DECODED: Why COVID-19 infects less kids than adults

Lower levels of ACE2 gene expression in nasal epithelium, the first point of contact for SARS-CoV-2 and the human body, may explain why children have a lower risk of Covid-19 infection and......

Sharma, Kini star in New York safety ratings

Though heart disease is increasing in America, it is taking fewer lives than it used to, says Dr Samin Sharma, director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York. Sharma......

Long Covid can negatively impact overall quality of life, says study

According to a new Mount Sinai study, patients experiencing post-acute Covid syndrome (also known as 'long Covid') may have symptoms for at least 12 months after the initial Covid-19 infection,......

Indian-origin woman killed in US plane crash

An Indian-origin woman has died while her daughter and the pilot instructor were severely injured in a small plane crash in the New York area when they were on a 'demonstration flight', media......

Oscar winner Anne Bancroft dead

Anne Bancroft, who won the 1962Oscar for Best Actress as the teacher of a young Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker but achieved greater fame as the seductive Mrs Robinson in The Graduate, is dead.......

Comedian Joan Rivers passes away at 81

Comedian Joan Rivers passed away on September 4, after she was hospitalised post cardiac arrest in New York. She was 81. In a statement, Rivers’ daughter Melissa said that her mother’s......