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New York, June 12 : Vitamin D deficiency strongly exaggerates the craving for and effects of opioids, potentially increasing the risk for dependence and addiction, a new study suggests.The findings suggest that addressing the common problem of vitami…

Dhaka, June 12 : Bangladesh has signed a pact with China to buy the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque.The Health Minister said this during a programme at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases here.He added: “T…

New York, June 12 : The addition of a simple processing step to saliva samples before testing may improve Covid-19 detection rate, eliminate the challenges of nasopharyngeal testing and facilitate mass surveillance, researchers say.The researchers, i…

San Francisco, June 12 : San Francisco Mayor London Breed has announced that 80 per cent of eligible residents in the US city have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, with nearly 70 per cent of the entire population fully inoculated.San…

New York, June 12 : A team of researchers has used an Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithm to sift through terabytes of gene expression data to look for shared patterns in patients with past pandemic viral infections, including SARS, MERS and swine…

Ottawa, June 12 : The state-run Health Canada said that it will not use the 300,000 Johnson (and) Johnson Covid-19 vaccine doses which arrived in the country in April due to a possible quality issue.”To protect the health and safety of Canadians in…

Male, June 12 : Maldives has amped up anti-pandemic measures in jails across the island nation in an effort to prevent Covid-19 from spreading in the prison system, state media reported.President’s Office spokesperson Mohamed Mabrook Azeez was quoted…

Buenos Aires, June 12 : Argentina will extend its mandatory social distancing and preventive measures against Covid-19 until June 25, Health Minister Carla Vizzotti has said.The official stated that the presidential decree, which established social d…

Los Angeles, June 12 : Meghan Markle’s estranged father Thomas Markle has threatened to expose “dirty laundry” in an upcoming interview scheduled to be aired on Sunday.Thomas’ assertion came in a teaser clip of the impending interview to be aired on …

Washington, June 12 : The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 174.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.78 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Saturday morning, the University’s Center f…