Over a million positive cases of corona virus disease (COVID-19) have been reported worldwide (1,018,150 cases as on 3rd April 2020) with 53,251 untimely deaths. Corona virus disease (COVID-19) was first reported in Wuhan, China,…
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Message of Nature through Coronavirus should be understood Jammu Tawi (J&K) : “The entire world which include all the Members of the United Nations is under a threat to its existence because of one ghost…
WHO, UNICEF calls for countries to provide free public hand hygiene stations. Gaps in essential care can result in many more deaths than the coronavirus itself. Geneva 2 April 2020 : WHO, UNICEF and the…
NIH-funded study identifies receptor as possible target for treating anhedonia brain’s reward system may be a viable target for treating anhedonia Bethesda, Maryland (USA) March 30, 2020 • A first-of-its-kind trial has demonstrated that a…
Geneva, 31st march. The COVID-19 pandemic is straining health systems worldwide. The rapidly increasing demand on health facilities and health care workers threatens to leave some health systems overstretched and unable to operate effectively. Previous…
Surveys estimate that nearly 8 percent of American children ages 2 to 17 and 4 percent of adults have ADHD. Boys are about 2 ½ times as likely as girls to be diagnosed with it….
New York 28th March 2020 : Due to extensive community transmission of COVID -19 in the area, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urged residents of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut to refrain…
Modes of transmission of virus causing COVID-19 : implications for IPC precaution recommendations Scientific brief by World Health Organisation (WHO) 28 March 2020 : According to current evidence, COVID-19 virus is transmitted between people through…
New Delhi, 27 March (TV Venkateswaran): Many things about Novel Coronavirus are spreading rapidly through social media, WhatsApp and the Internet. Some of these could be true, but many of those informations are baseless. At…
Q&A on smoking and COVID-19 Are smokers and tobacco users at higher risk of COVID-19 infection? Yes smokers and tobacco users at higher risk of COVID-19 infection. According to a Q&A on WHO – “Smokers…
New York 24th March 2020. The National Institutes of Health will launch a website with important educational resources for coronavirus workers dealing with the spread of COVID-19. The initiative got underway after Congress passed a…
WHO, FIFA launch joint campaign to equip football community to tackle COVID-19 Geneva, 23 March 2020: FIFA, the international governing body of football, and the World Health Organization (WHO) have teamed up to combat the…
What is Huntington disease New Delhi, March 20 (By Sunderarajan Padmanabhan ): Huntington disease (HD) is a progressive genetic disorder affecting the brain that causes uncontrolled movements, impaired coordination of balance and movement, a decline…
Let all Indians follow the mission against Coronavirus New Delhi, 21st March 2020 : Prof. Bhim Singh, Chief Patron of National Panthers Party, Sr. Advocate in the Supreme Court of India & former Legislator in…
With nine months left to meet the HIV-related 2020 targets, we are not on track to end AIDS by 2030. In Asia Pacific region, despite unprecedented progress initially in scaling up HIV programmes for prevention,…
New York. 19th March 2020 : Findings from a phase 2 clinical trial show that the drug selumetinib improves outcomes for children with the genetic disorder neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). In the trial, selumetinib shrank…
New York 19th March 2020 : A study by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, offers new insight into genetic alterations associated with osteosarcoma, the most common…
WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 – 18 March 2020 Good afternoon. It’s now more than a month since the last case of Ebola in DRC. If it stays that way,…
According to an Emergency Resources on Corona virus of National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services : – “Some types of cancer and treatments such…
SARS-CoV-2 stability similar to original SARS virus. New York, 18th March 2020 : The virus that causes corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is stable for several hours to days in aerosols and on surfaces, according…
