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.
The Global Burden of Disease report focussed on anorexia & bulimia, but the latest study takes into consideration binge-eating & other specified feeding or eating disorders too.
Most of the impact in the 98 low and middle income nations studied is concentrated in a reduction in mortality among children younger than 5 years, notably from measles.
A preprint of the results were released last month, which revealed that all three vaccine formulations in the trial resulted in 'robust immune responses'.
Study found patients who were severely ill in hospital were more likely to have impaired lung function and abnormalities in the chest 6 months after onset of symptoms.
Study in Lancet Planetary Health also finds that pregnancy loss associated with air pollution is more common in the northern plains of India and Pakistan.
The study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal also said that nearly twice the number of people were admitted to hospital with Covid-19, than with influenza.
The aim of the initiative is to ‘harness citizens’ engagement to address the long-standing need for India to move towards genuine Universal Health Care’.
While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.
In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.
The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.
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