Health

The global health agency, the World health organization (WHO) has felicitated the late Henrietta Lacks for donating her cells to be used in innovative scientific studies. Scientists have been using her donated cells in their research for decades. She has been awarded by the WHO for her contribution to the innovation of medical science. Late […]

The findings of a new study have stunned scientists as they have identified incidents of leprosy among wild chimpanzees for the first time. The cases of leprosy among wild chimpanzees have been detected in Guinea-Bissau and the Ivory Coast in West Africa. Experts have said that it is the first time leprosy has been detected […]

Patients who have been dealing with triple-negative breast cancer almost have no hope for an effective treatment for decades. That is the reason; this type of cancer is considered one of the most aggressive types of cancer. However, now this perception seems to be changing among health experts, as there are many effective treatment options […]

The US Health Department has revealed that the United States recorded a heartbreaking mark of 700000 deaths due to the COVID19 pandemic. The surge fueled by the delta variant has started to reduce, which has given some relief to over-exhausted hospitals. Health experts have said that within three and a half months the death toll […]

Health experts have said that vaccination can be quite a tricky subject for many people. They have said that there are many people who are scared of injections and have needle phobia. Now, scientists from the University of California might be able to replace shots with a salad. A team of experts from the University […]

A new UK-based study has revealed that people who have been vaccinated against COVID19 are at a lower risk of long COVID as compared to people who have not been immunized yet when they are infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The study is among the growing body of evidence, which shows that vaccination can considerably […]

The South Korean government has planned to widen its COVID19 vaccine supply to give out the first doses of vaccines to as many people as possible. Health officials from the South Korean government have taken this decision at the cost of the existing shortage of vaccine supply for second doses as a target for the […]

Health care workers at UAB (the University of Alabama at Birmingham) hospital have said that nearly seven who are pregnant have been on ventilators after falling ill with severe COVID19 disease. The delta strain that has been categorized as a variant of concern by the World Health Organization (WHO) has been spreading rapidly in Alabama. […]

In the United States, women who are having a history of breast cancer in their generations have been getting screened for mutation in two genes that are known as BRCA1 and BRCA2 to find out whether they are at a higher risk of the disease. Now health care experts have advised women who have been […]

A new study has shown that people who have been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the past and those who have been vaccinated for COVID19 have been found with identical clones or sets of antibody-producing white blood cells. The new study has been done by scientists from Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The SARS-CoV-2 is […]

Some of America’s major airlines like Southwest and Frontier Airlines have started to brace for the economic impact of the Delta Covid variant. The number of cases of this variant, considered to be the most dangerous among all variants, is on the rise in the country. Southwest Airlines, the largest domestic airline of America, has […]

A new study has shown that sleeplessness or lack of sleep within the first six months of delivering a baby might affect the biological age of new mothers drastically. Experts who have been involved in the study have said that poor sleep or lack of sleep can add up to seven years in the biological […]

A new study has shown that medicine that helps control cholesterol and other fatty elements in the blood might be a secret tool, which is keeping people healthy during the COVID19 pandemic. The study has been done by experts from the University of Birmingham. They have found that a drug named fenofibrate can lessen the […]

President Joe Biden has declared that people living in the United States who are dealing with severe and long-term symptoms of COVID19 might meet the criteria to be protected under federal disability law. The US government will help make federal resources accessible for people who are dealing with long COVID. The officials have announced their […]

The World Health Organization has expressed concerns over the uneven distribution of Covid-19 vaccines. It has urged rich countries to pause the thought of booster does. The appeal comes as poor countries are yet to begin the vaccination drive. The WHO has said that rich countries should rethink giving the booster dose. It suggested that […]

Health authorities have been concerned about the rapidly spreading Delta variant across the world. They have warned that cases that are linked to the Delta variant show a diverse kind of symptom. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been reporting a dramatic surge in the number of cases of COVID19 in […]

A team of independent advisers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has said that Federal authorities should quickly decide on whether people who have weakened immune systems should get an extra shot of the COVID19 vaccine to elevate their immune response to the shots. Experts have recommended this after the CDC […]

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported that outbreaks of a drug-resistant superbug fungus have been spreading in patients admitted in hospitals and long-term facilities in Texas and Washington DC. Health experts have said that the fungus known as Candida Auris feeds on people who have compromised immune systems. Experts have […]

The Caribbean nation Haiti is among the countries that have been roiled by the COVID19 pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that Haiti is the only country in Latin America and the Caribbean and one of the five nations in the world where the government has not been able to administer even a […]