Of the two infant patients, one has been discharged, while the other is recovering. Experts & Centre stress Human Metapneumovirus not new & has been circulating for many years.
Virologists suggest China's heightened surveillance and stricter measures post-Covid may be behind the rise in reported cases of Human Metapneumovirus.
Severe AQI levels & low temperatures have caused spike in respiratory illnesses in children, say doctors. They're being diagnosed with bronchitis, bronchiolitis, pneumonia & asthma.
Approval for Moderna’s mRESVIA is the 1st time an mRNA vaccine has been approved for a disease other than Covid. This could be crucial for India where RSV's a major public health challenge.
The rise in cases became a global issue last week when WHO asked China for more information, citing a report on clusters of undiagnosed pneumonia in children.
About half of all inpatients, admitted for severe acute respiratory infections, and outpatients, being treated for influenza-like illness, were found to have H3N2, said ICMR.
For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.
Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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