Sydney, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Australian computer scientists have developed a novel Artificial Intelligence-based model that can hear the effects of Covid-19 in the sound of a forced cough, even when people are asymptomatic, an advance…
Chennai, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Mega star Rajinikanth will leave for the US on Saturday for a routine medical check up. The matinee idol’s office in a statement on Thursday said that the actor has completed…
New Delhi, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) In order to ensure the cuts in GST rates of essential Covid-19 drugs and other medications is passed on to consumers, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority has directed all pharma…
New York, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) An arthritis drug — Tofacitinib — developed by US biopharmaceutical Pfizer has shown to be effective in reducing the risk of death or respiratory failure in hospitalised adult patients with…
New Delhi, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Serum Institute of India is likely to launch clinical trials of the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine for children in July, sources said. SII is likely to introduce the Novavax vaccine,…
Mumbai, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a unique initiative, the Maharashtra Health Department will use mobile units to check the hearing abilities of newborns in the state to diagnose and start their treatment early, Health Minister…
Amaravati, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Active Covid cases dropped below the 70,000 mark to reach 69,831 on Thursday in Andhra Pradesh, even as 6,151 new Covid infections have been reported. With the new cases, Andhra Pradesh’s…
New Delhi, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Fortis Healthcare on Thursday announced that Sputnik V vaccine against Covid-19 will be available at two of its hospitals as part of a limited pilot roll-out from June 19. The…
Geneva, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Caesarean sections are on the rise globally and will account for 29 per cent of all births by 2030, according to a report by the World Health Organization (WHO) suggesting an…
Washington, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The US will buy an additional 200 million doses of Moderna’s Covid vaccine in anticipation that its citizens may require booster shots, media reports said. The vaccine doses’ delivery is expected…
New Delhi, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s largest stainless steel manufacturer, Jindal Stainless has facilitated the supply of 150 ventilators to the Haryana and Odisha governments, in continuation to steps taken by it to combat and…
Chennai, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) People of Chennai and its suburbs are putting off their travel plans and are not taking up job offers following the delay in uploading vaccine certificates on the portal. Vaccination proof…
Canberra, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) has advised that the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine be administered to people aged 60 and over, rather than those over 50 years as was…
Hyderabad, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Doctors at KIMS hospitals in Hyderabad saved life of a nine-month-old infected by Covid-19 through successful ECMO. The paediatric intensive care (PICU) team headed by Nanda Kishore, at KIMS Hospitals, Secunderabad…
Bern, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bats in Switzerland are harbouring viruses from 39 different viral families and some have the potential to jump to other animals, including humans and cause disease, researchers have found. Monitoring the…
New Delhi, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Chhattisgarh has started gearing up to handle the possible third wave of Covid-19 and for this, all the government hospitals across the state are being upgraded and equipped with ultramodern…
Berlin, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) German biopharmaceutical company CureVac’s mRNA-based vaccine has shown efficacy of just 47 per cent against Coronavirus disease, the lowest reported so far from any Covid-19 vaccine maker. The trial of vaccine…
New Delhi, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India, on Thursday, requested the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) to replace Newborn Calf Serum (NBCS) with animal-free chemical solution, in…
Washington, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) A new study by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has suggested that Covid-19 cases were detected in the country earlier than previously reported. NIH researchers analysed more than 24,000…
Panaji, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Goa will not open for tourism until the state fully administers the first vaccine shot to its population, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said in a major policy announcement on Thursday. Sawant…