US President-Elect Donald Trump has named the Kolkata-born Jay Bhattacharya, who raised questions about Covid policies, to head the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the medical research powerhouse.
People suffering from common laryngopharyngeal dysfunction like chronic cough, hoarseness, recurrent throat clearing, especially after Covid, may be at significant risk of developing a heart attack or stroke, warns a study on Wednesday.
Meta Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg, in a letter to the House Judiciary Committee has alleged that the Biden-Harris administration "repeatedly pressurised" Meta's teams to censor posts related to Covid.
US researchers have identified a protein responsible for causing fatigue in people with long Covid, Alzheimer's and other diseases.
After a gap of about six months since the end of December in 2023, five new Covid-19 positive cases were reported at a private hospital in the southern part of the city.
With this, India’s active caseload now stands at 26,509 with active cases now constituting 0.06% of the country’s total positive cases.
Several schools dotted throughout the city have suspended in-person classes as the fear of infection spread grows, according to parents and social media posts.
Prof Rajendra Prasad, renowned pulmonologist, said that he has come across TB patients, who had been severely infected with the novel coronavirus during the second wave.
The COVID-19 tally rose to 13,34,876, a bulletin issued by the department said, adding that Sundargarh and Khurda districts with 16 cases topped the daily Covid tally.
With Covid-related documents no longer needed to be presented for entry into Cambodia, tourism industry insiders are gearing up for an uptick in international and domestic tourism.
