Pregnant women infected with Covid have 7 times higher risk of dying: Study

Pregnant women are more likely to die if they catch Covid-19 as compared with pregnant individuals who are not infected, researchers, whose findings were published Monday in the journal BMJ Global Health, claimed. The study on more than 13,000 pregnant women from 12 countries found that along with the increased risk of dying, Covid during pregnancy also made admission to an intensive care unit or developing pneumonia more common, The Washington Post reported.

Tim Friede: Man bitten by snakes hundreds of times helps create broad antivenom

Tim Friede, a self-taught snake enthusiast, endured hundreds of venomous bites, enabling researchers to develop a potentially groundbreaking antivenom. His unique antibodies could help treat snakebite victims globally, particularly in India, by neutralizing toxins across multiple snake species.