London, June 28 A highly antibiotic-resistant strain of the superbug methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, which emerged in pigs in the last 50 years, has the potential to spread to humans, finds a new study. MRSA was first identified in human patients in 1960. Due to its resistance to antibiotics, ...

London, June 28 Scientists have proven for the first time that viruses can survive and remain infectious by binding themselves to plastics in freshwater -- raising concerns about the potential impact on human health. Rotavirus, which causes diarrhoea and an upset stomach, was found to survive for up to three ...

London, June 27 Intermittent fasting helps change the activity of gut bacteria and increase their ability to recover from nerve damage, according to a study conducted on mice. Researchers from the Imperial College London observed how fasting led to the gut bacteria increasing production of a metabolite known as 3-Indolepropionic ...

London, June 27 Intermittent fasting helps change the activity of gut bacteria and increase their ability to recover from nerve damage, according to a study conducted in mice. Researchers from the Imperial College London observed how fasting led to the gut bacteria increasing production of a metabolite known as 3-Indolepropionic ...

London, June 27 Food, fossil fuel and pharmaceutical companies that have enjoyed bumper profits in the Covid-19 pandemic and its aftermath should be hit with a windfall tax on their excess income, the global head of Oxfam has said. A windfall tax of 90 per cent on the excess profits ...

London, June 27 Food, fossil fuel and pharmaceutical companies that have enjoyed bumper profits in the Covid-19 pandemic and its aftermath should be hit with a windfall tax on their excess income, the global head of Oxfam has said. A windfall tax of 90 per cent on the excess profits ...

London, June 26 At 80, Sir Paul McCartney set the stage on fire with his headline performance on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury, where he was later joined by Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters and Bruce 'The Boss' Springsteen. It was Grohl's first public performance since the death of ...

London, June 23 The rising cases of Covid, in the UK, the US and some European countries, as well as in India, majorly driven by BA.2, BA.4, and BA.5 sub-variants of Omicron, suggest it may have evolved to target the lungs, according to a study. Separately, two studies also showed ...

London, June 19 Humans are smarter eaters than previously thought, finds a study that showed people 'right size' portions of high-calorie foods they eat. The findings, led by the University of Bristol, revisit the long-held belief that humans are insensitive to the energy content of the foods they consume and ...

London, June 19 People with Type 2 diabetes, heart disease or stroke have double the risk of developing dementia, finds a study. Type 2 diabetes, heart diseases (ischemic heart disease, heart failure or atrial fibrillation) and stroke, so-called cardiometabolic diseases, are some of the main risk factors for dementia. The ...