International health journal Lancet has slammed the government for "suppressing" truth about the presence of a drug-resistant bacteria in D...