Life Style / Wellness

AstraZeneca says COVID-19 vaccine 76% effective in new analysis, to seek U.S. approval 25 Mar 2021 - 08:52 am

AstraZeneca's said its COVID-19 vaccine was 76% effective in a new analysis of its U.S. trial - only a tad lower than the...

Women in 40s, 50s who survive COVID more likely to suffer persistent problems -UK studies 24 Mar 2021 - 07:48 pm

LONDON - Women in their 40s and 50s appear more at risk of long-term problems following discharge from hospital after COVID-19, with many...

AstraZeneca to publish full US trial results after rare rebuke over 'outdated' data 23 Mar 2021 - 11:18 pm

LONDON/CHICAGO - AstraZeneca will publish up-to-date results from its major U.S. COVID-19 vaccine trial within 48 hours after health officials publicly criticized the...

Pfizer begins early-stage study of oral COVID-19 drug 23 Mar 2021 - 05:55 pm

Pfizer Inc has started an early-stage U.S. trial of an oral COVID-19 antiviral therapy that could be prescribed to patients at the first...

Gilead, Merck collaborate to develop long-acting HIV treatment 15 Mar 2021 - 02:54 pm

Gilead Sciences Inc has entered into an agreement with Merck & Co Inc to develop a long-acting HIV treatment, the drug makers said...

Scientist develops retinal scan technology to identify early childhood autism 15 Mar 2021 - 12:45 pm

Beijing: A Hong Kong scientist has developed a method to use machine learning and artificial intelligence to scan retinas of children as young...

AstraZeneca finds no evidence of increased blood clot risk from vaccine 14 Mar 2021 - 10:13 pm

AstraZeneca Plc on Sunday said it had conducted a review of people vaccinated with its COVID-19 vaccine which has shown no evidence of...

Survivors struggle as scientists race to solve Covid mystery 14 Mar 2021 - 04:41 pm

There was no reason to celebrate on Rachel Van Lear’s anniversary. The same day a global pandemic was declared, she developed symptoms of...

'Peak twins?' - Scientists say IVF means more being born now than ever before 14 Mar 2021 - 09:37 am

London: More twins are being born now than ever before, largely due to rising use of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and other assisted...

Fans urged to 'lend their brain' to a new concussion study 10 Mar 2021 - 11:03 am

Former rugby union and soccer players have called on fans in the UK to "lend their brain" for a new study examining the...

42 of 100 people play mobile games once daily: Survey 07 Mar 2021 - 01:50 pm

Istanbuil: More than 40 out of 100 people play mobile games at least once a day, according to a recent survey. AdColony, global...

Italian lab develops monoclonal antibodies, one of the most effective Covid-19 treatments 06 Mar 2021 - 04:31 pm

Tucked in the Tuscan hills around Siena in Italy, a research lab has come up with an antibody treatment for Covid-19 that its...

Contagious Brazil COVID-19 variant evades immunity, scientists warn 02 Mar 2021 - 07:40 pm

LONDON - A highly transmissible COVID-19 variant that emerged in Brazil and has now been found in at least 20 countries can re-infect...

WHO: Nearly 2.5 billion people projected to have hearing problems by 2050 02 Mar 2021 - 03:36 pm

Geneva: Nearly 2.5 billion people worldwide or 1 in 4 people will be living with some degree of hearing loss by 2050, warns...

Debilitating 'long-COVID' may have severe health, social impacts: WHO 25 Feb 2021 - 04:15 pm

LONDON: Thousands of COVID-19 patients continue to suffer serious, debilitating and lingering symptoms many months after their initial bout of infection, with major...

Pfizer-BioNTech shot stops Covid’s spread, study shows 21 Feb 2021 - 03:05 pm

The Pfizer and BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine appeared to stop the vast majority of recipients in Israel becoming infected, providing the first real-world indication...

You Ask, officials answer: Don’t worry, but don’t wait! Child Development - Part 4 16 Feb 2021 - 07:11 pm

Are the management options same for all speech language disorders? Speech language interventions for different speech language disorders are not the same. Although...