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.
The LG chaired a meeting to review the COVID situation in the Capital today along with Dy. Chief Minister, Manish Sisodia as persistent cases of dengue and other vector borne diseases being reported despite the season not being favorable to its spread
As per the data shared by the ministry, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.67% with 4035 patients having recovered in the last 24 hours taking the cumulative tally of recovered patients to 4,26,61,370.
He also stressed on reduced COVID-19 testing, and stated that increased and timely testing will enable early identification of COVID cases and help to curb spread of the infection among the community.
While the weekly positivity rate in the country currently stands at 2.21 percent, the daily positivity rate shoots to 3.24 percent, as per the data.
The party spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said that she is in a stable condition and will be kept at the hospital for observation, according to sources at the hospital.
