'Serial testing is much more valuable than a single test which reflects just a point in time.' IMAGE: A healthcare worker collects a swab sample for a rapid antigen test in Kolkata, January 7,......
The new malaria vaccine (RTS.S/ AS01, tentatively brand-named Mosquirix) is the very first one to offer immunity against a parasite -- specifically the plasmodium falciparum parasite, which is the......
More than 700,000 COVID-19 jabs were booked in Britain as people rushed to get vaccinated after the National Health Service opened up its vaccination programme to all adults aged 18 and over, the......
'Prevention plus vaccination is what is going to take us into better territory by September or October.' IMAGE: Beneficiaries pose for a photograph at a selfie booth after getting a shot of the......
'At the stage where we are in today in the country, by the time mass vaccination becomes available, it would be around the middle of next year.''Most of those people, who got infected this year,......
The British home secretary has granted permission for jeweller Nirav Modi's extradition to India.During their arguments in a London court, his lawyers claimed Modi suffers from mental illness and......
The current global financial crisis may turn out to be a major killer, and could send suicide and homicide rates soaring, says a new Lancet study. Researchers at London School of Hygiene and......
Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline appears to have knocked almost everyone into a cocked hat with its announcement last week of slashing prices of drugs for the poorest countries and sharing part......
IMAGE: People cool off beneath a water fountain beneath the Olympic rings in Madureira Park in Rio de Janeiro, on December 30, 2015. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images The International Olympic......