(The risk of COVID-19 infection from breastfeeding is negligible and has never been documented, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, in a call…
Modifying 12 risk factors over the lifecourse could delay or prevent 40% of dementia cases, according to an update to The Lancet Commission on dementia prevention, intervention,…
Although older people are among those at highest risk of COVID-19, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has reminded younger generations that they…
Lead poisoning is affecting children on a “massive and previously unknown scale”, according to a ground-breaking new study launched on Thursday by the United Nations…
Flu (influenza) and pneumonia vaccinations are associated with reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease, according to new research reported at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) 2020.…
Every day, nearly 50,000 new COVID-19 cases are being reported across the country. After 49,931 new cases reported on Sunday, total infections have crossed 14 lakh…
The common understanding of the novel coronavirus pandemic is that the virus is life-threatening for those over 60 years of age. However, a new survey…
COVID-19 cases worldwide have surpassed 15 million, and nearly 620,000 deaths. On Thursday, the World Health Organization (WHO) urged people everywhere to play a part…
AIIMS Patna Director Prabhat Kumar on Friday made it clear that as long as the lockdown was in place in Bihar, the Coronavirus infection remained under…
Mothers with COVID-19 infection are unlikely to pass the virus to their newborn babies, if correct hygiene precautions are observed, according to an observational study.
The…
In times when the coronavirus spread is increasing day by day, affecting millions of lives all around the world, the World Health Organisation is trying it's…