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Kampala: Uganda is set to destroy more than 400,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines after they expired before being administered, a senior official said.Sheila Nduhukire, spokesperson of the National Medical Store, a state-run agency, told…

Washington : Amid an ongoing resurgence across the world, the global coronavirus caseload has topped 323.1 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.52 million and vaccinations to over 9.58 billion, according to Johns Hopkins…

London : Women who have Covid-19 towards the end of their pregnancy are vulnerable to birth-related complications, according to a study.They are more likely to have complications than those who get Covid-19 in the earlier stages of…

Geneva : A World Health Organization (WHO) panel on Friday strongly recommended baricitinib, a drug used for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, for patients with severe or critical Covid-19 in combination with corticosteroids.The…

London : A third dose of AstraZeneca's Covid vaccine, named Covishield in India, increases antibody response to the new vaccine-evading Omicron variant, according to a new trial published by the British-Swedish drugmaker on Thursday.The…

New Delhi : Since the beginning of vaccination drive for children aged between 15 and 18 years on January 3, over 3 crore teens of this age bracket have been vaccinated with the first dose so far.According to the CoWIN portal, as of now…

New York : US researchers have found that cannabis compounds have the ability to prevent the virus that causes Covid-19 from entering human cells.A team from Oregon State University identified Hemp, known scientifically as Cannabis sativa,…

Geneva : The Omcircon variant of Covid is driving a huge spike in Covid infections across countries but the death rate is stable, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said.Last week, more than 15…

New Delhi : With 620 fresh Omicron infections detected in the last 24 hours, the national tally of this highly transmissible Covid variant has climbed to 5,488. Of these, 2162 people have recovered from the new strain so far, said the Union…

New York : The effectiveness of face masks has been a hotly debated topic since the emergence of Covid-19. However, a new study shows that masks could also help reduce social distancing.Researchers at the University of Central Florida (UCF)…