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Topic: pneumonia

Pope Francis in critical condition, Vatican says signs of ‘mild’ kidney failure

As the 88-year-old pontiff battles pneumonia in both his lungs, the Vatican said in a statement that the Pope continues to be 'vigilant and well-oriented'.

‘Parineeta’ film director Pradeep Sarkar dies in Mumbai at 67

The director was admitted to a hospital following a fever & was later diagnosed with pneumonia. He was known for his work in Mardaani (2014), Helicopter Eela (2018) among others.

Naseeruddin Shah diagnosed with pneumonia, admitted to hospital in Mumbai

Ratna Pathak Shah, the wife of the 70-year-old actor, said he has got a 'small patch' of pneumonia in his lungs and is responding well to treatment.

How pneumococcal vaccine rollout announced in Budget can save 50,000 childrens’ lives/year

13% of India’s under-5 deaths are due to pneumonia, half of them pneumococcal. Immunisation programme will be expanded beyond 5 pilot states using indigenous vaccines.

India boosts child vaccinations but lags in access to pneumonia & diarrhoea treatment — report

Johns Hopkins report lauds India for achieving global target of 90% coverage for 3 of 5 vaccines required to cut deaths of children under 5 years of age.

Antibodies that attack body and not virus found in 10% patients with severe Covid, study says

Study by researchers from US, Italy, Canada, Paris says patients with ‘life-threatening’ Covid pneumonia were found to have autoantibodies that attack the body.

India’s first homegrown pneumonia vaccine gets DCGI approval

The health ministry said the vaccine will be used for active immunisation against invasive diseases and pneumonia caused by 'Streptococcus pneumonia' among infants.

How Trump, Johnson response shows sensible conversations on coronavirus have finally begun

In episode 417 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta talks about how Donald Trump and Boris Johnson have stopped ridiculing coronavirus. And is India testing too little?

Pneumonia killed more than 14 children every hour in India in 2018: UNICEF study

The study found that India recorded the second highest number of child deaths from pneumonia in the world, and was among the five countries responsible for more than half of such deaths globally.

At 1.28% of GDP, India’s expenditure on health is still low although higher than before

National Health Profile data, released Wednesday, says cost of treatment has been on the rise in India, which has led to inequity in access to healthcare.

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India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Indian firm sets up titanium, superalloy plants to meet global need. Safran, Dassault, BAE line up

PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.