Tag: Safe

Bhubaneswar: A 59-year-old man on the wheels has set a precedent of sort by maintaining a spotless accident-free career in a job spanning over three decades. At a time when road accidents claim over 4,000 human lives in Odisha, the track-record of Nityananda Samal, driver in the state-run Odisha State Road Transport Corporation (OSRTC) has […]

New York: Scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have found that the novel synthetic DNA vaccine is safe against Ebola virus and offers a long-term alternative to traditional vaccines. The team, from The Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, US, optimised a shorter, dose-sparing, immunisation regimen and simplified vaccine that can be directly administered into the skin. They […]

New York: Pregnant women can safely limit their weight gain with diet and exercise interventions, the results of a group of trials by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) show. Many overweight and obese women gain too much weight during pregnancy, further ratcheting up the already increased risk of serious complications for themselves and […]