urrently, the threat is so high that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has released a warning stating that ‘monkeypox is still a global health emergency of concern, despite a ‘promising’ decline in cases’. In the latest study, experts have revealed that a ‘considerable’ amount of transmission of monkeypox virus infectionRead More

A coronavirus outbreak has prompted authorities to lock down the Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone, which houses the world’s largest iPhone factory.Chinese authorities sealed off an industrial park in the central city of Zhengzhou on Wednesday after workers fled the facility to avoid coronavirus restrictions. The area is home to theRead More

SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19 (Photo credit: Pixabay) Viruses and bacteria have a very long history. Because viruses can’t reproduce without a host, they’ve been attacking bacteria for millions of years. Some of those bacteria eventually became mitochondria, synergistically adapting to life within eukaryotic cells. Ultimately, mitochondria became the powerhousesRead More

A good night’s sleep can nip many health issues in the bud. From repairing body to recharging mind for the day ahead, sleep is essential for many important body functions and things can turn a lot better when you sleep soundly. However, this may be easier said than done forRead More

New Delhi: With 1,574 people testing positive for the coronavirus infection, India’s tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,46,50,662, while the active cases declined to 18,802, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday. A decrease of 596 cases has been recorded in the active covid caseload inRead More

A sharp spike in dengue fever cases has been reported in many parts of the country after prolonged monsoon this year. Delhi, UP, Haryana have especially witnessed sudden spurt of the disease. Dengue is a mosquito-borne disease caused by a virus spread by female Aedes mosquito. It cannot be passedRead More

Geneva [Switzerland],: An estimated 10.6 million people fell ill with tuberculosis (TB) in 2021, an increase of 4.5 per cent from 2020, and 1.6 million people died from TB, according to the World Health Organization’s 2022 Global TB report. The burden of drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) also increased by 3 perRead More

A medic collects swab sample to test Covid (Photo credit: AFP) The Chinese city of Shanghai started administering an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday in what appears to be a world first. The vaccine, a mist that is sucked in through the mouth, is being offered for free as aRead More

Plasma is the liquid part of the blood that is devoid of platelets. People suffering from Dengue have to be administered with platelets which plasma lacks. Ten men have been arrested in UP’s Prayagraj for allegedly selling fake platelets to families battling dengue. The arrest comes right after an incidentRead More

Washington: Scientists have developed a new way of looking at sex-biased diseases that are rooted in evolutionary biology. They theorize that males and females took opposing paths in a tradeoff between immunity and metabolism that occurs in the liver. This helped males fight bacterial infections from wounds received in dominanceRead More