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Mental health issues can hurt immunity: Depression, stress may make Covid vaccines ineffective
The researchers suggest that, based on prior research, one strategy is to engage in vigorous exercise and get a good night’s sleep in the 24 hours before vaccination so that the immune system is operating at peak performance.
Explainer: What’s behind varying efficacy data for Sinovac’s coronavirus vaccine?
Sinovac said its trial designs are not identical among countries, but the results are sufficient to prove that the vaccine is safe and effective.
Jerome Kim, head of vaccine research group International Vaccine Institute said it would be possible to combine data from multiple studies with varied trial designs but it could involve additional statistical manipulation.
“That could compromise the clean interpretation of the results, and may impact the chance for these data to be accepted by regulatory bodies.”
Trump’s company suffers another defection, this time by Aon
Aon is the latest financial business to cut ties with the president. Earlier this week, Professional Bank said it won’t do more deals with the business and Signature Bank said it would close Trump accounts holding about $5.3 million.
Over 60% of seniors want to work post-retirement, spend on leisure travel: Survey
‘Seniors in India have traditionally been a dependent demographic, post investing their life’s earnings on their kids, a stable home, etc. They often depend on the Indian joint family milieu to support them. According to the survey findings, this trend is changing,” Antara said.
11 Indian cos in top-500 globally by value, country ranked 10th: Report
All these companies in the list of non-state enterprises have gained in value during 2020, which was hit by the pandemic, barring tobacco major ITC and second largest private sector lender ICICI Bank, as per the ‘Hurun Global 500’ report.Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries leads among the local enterprises with a 20.5 per cent jump in valuation to USD 168.8 billion as of December 1 and is ranked 54th globally, as per the list.
Covid-19: No herd immunity in 2021, WHO warns
WHO’s chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan warned it would take time to produce and administer enough vaccine doses to halt the spread of the virus.
“We are not going to achieve any levels of population immunity or herd immunity in 2021,” she said, stressing the need to maintain physical distancing, hand-washing and mask-wearing to rein in the pandemic.
BioNTech, warned that Covid-19 would “likely become an endemic disease”, and said vaccines would need to fight against the emergence of new viral variants and a “naturally waning immune response”.
Mothers, but not fathers, with multiple children report more fragmented sleep: Study
“Experienced mothers perceived their sleep to be more fragmented than that of first-time mothers. Tension in the marital relationship may transpire if childcare is one-sided and not discussed collaboratively,” says Pennestri, who is also a researcher at the Hopital en sante mentale Riviere-des-Prairies (CIUSSS-NIM).
In the future, scientists feel Covid will resemble the common cold-causing virus
A safe and effective vaccine against Covid-19 could save hundreds of thousands of lives in the first year or two of vaccine roll-out, but continued mass vaccination may be less critical once SARS-CoV-2 becomes endemic, the researchers said.
Google launches $3 mn fund to fight misinformation around Covid vaccine
“While the Covid-19 infodemic has been global in nature, misinformation has also been used to target specific populations,” said Alphabet’s Google
“Some of the available research also suggests that the audiences coming across misinformation and those seeking fact checks don’t necessarily overlap.”
Japan passport most powerful in 2021, Pakistan continues to be in worst category: Report
According to the report released on January 5, Japanese citizens can travel to as many as 191 countries visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 191 destinations around the world. Singapore is in second place (with a score of 190) and South Korea ties with Germany in third place (with a score of 189).Countries like the United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Switzerland are tied at the seventh position with regard to the most powerful passports in the world with a visa-free score of 185. Australia stands at the 8th position with a visa score of 184.
India ranks 85th in the most powerful passport report with a visa-free score of 58.