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New York, April 10 : Older adults who received positive airway pressure therapy prescribed for obstructive sleep apnea may be less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease and other kinds of dementia, new research suggests.Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) …

New York, April 10 : A new study using human genetics suggests that researchers should prioritise clinical trials of drugs that target two proteins to manage Covid-19 in its early stages.Based on their analyses, the researchers are calling for priori…

Montreal, April 10 : With a series of regional consultations, the bureaus of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and SBSTTA have agreed that the meetings will be held virtually, beginning on May 3 and c…

Washington, April 10 : The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 134.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.91 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Saturday morning, the University’s Center …

Brussels, April 10 : Europe’s medicines watchdog said it was reviewing reports of rare blood clots in four people who received the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Janssen, the pharmaceutical arm of Johnson (and) Johnson.In a statement, the European M…

Los Angeles, April 10 : Actress Felicity Jones said that it was an intense experience giving birth to a baby during the pandemic.”I made banana bread three times and burnt it each time.I had a baby in the first one. It seems ages ago now in the reall…

London, April 10 : Another 3,150 people in Britain have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 4,365,461, according to official figures.The country also reported another 60 coronavirus-related d…

Nairobi, April 10 : Africa accounts for less than two per cent of the 690 million Covid-19 vaccines administered globally so far.”Although progress is being made, many African countries have barely moved beyond the starting line,” Matshidiso Moeti, W…

Dhaka, April 10 : In the face of recent massacre by Hefazat-e-Islam, the police have beefed up security in different districts, including Dhaka and Brahmmanbaria.Policemen armed with light machine gun (LMG) have been deployed there and security posts…