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Study reveals how smoking worsens Covid infection airways
Researchers using a model of airway tissue created from human stem cells have pinpointed how smoking cigarettes causes more severe infection by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, in the airways of the lungs.The study, published in…
Kamala Harris delivers first speech on US economy: Full transcript
On Monday afternoon, America's first ever Indian and Black American Vice President-elect Kamala Harris delivered her first prepared remarks on the coronavirus - battered US economy. Harris spoke after meetings with industry leaders and took…
‘More people may die’: Joe Biden talks tough on Trump obstruction
US President-elect Joe Biden warned Monday of terrible loss of human lives if the Donald Trump administration continues to stonewall on a smooth transition of power.Biden warned that if his team risks being "behind, over a month, month and…
Donald Trump roils transition, admitting defeat but saying later, ‘Will win’
Mercurial President Donald Trump has sowed confusion in the post-election transition taking back within hours an admission of defeat by Democrat Joe Biden and now claiming, "We will win."Trump, who conducts his politics through tweets,…
Diabetes drug can treat and reverse heart failure: Study
Empagliflozin, a recently developed diabetes drug, can effectively treat and reverse heart failure in both diabetics and non-diabetics, say researchers.The clinical trial, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology,…
Whitney Peak, Eli Brown shoot for ‘Gossip Girl’ reboot
Whitney Peak and Eli Brown were spotted shooting for the Gossip Girl reboot here.Whitney, who has featured on shows like Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina and Home Before Dark, and Eli, best known for her starring role in The Perfectionists,…
‘Nervous, uninformed quality’: Barack Obama on Rahul Gandhi
Former US president Barack Obama's new book 'A Promised Land' lands a sharp left hook on Rahul Gandhi's "nervous, uninformed quality" while directing warm, not-so-political praise at Rahul's mother Sonia Gandhi, according to a book review…
‘Smell, taste changes an early indication of Covid community spread’
An international team of researchers has revealed that self-reports of smell and taste changes provide earlier markers of the spread of infection of SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) virus.The study, published in the journal Nature Communications,…
Food insecurity linked to higher cardiovascular death risk
Increasing rates of food insecurity are independently associated with an increase in cardiovascular death rates among adults between the ages of 20 and 64, say researchers.According to the study, about 10 per cent of adults in the US are…
Joe Biden to cap 47 years of elected office with presidency
Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr, has finally achieved his 22-year quest for the presidency capping a career of 47 years as an elected official.When he first sought the Democratic Party's presidential nomination for the 1988 election, he said:…