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The consortium identified 1,787 patients with cancer and COVID-19 for the study, the vast majority of which were unvaccinated. (Photo: AP/File)

Fully vaccinated COVID-19 patients with cancer had 13 per cent mortality rate: Study

The study was conducted by the COVID-19 and Cancer Consortium (CCC19)

02 Jan 2022 3:23 PM

Katelyn Darrow gets some work done on her laptop as she waits to board her flight at the Philadelphia International Airport Friday, Dec. 31, 2021, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)

US airport chaos as more than 2,700 flights cancelled

Winter weather and crew members infected with COVID-19 have forced airlines to spike thousands of U.S. flights over the past week

02 Jan 2022 10:35 AM

BlackBerry is now a minor competitor in the market. (Photo: AP)

BlackBerry to discontinue key services for existing phones

As per Mashable, from January 4, the business's smartphones will be without provisioning services

02 Jan 2022 9:29 AM

Before the flight, Fotieo told CNN she took two PCR tests and about five rapid tests, all of which came back negative. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

US woman tests positive for COVID-19 mid-flight, isolates for 5 hours in bathroom

Marisa Fotieo, a teacher from Michigan, said her throat began to hurt halfway through the trip on December 19

31 Dec 2021 1:26 PM

Empty vials of Biological-E's covid vaccine Corbevax. (Photo: Biological-E)

Discussions underway for WHO approval for Corbevax COVID-19 vaccine

Corbevax was recently granted emergency approval by the Indian govt and will be manufactured by Hyderabad-based Biological E

31 Dec 2021 9:13 AM

People wait on line to get tested for COVID-19 in New York. More than a year after the vaccine was rolled out, new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. have soared to the highest level on record. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman, File)

New COVID-19 cases in US soar to highest levels on record

New cases per day have more than doubled over the past two weeks, eclipsing the old mark of 250,000, set in mid-January

30 Dec 2021 12:03 PM

Alexa seemingly pulled the idea for the challenge from an article describing it as dangerous, citing news reports about an alleged challenge trending on TikTok. (Photo: PTI/File)

Amazon's Alexa told a child to do potentially lethal 'challenge'

The child's parent Kristin Livdahl posted a screenshot of their Alexa activity history on her Twitter handle

29 Dec 2021 1:34 PM

A flight crew walk through the terminal at Sydney Airport. (Photo: AP)

Antibodies that can block Omicron variant identified

The research may help design vaccines and antibody treatments that will be effective against other variants that may emerge in future

29 Dec 2021 12:51 PM

A middle school principal walks the empty halls of his school as he speaks with one of his teachers to get an update on her COVID-19 symptoms. (AP/Stephen B. Morton, File)

US health officials recommend shorter COVID isolation, quarantine

People with symptoms during isolation, or who develop symptoms during quarantine, are encouraged to stay home

28 Dec 2021 11:54 AM

Crowded Sarojini Nagar market amid rising cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19 in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI/File)

COVID-19 will not be the last pandemic humanity will face, warns UN chief

The first-ever International Day of Epidemic Preparedness was marked on December 27 last year

27 Dec 2021 9:55 AM

A healthcare volunteer inoculates an elderly man with COVID-19 vaccine dose at her home in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI/File)

Study finds why some COVID cases are more critical than others:

The study, led by Yale University's Richard Flavell, has been published in the 'Nature Biotechnology Journal'

26 Dec 2021 3:36 PM

Apple planning to ditch the SIM card slot is hardly a surprise since the tech giant is said to eventually move to a portless iPhone, and removing the SIM card slot looks like the first step in that direction. (AFP Photo)

Apple's iPhone 15 Pro might come without SIM card slot

The latest rumours claim Apple will ditch the physical SIM card slot beginning with the iPhone 15 series in 2023

26 Dec 2021 11:59 AM

Apple CEO Tim Cook with the iPhone 13 Pro Max and Apple Watch Series 7 during a special event at Apple Park. (Photo: AFP/File)

Apple's iPhone 14 Pro might sport 48MP camera

The 48MP sensors still output 12MP images after pixel-binning, but allows more data to be gathered

22 Dec 2021 12:32 PM

World could be entering worst part of pandemic: Bill Gates on Omicron surge

Bill Gates also claimed that the pandemic wave due to Omicron would last less than three months

22 Dec 2021 10:17 AM

Identifying order of symptom onset of infectious diseases might aid in differentiating symptomatic infections. (Photo: AP/File)

Likely order of Covid symptoms depends on coronavirus variant: Study

The study used modelling approach to predict symptom order in a set of 373,883 cases in the US

21 Dec 2021 11:43 AM

People line up to get tested for Covid-19 outside at a firehouse in Washington, DC. (Photo: AFP)

US reports first Omicron-related death

County Judge Lina Hidalgo announced the death on Monday, saying the man was in his 50s

21 Dec 2021 9:58 AM

City residents wait in a line extending around the block to receive free at-home rapid COVID-19 test kits in Philadelphia, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. (AP/Matt Rourke)

Omicron sweeps across US, now 73 per cent of COVID-19 cases

CDC officials said they do not yet have estimates of how many hospitalizations or deaths are due to omicron

21 Dec 2021 9:53 AM

The official poster of Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts. (Photo: Twitter/@TomFelton)

HBO Max drops trailer for 'Harry Potter' reunion

The trailer features the cast reminiscing about the movies, as well as festivities in the Great Hall

21 Dec 2021 9:13 AM

A scene from Spider-Man: No Way Home. (Photo: AP)

Marvel confirms developing more 'Spider-Man' movies

As per The Hollywood Reporter, the Marvel Studios president says he outright confirmed the news

19 Dec 2021 2:33 PM

Registered nurse Nvard Termendzhyan, center, sets up a table for Linda Calderon, right, as her twin sister Natalie Balli, far left, rests in her bed in a COVID-19 unit at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Hits ‘keep coming’: Hospitals in US struggle as COVID beds fill

The national seven-day average of COVID-19 hospital admissions was 60,000 by Wednesday, 50% higher than in early November

19 Dec 2021 11:03 AM

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