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Copenhagen, June 18 : Children in Denmark between the ages of 12 and 15 will soon be offered the opportunity to be voluntarily vaccinated against Covid-19, “possibly” from this September, Soren Brostrom, director general of the Danish Health Authorit…

Hanoi, June 18 : Vietnam reported 515 new Covid-19 infections on Thursday, the highest daily increase since the pandemic hit the country last year, according to its Ministry of Health.The infections included 503 locally transmitted and 12 imported ca…

New York, June 17 : An arthritis drug — Tofacitinib — developed by US biopharmaceutical Pfizer has shown to be effective in reducing the risk of death or respiratory failure in hospitalised adult patients with Covid-19 pneumonia who were not on ven…

Sydney, June 17 : Australian computer scientists have developed a novel Artificial Intelligence-based model that can hear the effects of Covid-19 in the sound of a forced cough, even when people are asymptomatic, an advance that can pave the way for …

Dhaka, June 17 : Bangladesh actress Pori Moni, who alleged a bid to rape and kill her at the Boat Club here on June 8, has now been accused of “vandalism” at another club. Gulshan All Community Club President K.M.Alamgir Iqbal, at a press conference …

Los Angeles, June 17 : Diana Ross has shared details of her first album in 15 years, titled “Thank You”.”Thank You” is the follow-up to Ross’s 2006 album “I Love You”, and was recorded entirely in her home studio during the pandemic, reports bbc.com….

Washington, June 17 : The US will buy an additional 200 million doses of Moderna’s Covid vaccine in anticipation that its citizens may require booster shots, media reports said.The vaccine doses’ delivery is expected to begin this fall and continue t…

Geneva, June 17 : Caesarean sections are on the rise globally and will account for 29 per cent of all births by 2030, according to a report by the World Health Organization (WHO) suggesting an increase in the number of medically unnecessary, potentia…

Canberra, June 17 : The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) has advised that the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine be administered to people aged 60 and over, rather than those over 50 years as was previously recommended, Health Mi…

Bern, June 17 : Bats in Switzerland are harbouring viruses from 39 different viral families and some have the potential to jump to other animals, including humans and cause disease, researchers have found.Monitoring the viruses harboured by bats arou…