Research

New York : Pfizer's Covid vaccine for children aged 5 to 11 has proved to be significantly less effective than in older adolescents or adults against the infectious virus, according to a study.The yet to be peer-reviewed study, led by The…

London : Children release just a quarter of the aerosolised particles as adults while breathing, speaking and singing, according to a study.The study, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, may be useful for making decisions about risk…

New York : Antibiotic azithromycin does not prevent recurrent wheezing among infants hospitalised with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), rather may prove to be harmful, researchers warned.Azithromycin is known to have anti-inflammatory…

London : Long-term side effects of Covid can destroy your love life as loss of taste and smell are linked to a fall in sex drive, a UK psychologist warned.Loss of the ability to smell and taste has been a hallmark of Covid. While for some…

New York : Nearly 90 per cent of Covid-19 patients who qualified for, but did not receive, ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) due to a shortage of resources during the height of the pandemic died in the hospital, despite being young…

New York : The effectiveness of the Covid-19 vaccine may substantially decline after six months if booster shots are not taken, according to a new study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.The study indicated that vaccines were 94…

Sydney : A new research led by Australia's Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity found that the Covid virus is for short periods able to speed up its evolutionary pace and create variants faster than other viruses.The research,…

Chandigarh : Researchers have found that ayurveda drug BGR-34 can help lower the sugar level within 12 weeks as well as exert a powerful anti-oxidant action to prevent diabetic complications.Published in the latest edition of Serbian…

New Delhi : A team of international researchers, including from India, have found that Covid virus' contains tiny chunk of DNA that matched sequence patented by Moderna three years before the onset of pandemic.The findings, published in…

London : Ever imagined what happens in the brain when a person dies? Brain scans of a dying man revealed that our entire life flashes in front of our eyes like lightning.What happens inside your brain during near-death experiences and after…