The current coronavirus pandemic has now caused the majority of the countries including the U.S. to announce lockdowns at a national level and take multiple other preventive measures to ensure the virus does not spread further. However, a new CNN-poll conducted by the SSRS showed that the death rates in the country increased by eight…

The coronavirus pandemic has caused much concern around the world. The majority of the countries are taking several preventive measures to ensure the infection does not spread further. However, the World Health Organization has stated that people themselves have to follow certain guidelines also and play their part in controlling the virus. Recently, there have…

Recently, the UK has reported the highest number of deaths due to coronavirus infection in a single day with 854 deaths recorded in the past twenty-four hours. This is nearly double the number of cases of deaths due to infection reported a day earlier which was approximately 437. The National Health Service initially confirmed seven…

The coronavirus pandemic, which began in December of 2019, has now affected almost every country around the world. Statistically, the virus is now responsible for over one million cases and approximately seventy-five thousand deaths. Consequently, people are now looking for different measures to protect themselves from a deadly infection. Recently, a number of users of…

Recently, a new report from the city of Daegu in South Korea has reported that fifty-one patients, who had previously been tested positive for COVID-19, hospitalized and discharged after recovery were sent to quarantine again due to symptoms of a re-infection. The new discovery has caused much concern in South Korea as well as amongst…

Recently, a collaboration between a team of students from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne with the startup IcosaMed and has shown a ‘smart’ piece of clothing that can potentially help in the prevention of cancer. More precisely, the students invented a new ‘SmartBra’ that uses a safe and noninvasive way to detect cancer…

Recently, a new study conducted by Andrew Rundle, DrPH, associate professor of epidemiology at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and a team of researchers shows that the coronavirus pandemic may affect childhood obesity. More specifically, the research highlighted how the time spent at home by the children is likely to be higher due…

The coronavirus pandemic, which begun originally in late December of 2019 in Wuhan in Mainland, China has caused much concern in all countries around the world especially with the recent prediction of it lasting several more weeks. The World Health Organization has reported that though it has been controlled in Wuhan, the cases of the…

Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced an expected increase in the number of coronavirus infection cases in the state of New York in a recent statement on Thursday. He specifically mentioned the far-reaching effects of the pandemic with 92,381 confirmed cases in the state and 51,809 in the city. The coronavirus pandemic has impacted all major…

Every year, the Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) is observed throughout the world in the month of April to raise awareness via campaigns and initiatives regarding the different forms of the act and the particular laws and legislations that help in its prevention and control. According to the World Health Organization, the practice of sexual…