Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar admitted to ICU after testing Covid positive
Mangeshkar kept in ICU ‘only for precautionary reasons’
South African studies suggest Omicron has higher 'asymptomatic carriage'
JOHANNESBURG: Preliminary findings from two South African clinical trials suggest the Omicron coronavirus variant ...
A million set to throng India's Ganges for holy dip despite COVID-19
By Subrata Nagchoudhury
KOLKATA:Nearly one million Hindu worshippers are expected to gather on the banks of the...
Beijing Games organisers back COVID-19 controls despite Omicron concerns
BEIJING:Despite Omicron concerns, Beijing will not adjust its COVID-19 prevention measures for the Winter Olympics...
WB approves $90m in pandemic aid for Iran
WB spokesperson says funding will not go to the Iranian budget
No jab, no job: Citigroup to fire unvaccinated staff this month - memo
By David Henry, Noor Zainab Hussain and Anirban Sen
Citigroup Inc staff in the United States who have not been...
اومیکرون کو ہلکا نہیں کہا جانا چاہئے، ڈبلیو ایچ او
ڈبلیو ایچ او نے اومیکرون قسم کو ہلکا قرار دینے پر خبردار کیا ہے،...
Grammys postponed, Sundance goes virtual over Covid-19
LOS ANGELES:The organization behind the Grammys on Wednesday postponed the music awards gala scheduled for January ...
US Defense Secretary Austin contracts Covid-19
Austin's symptoms are 'mild' and will quarantine at home for the next five days
PSG's Messi and three others test positive for Covid-19
Defender Juan Bernat, back-up goalkeeper Sergio Rico and midfielder Nathan Bitumazala were the other players who returned positive tests
Broadway's 'Music Man' is latest COVID victim as Hugh Jackman tests positive
Broadway's revival of "The Music Man," the hottest ticket in town, on Tuesday canceled performances for five days...
France reports record high of 179,807 new coronavirus cases in one day
PARIS: France reported a record high of 179,807 new confirmed coronavirus cases in a 24-hour period on Tuesday, one...
‘12 suspected’ cases of Omicron variant reported in Balochistan
Health official says suspected cases were from Kalat; samples sent to NIH
Nadal tests positive for Covid-19 after Abu Dhabi comeback
20-times Grand Slam champion said he was having some 'unpleasant moments' but was hoping to feel better soon
‘Vaccine’ is word of the year for Merriam-Webster
Washington: The American dictionary of reference Merriam-Webster on Monday revealed "vaccine" to be its word of the...
First Wuhan Covid case days later than initially reported: scientist
WASHINGTON: The first case of Covid-19 identified in Wuhan, China and presented as such by the World Health...
AstraZeneca's preventative COVID-19 shot shown to work longer-term
straZeneca on Thursday cemented its lead in bringing a preventative COVID-19 shot for the non-infected to market for...
Austrian COVID cases hit record on third day of lockdown for unvaccinated
VIENNA:Austrian coronavirus infections hit a new daily record on Wednesday, the third day of a lockdown for those ...
Pfizer files for US authorisation of promising Covid-19 antiviral pill
Pfizer Inc said on Tuesday it is seeking US authorisation of its experimental antiviral Covid-19 pill that cut the...
US lowers its Covid-19 travel advisory for Pakistan, India
Pakistan’s Covid-19 positivity rate dropped below 1% on Sunday for the first time since March 2020
Pakistan's Covid-19 positivity rate falls to 0.94% as pandemic subsides
Pakistan’s coronavirus positivity rate dropped to 0.94% during the last 24 hours for the first time since March...
Asia tourism reopens with big-spending Chinese stuck at home
By Jamie Freed
Asia's gradual easing of international travel curbs is proving a welcome relief for the region's...
Bollywood stars return to India's big screens after more than a year
By Shilpa Jamkhandikar
MUMBAI: Bollywood stars are returning to India's big screens after more than a year, with ...
Asian factories shake off lockdown blues, now face supply headaches
By Leika Kihara
TOKYO:Asia's factory activity stepped up a gear in October as emerging economies saw COVID-19...
Schools to resume normal classes from Monday across Pakistan: NCOC
Asad Umar said that the NCOC, in its meeting, took the decision in view of reduced level of disease spread and launch of...
Global COVID-19 deaths hit 5 million as Delta variant sweeps the world
By Kavya B and Roshan Abraham
Worldwide deaths related to COVID-19 surpassed 5 million on Friday, according to a...
COVID smell loss can have profound effects on your life, from weight change to intimacy barriers
It took a while to be officially recognised, but smell loss eventually became known to be one of the defining...
Covid increases the chance of getting an autoimmune condition. Here's what the science says so far
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can sometimes cause the immune system to mistakenly attack the ...
IMF calls for coordinated action, accountability in COVID-19
By Andrea Shalal
WASHINGTON: The chief economist of the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday called for...
The shifting sands of COVID and our uncertain future has a name -- liminality
During the pandemic, lots of us, myself included, are struggling to live in the “now”. That “now”, with all...
