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Dogs are capable of recognizing familiar human language and differentiating it from an unfamiliar one, a fresh study suggests. Canines can also tell the difference between familiar words regardless of intonation. Our canine pets appear to be able to distinguish various languages even without prior training, research by the Hungarian …

Babies born in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic may have experienced delayed motor and social skills development compared to those born earlier, according to new research that suggests stress on pregnant mothers played a part. The study, published on Tuesday in the JAMA Pediatrics journal, screened the social, communications, …

Russians are fearful about the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, including vaccine requirements and new restrictions on those who haven’t had a jab – but they’re less concerned about the prospect of being infected themselves. That’s according to CROS, which published its National Anxiety Index on Wednesday, revealing the biggest …

Covid-19 directly infects kidney cells and can cause severe damage to the vital organ, according to a scientific study which proves a link between serious infection and organ failure. In a report published in the scientific journal Cell Stem Cell on Friday, a group of researchers suggested that Covid-19 can …

A team from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) described their research as the “most comprehensive analysis” to date of how the virus spreads through the human body. The results were published online on Saturday in a manuscript, which was submitted under review in the Nature journal. The scientists …

On Thursday, researchers from the University of Hong Kong and the Chinese University of Hong Kong called on people to come forward and get a booster shot of Pfizer’s Comirnaty to protect themselves against the Omicron strain of Covid-19.  Their study, published on Thursday reveals that the CoronaVac shot, made …

The study, published on December 16, claimed that shark VNARs were able to neutralize a coronavirus that is capable of infecting humans, WIV1-CoV. This specific strain of coronavirus circulates only in bats, the alleged source of the current Covid-19 virus.    While the VNARs will not be immediately available to …

The damning study by a team of researchers with the University of Portsmouth was published in the Nature Sustainability journal on Thursday. The group conducted a comprehensive study of personal protective equipment (PPE), observing an “exponential increase” in such litter amid anti-coronavirus measures. Their findings are based on data collected …

Since the Omicron strain, which has a record number of mutations, was discovered in South Africa last month, the World Health Organization (WHO) and medical scientists around the globe have been expressing concerns that it could turn out to be more contagious and more resistible to the current vaccines. The …

The findings, published last week in the eClinical Medicine journal, show there is no way to tell if the symptoms are from the disease or an adverse reaction to the shot unless a screening test is taken. Researchers at King’s College London have raised concerns that the recently vaccinated could …