New study highlights scale and impact of long COVID
In a new review paper, researchers from the Universities of Arizona, Oxford and Leeds analyzed dozens of previous studies into long COVID to examine the number and range of people…
Feeling rough after your COVID shot? Congrats, it’s working!
Fewer than 1 in 4 people in the United States have received last year’s updated COVID-19 vaccine, despite a death toll of more than 23,000 Americans this year. One of…
Optimizing boosters: How COVID mRNA vaccines reshape immune memory after each dose
mRNA vaccines developed against the spike glycoprotein of severe acute respiratory syndrome type 2 coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), displayed remarkable efficiency in combating coronavirus 19 (COVID-19). These vaccines work by triggering both…
Complement system causes cell damage in long Covid
Most people infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus recover after the acute illness. However, a significant proportion of infected individuals develop long-lasting symptoms with a wide range of manifestations. The causes…
Japan sees record 2.73 million visitors in December in Covid recovery year, ET TravelWorld
The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan totaled 25.06 million in 2023, official data revealed on Wednesday. Japan welcomed a record number of visitors in December, official data showed…
Punjab Tourism sets sights on 2024, ET TravelWorld
Rakhee Gupta Bhandari In an interview with ETTravelWorld, Rakhee Gupta Bhandari, IAS-Principal Secretary Tourism & Cultural Affairs, expressed a bullish outlook for Punjab‘s tourism sector in 2024. Emphasising a slew…
No plan to make Covid testing mandatory at airports as of now, say health ministry sources, ET TravelWorld
Higher doses of steroids (dexamethasone) had less benefits to patients with severe Covid-19 in India, according to a study published on Monday in the journal The Lancet Regional Health –…
Spike in premature births caused by COVID, halted by vaccines, study finds
COVID-19 caused an alarming surge in premature births, but vaccines were key to returning the early birth rate to pre-pandemic levels, according to a new analysis of California birth records.…
Next 3 years ‘golden phase’ for the industry given lack of new room inventory additions: TFCI, ET TravelWorld
Anoop Bali, Whole Time Director, Tourism Finance Corporation of India (TFCI). The Indian tourism and hospitality industry is poised for a remarkable decade of growth, driven by a surge in…
Scientists discover ‘long colds’ may exist, as well as long Covid
A new study from Queen Mary University of London, published in The Lancet’s EClinicalMedicine, has found that people may experience long-term symptoms — or ‘long colds’ — after acute respiratory…