Polio found in sewage samples outside New York City suggests it’s spreading in the community, health officials says

Potential treatment to prevent dementia

Neurodegenerative dementia is an umbrella term for neurodegenerative diseases that have the main clinical symptom of dementia. Alzheimer’s disease (AD), frontotemporal dementia (FTD), and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) are three such neurodegenerative dementia diseases. While people with Parkinson’s disease can develop dementia—it only happens when the protein aggregations spread into the cerebral cortex of […]

Novavax faces high-stakes FDA review this week that will decide the fate of its Covid vaccine in the U.S.

In this photo illustration the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Novavax logos are seen behind a medical syringe and vials. Pavlo Gonchar | LightRocket | Getty Images Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine will face the scrutiny of the Food and Drug Administration’s independent immunization experts this week, a crucial step on the path toward U.S. regulatory […]

After being ravaged by the delta Covid variant, how is India doing now?

A health worker seen preparing the shot of Covid Vaccination to a beneficiary at a vaccination centre at Mandir Marg, on July 21, 2021 in New Delhi, India. Hindustan Times | Hindustan Times | Getty Images The delta variant was first detected in India last October and it led to a massive second wave of […]