As per the data, mortality rates among hospitalised Covid-19 positive children below 10 years of age was 2.4 percent; about 40 percent children who died had comorbidities.
Persistent symptoms such as breathing issues & migraines may lead to increased visits to doctors in 6 months following Covid infection, the study found.
Factors responsible for differential Covid impact on South Asians are blood pressure, body weight and other underlying health conditions. Stigma and racism may have a role.
The study is based on more than 6.9 million people living in England and included data from over 20,000 Covid-19 patients who were hospitalised or died during England's first wave.
Data collected from over 3,000 young & healthy US Marines Corps members showed reinfection occurs despite antibodies. Study says vaccination necessary to boost immune responses.
According to Oxford University researchers, the first dose of the vaccine offers 76% protection, making it safe for the interval between doses to be extended to 3 months.
Study conducted by researchers from AIIMS, ICMR and IIT-Delhi measures economic impact of air pollution in 2019, also finds that it caused over 10 times more deaths than Covid so far.
The Lancet study has found that patients from Black ethnicity were twice as likely to get infected by the novel coronavirus compared to White individuals.
The peer-reviewed study provides first evidence that inhaled interferon beta-1a, a naturally-occurring protein, reduces clinical consequences in Covid-19 patients.
Govt says digital payments also uplift under-served communities by providing them financial footprint that can be used to assess credit worthiness in absence of traditional documents.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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