Los Angeles, May 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted emergency use authorisation (EUA) for a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for children aged between 5 to 11 years…
Addis Ababa, May 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The African continent reported 4,660 newly confirmed Covid-19 cases during the previous 24 hours, the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. Figures from the Africa CDC…
Tokyo, May 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Japan will accept vaccinated tourists in small groups from the US, Australia, Thailand and Singapore later this month as a trial toward the full-scale opening up for foreign visitors planned for…
Singapore, May 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Singapore reported 2,664 new cases of Covid-19, bringing the total tally to 1,247,671. Among the new cases reported on Tuesday, 2,602 were local transmissions and 62 were imported cases. Of the…
New Delhi, May 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The implementation of Ayushman Bharat – Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWC) scheme is on track in most states with a clear roadmap for achieving targets set for December 2022, according…
New Delhi, May 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Delhi on Tuesday reported marginal rise at 393 fresh Covid cases, against 377 recorded on the previous day, as well as two new deaths, as per the state government health…
Hyderabad, May 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Three out of four patients on haemodialysis in India suffer from hypertension, reveals a study. It also revealed rising cases of hypertension in females in the 21-40 age group, indicating that…
London, May 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Women with invasive breast cancer in the UK will now be injected with a magnetic marker liquid that will help surgeons discover if the cancer has spread, according to a recommendation…
New York, May 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The US Food and Drug Administration has declined to approve antidepressant fluvoxamine as a treatment for Covid-19 as data is insufficient to conclude its effectiveness against the virus. Fluvoxamine has…
Cupertino (California), May 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a bid to further provide users with disabilities new tools for navigation, health, communication, and more, Apple on Tuesday previewed innovative software features that combine the power of hardware,…
New Delhi, May 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) It is high time to count high blood pressure as a public health emergency in India, said experts here on the occasion of World Hypertension Day, observed annually on May…
Hyderabad, May 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) As many as 13 lakh people in Telangana were found to have high blood pressure (hypertension) during a survey which so far covered 90 lakh people, Health Minister T. Harish Rao…
Manila, May 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday confirmed the local transmission of the highly transmissible Omicron BA.2.12.1 sub-variant of Covid-19. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that local clusters of…
Geneva, May 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) A whopping one billion children and adults in need of one or more assistive products, such as wheelchairs, hearing aids, or apps that support communication and cognition are denied access, according…
London, May 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) A revolutionary new treatment for cataract has shown extremely positive results in laboratory tests, giving hope that the condition, which currently can only be cured with surgery, could soon be treated…
Sydney, May 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Researchers have identified two enzymes that play a role in increasing people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) risk of developing severe Covid-19. An inflammatory lung condition, COPD causes airway blockage…
London, May 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Receiving hormone replacement therapy within six months of a recorded diagnosis of Covid-19 was associated with a reduction in mortality from the infectious disease among women, finds a study indicating the…
New Delhi, May 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) At 1,569 fresh Covid cases, India reported a decline in a span of 24 hours against the previous day’s count of 2,202, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday morning….
Washington, May 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The global coronavirus caseload has topped 521.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.26 million and vaccinations to over 11.41 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In…
Lucknow, May 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The increase in number of dengue cases, ahead of the monsoon season, has put health officials in Uttar Pradesh on alert. The state’s Director General, Health, Vedvrata Singh said that Uttar…