London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Sniffer dogs show 88% accuracy in detecting COVID: UK study

Sniffer dogs can help prevent the spread of Coronavirus by detecting SARS-CoV2, the virus behind COVID-19, according to a study, which found that the canines can be 88 per cent accurate in sniffing the virus, the media reported.

May 24, 2021, 15:27 PM IST

Vaccine for streptococcus could prevent over 100,000 stillbirths globally: Research

One in five pregnant women carries the bacteria, which can cause meningitis and also life-threatening septicaemia – blood poisoning – in them and their baby.

Nov 06, 2017, 12:49 PM IST