Health

Pre-orders of COVID-19 vaccine top five billion

Shawdesh Desk: Although none of the coronavirus vaccines under development has proved its efficacy yet in clinical trials, at least 5.7 billion doses have been pre-ordered around the world. First

India to get a vaccine by December, says a confident SII head Adar Poonawalla

Shawdesh desk: As COVID cases continue to record alarming one-day hikes in the country, scientists are working round the clock to develop a vaccine which will be able to put

Erdogan says Turkey becomes 3rd to develop COVID-19 vaccines

Shawdesh desk: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkey has become the third country to develop vaccines locally against COVID-19 after the United States and China according

Brain gets bigger if you’re anxious and depressed: Study

Shawdesh Desk: Previous studies showed that depression, the most prevalent psychiatric disorder worldwide, is linked to areas of the brain shrinking in size. But when it is paired with anxiety,

Risk of Covid-19 infection from breastfeeding negligible: WHO

Shawdesh Desk: Pointing out that the risk of Covid-19 infection from breastfeeding is negligible, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended breastfeeding should continue. “WHO has been very clear in its

Masks help reduce COVID-19 transmission: Study

Shawdesh desk: A new study says US communities that made using face masks in public compulsory saw a decline in the spread of coronavirus. After five days of mask mandates,

Coronavirus: Virus isolation period ‘to go up from seven to 10 days’

Shawdesh desk: The length of time people with coronavirus symptoms will have to self-isolate for is expected to be increased from seven to 10 days in England. It comes as

Covid-19 going to be one big wave, not seasonal: WHO

Shawdesh desk: The World Health Organization (WHO) has described the Covid-19 as ‘first wave’, not just seasonal. Dr Margaret Harris, a spokesperson of WHO, came up with the information