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Are You Living in the Present?

Are You Living in the Present?

You are the only one bearing the consequences of your life. But have you ever asked yourself if youâ€™re the one...

8 Dec 2021 9:12 PM IST

To be born or not: The dilemma of the flawed foetus

Recently 20-year-old Evie Toombes was awarded millions as compensation for being allowed to be born despite congenital...

4 Dec 2021 11:43 PM IST

The face mask sensors are designed so that they can be activated by the wearer when they are ready to perform the test. (Photo: news.harvard.edu)

Avoid Omicron with three-ply or N95 masks: Medical experts

Though the market has been flooded with various masks, medical experts state that most of them provide limited...

3 Dec 2021 11:54 PM IST

Alternative medicine and healing methods have long been used in India to treat issues ranging from hypertension and gynaecological problems to life-threatening cancers. (Representative Image)

Complementary therapy in huge demand

When COVID-19 sank its fangs into people, causing deaths, many turned to alternative systems of medicine like Ayurveda,...

3 Dec 2021 11:48 PM IST

IAS Rajat Kumar

Dealing with Omicron, the party-pooper!

Just as socialising began seeming safer, the â€˜variant of concernâ€™ is threatening to play spoilsport

3 Dec 2021 6:51 PM IST

A medic takes the swab of a person for Covid test in Bengaluru. (Photo: PTI)

Risk of reinfection from Omicron three times higher than any other...

National daily cases almost doubled on Wednesday, days after countries across the world halted flights to and from...

3 Dec 2021 3:55 PM IST

Air China flight crew members in hazmat suits walk through the arrivals area at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. Brazil and Japan joined the rapidly widening circle of countries to report cases of the omicron variant Tuesday. (AP/Jae C. Hong)

WHO says measures against delta work for omicron variant too

India, Singapore and Malaysia have also reported their first cases of the omicron variant in the last 24 hours

3 Dec 2021 11:47 AM IST

Earlier the National Institute for Communicable Diseases said the daily number of new confirmed cases in South Africa almost doubled to 8,561 infections in the last 24 hours. (Bloomberg)

New warning on Omicron variant severity from South African scientists

Leading South African scientists warned it is still too early to determine that the omicron variant will only cause mild...

2 Dec 2021 12:21 PM IST

The concern with the omicron variant is the number of mutations that it has from the original strain, particularly to the spike protein, which the virus uses to enter cells and has been the target of most vaccines. (AP Photo)

EU drugs agency can clear Omicron shot in 4 months if needed

With other mutations such as the delta variant, the vaccines have been shown to provide protection, though the efficacy...

30 Nov 2021 6:57 PM IST

Virologist Dr Shahid Jameel (Wikipedia)

Very large number of Indians may be protected from Omicron: Virologist...

Jameel said more data is awaited but vaccine effectiveness against the variant may dip by a few points

30 Nov 2021 12:49 PM IST

Dr. Pramod Kumar Kuchulakunti, a cardiologist at Yashoda Hospitals, said that as per the data available, 17.9 million deaths are reported annually, of which 85 per cent are due to heart disease. (Representational Image . Pexels)

Risk of heart attack higher in winter: Experts

Fitness enthusiasts who go out in the early hours for jogging and walking should be careful, as the fluctuation of...

30 Nov 2021 1:00 AM IST

A child looks at his mother being screened for COVID-19 symptoms. AP Photo

Extreme tiredness, scratchy throat, dry cough: Dr who spotted Omicron...

According to a Covid-19 adviser to the South Africa govt, symptoms linked to the Omicron coronavirus variant have been...

29 Nov 2021 3:08 PM IST