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NEW DELHI: The Covid-19 pandemic has had a long-lasting impact on the mental health and substance use among adolescents, according to a study published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health journal.The research is based on survey…

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<!-- -->In 2019, the availability of contraceptives still differed between regions across different countries.New Delhi: Over 16 crore women and adolescents with need to prevent pregnancy remained without contraception in 2019,…

Some antiviral medications might have the potential to shorten symptoms of monkeypox and reduce the amount of time a patient is contagious, according to a study of seven patients diagnosed with the rare viral disease in the UK between 2018…

New research has shed more light on the long-lasting impact that severe COVID-19 illness can have on our mental health, with experts calling on greater attention to the psychological side of treatment for recovering patients. The…

<!-- -->A newly identified drug may be used to effectively treat patients with COVID-19 pneumoniaLondon: A newly identified drug may be used to effectively treat some patients hospitalised with COVID-19 pneumonia, according to a study…

Health problems tied to climate change are all getting worse, according to two reports published Wednesday. The annual reports commissioned by the medical journal Lancet tracked 44 global health indicators connected to climate…

The effectiveness of the Pfizer Inc/BioNTech SE vaccine in preventing infection by the coronavirus dropped to 47% from 88% six months after the second dose, according to data published on Monday that U.S. health agencies…

<!-- -->Researchers studied relation between use of blood thinners and hospitalisation, deaths (Representational)New Delhi: Covid patients who use blood thinners may have a nearly 50% reduced risk of death and a 43% lower risk of…

People who get the Delta variant of the coronavirus are twice as likely to be hospitalized as those who were infected by the Alpha variant which was first detected in England last year, a study showed on Friday. The study, based…