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Friday, March 29, 2024
TopicWorld Health Organization (WHO)

Topic: World Health Organization (WHO)

Coronavirus death roll rises to 1,113 as WHO reports 3,342 new suspected cases in China

The WHO commission said over 4.51 lakh close contacts had been traced while over 1.85 lakh others are still under medical observation.

Snakes could be the source of China’s deadly coronavirus

According to the researchers, patients who became infected with the coronavirus were exposed to wildlife animals at a market, where seafood, snake, farm animals were sold.

The next pandemic will come. Here’s how to prepare

The biggest lesson is that the government must be ruthlessly honest and transparent. The more facts, the better.

Coronavirus back in China — what you need to know about the virus and its deadly history

ThePrint takes a quick look at what the virus does, how it has spread in Wuhan this time, and China’s history with it.

Male kids & adolescents who self-harm more likely to commit suicide later, says Lancet study

Lancet study, conducted in England, focused on individuals aged 10–18 years who went to hospitals after they caused non-fatal self-harm between 1 January 2000 & 31 December 2013.

Why antibiotic resistance is a health crisis, and how WHO is tackling it globally

Antibiotic resistance is increasingly becoming a public health problem globally, requiring structural and individual changes.

What is the plague that has hit China and why there is alarm in that country

Two people in Beijing were diagnosed with the pneumonic plague Tuesday, which is known to be the most deadly version of the disease.

France is building a village for people with Alzheimer’s

The Alzheimer's village will be designed to aid residents' sense of direction, visual bearings and memory.

Curbing teen pregnancy can help check India’s anaemia epidemic, study finds

An estimated 53% of India’s women in the reproductive age group are said to suffer from anaemia, according to the latest National Family Health Survey.

On Camera

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

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.