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Friday, March 29, 2024
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Topic: Lancet

India could see 1 million deaths due to Covid by August, Lancet says

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.

South Asians at greater risk of Covid infection, death than other communities in UK — Lancet

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.

Global study missed 41.9 million cases of bingeing, other eating disorders in 2019 — Lancet 

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.

Very young children may have low Covid infection rate, French study in Lancet shows

The study published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health is the first to estimate seroprevalence in pre-school settings.

Vaccination averted 45% deaths due to 10 pathogens between 2000 & 2019 — Lancet study

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.

‘Well-tolerated, no serious adverse events’ — Lancet publishes Covaxin’s phase 1 trial data

A preprint of the results were released last month, which revealed that all three vaccine formulations in the trial resulted in 'robust immune responses'.

Over 76% Covid patients report persisting symptoms 6 months after infection — Lancet study

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.

Air pollution likely led to 29% pregnancy loss in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh — Lancet study

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.

Covid ‘far more serious than flu’, death rate nearly three times higher, finds Lancet study

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.

Lancet forms panel led by Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, others for India’s universal health coverage

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’.

On Camera

Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

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'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

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.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

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.