by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Policy
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday clarified that while some COVID-19 cases could go undetected as per the principles of infectious disease and its management, missing out on deaths was completely unlikely given the robust and statute-based death...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Geneva: WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said the global body is calling for a moratorium on booster COVID-19 vaccine shots until the end of September to ensure equitable access to vaccines. Addressing a press briefing on Wednesday, Tedros said,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
New Delhi: No recommendation has been made so far on mixing anti-coronavirus vaccines, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Friday. COVID-19 vaccines have been developed recently. Therefore, scientific evidence about mix and match studies of different vaccines is still...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Life, Non-Life
Washington: According to a new study, fine particulate air pollution is associated with a higher risk of dementia. Using data from two large, long-running study projects in the Puget Sound region — one that began in the late 1970s measuring air pollution and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 4, 2021 | Blog, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
By Shabir A. Madhi, University of the Witwatersrand Any notion that COVID-19 was going to last for just a few months was very much misplaced in 2020. Especially after it was recognised that the SARS-CoV-2 virus was largely spread through the airborne route, all...
