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Monkeypox virus can linger on common household items, shows US govt study

Though it's not yet clear if that can spread the monkeypox infection, according to a government study

Data story: India logs 12,608 new cases of Covid-19; 72 more deaths

India has added 91,868 cases in the past 7 days

Data story: India logs 9,062 new Covid-19 cases, death toll at 527,134

India has added 95,559 cases in the past 7 days

US President Biden signs major climate change and health care law

US President Joe Biden signed into law a sweeping bill to lower health care costs and address climate change, representing a key win for Democrats in Congress

Lack of treatment guidelines hampering monkeypox care globally, study shows

A dearth of high quality, up to date clinical guidance on monkeypox may be hampering effective and safe treatment of the infection around the world, according to a review

Monkeypox can now spread to animals from humans, health officials warn

Health officials are warning people who are infected with monkeypox to stay away from household pets, since the animals could be at risk of catching the virus

Raju Srivastava still on ventilator, condition 'slowly' getting better

There is a slight improvement in the condition of popular comedian-actor Raju Srivastava, who continues to remain in the ICU on life support, his business manager said

Medicine from sky: Arunachal gets drone-based healthcare services

Arunachal Pradesh on Monday successfully launched the first flight of drone service - 'medicine from the sky' from Seppa to Chayang Tajo in East Kameng district

Data story: India records 8,813 new Covid-19 cases, lowest in 63 days

India has added 102,544 cases in the past 7 days

Data story: India adds 14,917 new Covid cases, active tally at 117,508

India on August 15 reported an increase of 647 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 117,508

Free education, healthcare are not freebies: Arvind Kejriwal on I-Day

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asserted that free education and healthcare are not freebies and said if people are given access to them, India can become the top country in the world

Eight firms express interest in developing monkeypox vaccine to ICMR

ICMR has received 31 bids from manufacturers showing interest in developing vaccine and diagnostic kits against the monkeypox virus after the medical body floated the Expression of Interest (EOI)

N Korea moves toward pre-Covid normalcy; lifts mask mandate, eases curbs

North Korea has lifted a face mask mandate and eased anti-virus curbs as the country moves toward normalcy after declaring victory in its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic

Data story: India adds 15,815 new Covid cases, 68 deaths in 24 hours

India has so far administered 2,077,162,098 vaccine doses

Data story: India adds 16,561 new Covid cases, death toll at 526,928

India has added 115,969 cases in the past 7 days

Omicron 20-30% more infectious: INSACOG to review data of Covid variants

Amid rising COVID cases in the national capital and other States, the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) will review the data of genomic surveillance of COVID-19 variants

Monkeypox can become endemic; here's how it can be stopped in its tracks

Since May of this year, more than 26,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported worldwide prompting the World Health Organisation to declare it a public health emergency

Health experts feel Covid-19 cases in Delhi are mild but underreported

"It seems as if the coronavirus next wave has already started as a huge number of cases are coming and most of them are underreported"

Still possible to control monkeypox outbreak, says former FDA chief

Former US Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) chief Scott Gottlieb said that the response to the virus has to be wider to control it, though.

With three new cases, Ecuador's monkeypox virus tally rises to 10, one dead

One person died on Monday as a result of his pre-existing ailments