Breast cancer awareness in the South Asian community has been limited by cultural taboos and modesty, leading to late diagnoses and poorer outcomes. However, social media, community outreach, and public figures are helping break the stigma....
Scheduled for Tuesday 4th February, this year’s World Cancer Day aims to raise awareness about cancer prevention and mobilise action towards early detection. Alongside this, NHS England’s latest campaign encourages everyone to be aware of their...
According to Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist Dr Sohom Das, although the overall prevalence of mental illness is roughly comparable between men and women, the patterns of disorders they suffer are different, depression is twice as common in...
Reinfection of Covid-19 has been confirmed using whole genome sequencing in four healthcare workers from Mumbai
If a recent research is to be believed, over 80 per cent people in Britain refrain from following self-isolation guidelines when they have Covid-19 symptoms...
Around 156 nations have joined a global scheme for fair distribution of future vaccines against Covid-19
The World Health Organization (WHO) believes the global death toll from Covid-19 could double to 2 million before a successful vaccine is widely used and...
The care sector is facing some of the biggest challenges in the history of social care. Decades of underfunding and successive governments neglecting their responsibilities for older people have left a two-tier system. Those who can afford to...
According to the World Heart Federation, “individuals with pre-existing medical conditions, such as heart disease, are at higher risk” in the Covid-19 pandemic. Asian Voice spoke to Dr Arjun Ghosh, consultant cardiologist at Barts Heart Centre...
British senior medics have warned of an exponentially growing death rate from Covid-19 within weeks if urgent action is delayed to curb a rapidly spreading second wave of the pandemic
Indian health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said over four Covid-19 vaccine candidates are in advanced stages of pre-clinical trials in the country
A Covid-19 test named Feluda, developed by scientists from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research’s IGIB (Institute of Genomics and Integrative...
