Health

India reported a daily jump of 83,341 coronavirus infections, taking its tally to 3.94 million, according to data showed by health ministry today. India now closes in on Brazil as the world’s second-most affected country from...

Drugmaker Roche had got Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a trial to rapidly detect whether a patient has SARS-CoV-2 or one of two forms of influenza, the company said today....

Suicide, unhappiness, obesity and poor social and academic skills have become far-too-common features of childhood in rich countries, as stated by the latest Report Card issued by the UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti. UNICEF’s Report...

Cheap steroids can save the lives of patients who are critically ill with Covid-19, studies show. The findings confirm the results of an earlier trial, which has already led to steroids being used widely for coronavirus...

Sanitation workers across South Asia are working through the Covid-19 pandemic with little protective equipment and poor access to handwashing and cleaning facilities, according to a new report from WaterAid. The report, “Safety and wellbeing of...

The US has now surpassed six million cases of Covid-19 – almost a quarter of the world’s total, as stated by a data collated by Johns Hopkins University. It said USA added one million new infections...

Global coronavirus (COVID-19) infections soared past 25 million on Sunday, as nations around the world further tightened limitations to try to stop the rampaging pandemic. A million extra cases have been recognized globally roughly every four...

Hong Kong’s plan to offer free coronavirus tests to all residents has become swept up in the festering political debate dividing the city, where many remain deeply skeptical of both local leaders and China. Billed as...

Bangladesh has approved the final or phase-3 human trial of a proposed COVID-19 vaccine by China’s private Sinovac Biotech Ltd., which seemed to be a pioneer in a global race for developing inoculates against coronavirus (COVID-19),...

India reported today a record daily jump of 75,760 coronavirus infections, taking its total caseload to 3.31 million as cases surged across the country, data from the federal health ministry showed. India is the worst affected...