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Jerusalem, Sep 3 : Israel’s Health Ministry reported a daily new high of 11,187 Covid-19 cases on Thursday, surpassing the previous record of 10,947 registered on Tuesday and bringing the nationwide caseload to 1,088,630.The ministry also reported ei…

Dhaka, Sep 2 : Bangladesh has traditionally been impacted by developments in Afghanistan, which has influenced the radical Islamic matrix and the violent extremism narrative in Bangladesh over a period of time.During the Soviet invasion of Afghanista…

Geneva, Sep 2 : The number of people with dementia worldwide is estimated to rise to 78 million by 2030 and to 139 million by 2050, according to a report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) released on Thursday.Currently, more than 55 million peop…

Washington, Sep 2 : US drug maker Moderna has applied to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the evaluation of a booster dose of its mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccine.Early trials have shown that the mRNA-1273 booster shot at 50 microgram dose le…

London, Sep 2 : People who got fully vaccinated against the infectious coronavirus disease are nearly 50 per cent less likely to experience long Covid than unvaccinated people who get infected with the virus, according to a large-scale study publishe…

Canberra, Sep 2 : Australia has reported another record number of 1,477 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday as the country continued to battle the raging third wave of the infections.The new cases took the overall infection tally to 56,212, while the deat…

New York, Sep 2 : Antibodies that turn against the body’s own immune systems are the reason for severe illness and death among one-fifth of Covid patients, according to a large international study.These rogue antibodies are known as autoantibodies, a…

Beijing, Sep 2 : The city of Binzhou, in China’s Shandong province, has reported two anthrax cases, including one death, the local health commission said.On August 6, Binzhou reported a suspected anthrax case, and the patient died on the same day, Xi…

New York, Sep 2 : Researchers have pointed to a significant decline in kidney function in Covid-19 long-haulers and even among those who had mild infections of the virus.The study, by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St.Loui…

Washington, Sep 2 : The global coronavirus caseload has topped 218.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.54 million and vaccinations soared to over 5.32 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Thurs…