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Omicron Covid variant may have originated in animals, finds study
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For the first time in 70-year history, UNICEF to feed hungry children in UK
“The coronavirus crisis is having an unprecedented impact on children’s lives– their support systems ripped apart, their education lost, their access to food impacted,” Euro News quoted Anna Kettley, director of programmes at UNICEF UK as saying.
Oxford says vaccine has good immune response with two-dose regime
“The booster doses of the vaccine are both shown to induce stronger antibody responses than a single dose, the standard dose/standard dose inducing the best response,” the university said in a statement.
UV-emitting LED lights can kill novel coronavirus quickly & efficiently, says study
In order to disinfect a bus, train, sports hall, or plane by chemical spraying, the scientists said physical manpower is needed along with time for the chemicals to act on the surface.
“Disinfection systems based on LED bulbs, however, can be installed in the ventilation system and air conditioner, for example, and sterilise the air sucked in and then emitted into the room,” Hadas Mamane, co-author of the study from the American Friends of Tel Aviv University in the US. said.
COVID has exposed inequalities in short time; human should work with not against nature: UNDP report
”Nothing short of a great transformation – in how we live, work and cooperate – is needed to change the path we are on.” Citing events such as climate crisis, biodiversity collapse, ocean acidification, the UNDP said the list is long and growing longer. ”So much so that many scientists believe that for the first time, instead of the planet shaping humans, humans are knowingly shaping the planet. This is the Anthropocene – the Age of Humans – a new geologic epoch.
Covid-19 isn’t relatively harmless for younger adults as thought earlier
Young, healthy people are low on the priority list for the vaccine rollout. That means that modifying behavior now can save thousands of young lives next year.
Scientists decode how the coronavirus hijacks and damages lung cells
the scientists discovered that SARS-CoV-2 throws the lung cells into disarray, causing abnormal changes in protein amounts and frequency of protein phosphorylation inside these cells.
These abnormal changes, the scientists said, help the virus to multiply — eventually destroying the cells and resulting in widespread lung injury.
Immunotherapy drugs are riskier for treatment of cancer patients, study suggests
The researchers found that patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors had a higher risk of heart problems compared to those who were not being treated in this way. Within six months of starting treatment, patients with lung cancer on PD1 inhibitors had double the risk of heart problems; malignant melanoma patients had a 4.3-fold increased risk if they were being treated with PD1 inhibitors and a nearly five-fold risk if they were receiving the CTLA-4 inhibitor.
‘New variant’ of coronavirus identified in Britain
“We’ve currently identified over 1,000 cases with this variant predominantly in the South of England although cases have been identified in nearly 60 different local authority areas.”We do not know the extent to which this is because of the new variant but no matter its cause we have to take swift and decisive action which unfortunately is absolutely essential to control this deadly disease while the vaccine is rolled out,”said Health Secretary Matt Hancock said
Bacteria that travel across continents in atmospheric dust can impact climate & ecosystems
According to scientists, including those from the University of Granada (UGR) in Spain, these aerosols act like a “launch vehicle” for bacteria, and may pose risk of disease transmission across continents.
They explained that iberulites are giant atmospheric bioaerosols made of multiple minerals, measuring on average one hundred microns approximately.
UP govt docs should serve in dept for 10 years: official
According to the earlier order, the PMHS (provincial medical and health services) doctors opting for postgraduation get additional marks, especially for serving in rural areas.