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London, July 16 : The presence of more than five symptoms of Covid-19 in the first week of infection is significantly associated with the development of long Covid, irrespective of age or gender, according to a new study.For the study, researchers fr…

(Vatsal Sheth played Jai Malhotra in the television series “Just Mohabbat”, which aired from 1996 to 2000.The actor recalls working with three-time National Award-winning actress Surekha Sikri on the show. Sikri, who essayed the role of Mrs Pandit, pas…

Colombo, July 16 : Sri Lanka’s health authorities administered the highest number of Covid-19 vaccines in a single day with nearly 400,000 people inoculated, statistics from the Health Ministry revealed.According to official figures released on Thurs…

Washington, July 16 : The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 188.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.06 million and vaccinations soared to over 3.53 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update o…

New York, July 16 : US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy tore into dominant technology companies for enabling Covid-19 misinformation and urged them to redesign their recommendation algorithms and construct built-in “frictions” to slow the spread of “pois…

Washington, July 16 : The numbers of Covid-19 cases are surging in more than half of US states and territories, with 7-day average of daily new cases up over 65 per cent from the week before, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Preven…

New York, July 15 : Reading, writing letters and playing card games or puzzles even in advanced old age may help delay the onset of Alzheimer’s dementia by up to five years.The research, published in the online issue of journal journal Neurology, loo…

Geneva, July 15 : The world is now in the early stages of a third wave, amid rising cases of Covid’s Delta variant, World Health Organisation Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said.The spread of the Delta variant, along with increased s…

New York, July 15 : Johnson (and) Johnson is pulling out its Neutrogena and Aveeno spray sunscreens from US stores after some samples showed presence of benzene — a potentially cancer-causing chemical.”While benzene is not an ingredient in any of …