Category: Health
Covid-19 vaccine developed by US biotech firm Moderna enters final stage trial
Story by AFP US biotech firm Moderna said on July 14 it would enter the final stage of human trials for its Covid-19 vaccine on July 27, to test how well it protects...
‘No return to normal life soon,’ WHO makes it clear
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that too many countries were bungling their response to the coronavirus pandemic, meaning there could be no return to...
WHO official cites AIDS as guide to addressing coronavirus pandemic
Healthcare systems worldwide need to upgrade to control disease transmission and cope with large numbers of sick people during the coronavirus pandemic as well as future...
Hypertension most prevalent condition among COVID-19 patients: study
Hypertension is the most prevalent comorbidity in coronavirus patients, as per a meta-analysis of studies conducted with 1,576 COVID-19 patients around the globe which...
When coronavirus robs you of your sense of smell
Story by AFP Anosmia — the loss of one’s sense of smell — may be an invisible handicap, but is psychologically difficult to live with and has no real...
WHO urges countries to ‘wake up’ and halt virus
Story by AFP The World Health Organization has urged countries hit by serious coronavirus outbreaks to “wake up” to the realities on the ground instead of...
What doctors have learned about fighting COVID-19
Story by Reuters In the six months since an entirely new coronavirus began spreading around the world, doctors and hospitals have learned a lot about how to treat...
Pakistani researchers secure US patent for therapeutic drug monitoring technology
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a patent to a team of researchers from COMSATS University, Islamabad for a new technology they have...
Spanish study shows coronavirus trace in March 2019 water sample
Story by Reuters A new study by a team of virologists from the University of Barcelona have found traces of the novel coronavirus in a sample of waste water collected in...
Severe COVID-19 can damage the brain, preliminary study finds
Story by Reuters A preliminary study of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 has found the disease can damage the brain, causing complications such as stroke,...