The researchers from University of Hong Kong also noted that the mechanism by which Covid vaccination can — in very rare instances — lead to the condition remains unclear.
According to the report, countries with the highest number of children who lost primary caregivers also include South Africa, Peru, US, Brazil, and Mexico.
The phase 1/2 clinical trial of CoronaVac, which was recently approved for emergency use in China among children, was conducted in 550 children and adolescents aged 3-17 years.
The study by Scotland researchers found that the risk of hospital admission was approximately double in Covid patients with the Delta variant, compared to those with the Alpha strain.
Decentralisation of health services, price cap on medical supplies are among the recommendations made by Lancet Citizens Commission on Reimagining India's Health System.
In a Lancet correspondence, an international group of researchers had questioned data discrepancies & lack of transparency around results of Phase 3 clinical trials of Sputnik V.
A Lancet editorial quotes estimates by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. While criticising India’s handling of the crisis, it suggests increasing vaccination pace.
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.
For all its obvious blemishes, capitalism alone holds out the most creative and dynamic force that any civilization has ever discovered, wrote BP Godrej in 1980.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
This is the first major attack on central security forces since last November, when a CRPF jawan was killed and four were injured in an ambush in Jiribam on Manipur-Assam border.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
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