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Bandar Seri Begawan, Feb 18 : Brunei reported one more recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic on Thursday, bringing the total number of recovered patients to 179.According to Brunei’s Ministry of Health, no more confirmed Covid-19 cases were recorded, w…

Kuala Lumpur, Feb 18 : Malaysia reported 2,712 new Covid-19 infections, the health ministry said on Thursday, bringing the national total to 274,875.Health Ministry Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a press statement that four of the new …

New York, Feb 18 : Sensor-based inhalers integrated into health care providers’ clinical workflows may help improve medication adherence and support children with asthma, a new study suggests.The study showed that connected inhalers, which use Blueto…

Kabul (Afghanistan), Feb 18 : The World Bank has approved (Dollar) 97.5 million in grant for Afghanistan to combat the impact of Covid-19 pandemic and droughts in the war-torn Asian country, the World Bank office in Afghanistan said in a statement r…

Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Feb 18 : The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday that Uzbekistan’s large support package was timely and well-targeted, though the Covid-19 pandemic has had “a marked, but so far relatively short-lived, adverse im…

Santiago, Feb 18 : Chile has vaccinated some 2.39 million people against Covid-19 two weeks after launching a mass vaccination campaign, the Health Ministry said.As of 11:00 a.m.local time, 2,398,006 people were immunised across the South American co…

New York, Feb 18 : Researchers have demonstrated that nanotherapy reduces intestinal inflammation and shrinks lesions in a rodent model of severe Crohn’s disease.According to the team, this approach could become an alternative to biologic antibody th…

Kathmandu, Feb 18 : Nepal government on Wednesday granted emergency use approval to a Covid-19 vaccine developed by the Beijing Institute of Biological Products Co Ltd.(BIBP) in China under Sinopharm.Nepal has already granted approval for AstraZeneca…

New York, Feb 18 : Adequate spacing between births can help to alleviate the likelihood of stunting in children, a new study suggests.The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows that placing a greater fo…

Mexico City, Feb 18 : Mexico’s Minister of National Defence Luis Cresencio Sandoval said that he has tested positive for Covid-19 and will quarantine at home under medical supervision.”I will continue my duties in quarantine from home, under medical …