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London : Up to 3.5 million Covid-19 vaccine doses are set to be binned in the UK after reaching their expiry date, a media report says.A leaked memo last month revealed that tens of millions of jabs sent to hospitals, GP surgeries and…

Washington : The global coronavirus caseload has topped 392.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.73 million and vaccinations to over 10.04 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Sunday…

New York : Due to unequal distribution, people over the age 65 at the highest risk for severe Covid-19 have often been the least likely to receive monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), according to new research.Monoclonal antibodies are very…

Washington : The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched a new dashboard to track Covid-19 in wastewater samples across the country.The CDC's Wastewater Surveillance tab will track SARS-CoV-2 levels in sewage at more…

Washington : The global coronavirus caseload has topped 390.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.72 million and vaccinations to over 10.02 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Saturday…

New Delhi : Screening for prostate cancer dropped by 30 per cent in India, in the last two years of the Covid pandemic, finds a report.The report by SRL laboratories, released on World Cancer Day, revealed a 34 per cent dip in screening for…

London : The less severe Omicron variant, coupled with high immunity levels and the arrival of warmer spring weather, is soon likely to push Europe into a "long period of tranquillity" and a "ceasefire" to the pandemic, the World Health…

New Delhi : A team of Indian scientists in collaboration with an industry partner has developed a self-disinfecting 'Copper-based Nanoparticle-coated Anti-viral Face Mask' to fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.The biodegradable, highly…

Jerusalem : An Israeli company is conducting a study on a device that measures tear film a thin fluid layer covering the ocular surface, which may help detect Covid-19 disease through a simple eye test.The tear film is a thin fluid layer…

Copenhagen : The European region is approaching "a plausible endgame" in its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic despite an ongoing surge in cases, a senior official of the World Health Organization (WHO) said."For now, the number of deaths…