Unvaccinated people threaten the safety of those who are vaccinated against COVID-19 even when the immunisation rates are high, according to a modelling study published on Monday. Photograph:......
While the possibility for reduced spread of coronavirus due to hot weather cannot be ruled out, it will be unwarranted to assume that COVID-19 will vanish down the summer, according to an Indian......
A team of 11 scientists from four countries led by Doctor Bibudhendera Sarkar, senior scientist emeritus of SickKids Hospital, Toronto, has developed what it claims is a practical strategy to......
Commonly used anti-malaria drugs may have an unwanted side-effect -- decreasing the power of many antibiotics. Remote South American rainforest villagers were found to carry bacteria resistant to......
India is expected to account for 60 per cent of the world's heart disease cases in the world within the next two years, warn researchers. The research team, comprising Indian and Canadian......
A new study suggests that mortality rates during economic recessions in developed countries decline rather than increase. Published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, the study also......
IMAGE: A municipal worker stands next to a banner that reads, "Rio Carnival 2016" before spraying insecticide to prevent the spread of Zika's vector. Photograph: Pilar Olivares/Reuters More than......