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Study finds cerebral palsy can be treatable
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Indian-American doctor identifies possible COVID-19 treatment
Published online in the journal Cell, the research coming from the lab of Dr Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti, an Indian-born researcher working at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Tennessee, identified the drugs after discovering that the hyper inflammatory immune response associated with COVID-19 leads to tissue damage and multi-organ failure in mice by triggering inflammatory cell death pathways
Swiss doctors urge COVID vulnerable to declare end-of-life wishes in advance
As health systems grapple with soaring infection rates, medical professionals working with limited resources and finite space in ICUs can at times face agonising dilemmas, and ethical questions around treating COVID-19 patients have spawned a government review in Britain and a court fight in Germany.
Childhood vaccine may help prevent severe COVID-19
Marriage between first cousins illegal, states Punjab and Hry HC
“Hence the petitioner has concealed the fact in the petition that they fall in the prohibited ‘sapinda’ (which prohibits marriage between two individuals if they have common ancestor) under the Hindu Marriage Act and cannot perform marriage with each other,” the state counsel argued.
COVID-19 reinfection unlikely for at least six months, study finds
“This is really good news, because we can be confident that, at least in the short term, most people who get COVID-19 won’t get it again,” said David Eyre, a professor at Oxford’s Nuffield Department of Population Health, who co-led the study.
Eightfold increase in tobacco smuggling during June-Oct 20 : FICCI CASCAD
Commenting on the development, FICCI CASCADE Chairman Anil Rajput said: “There has been an almost eightfold increase over the year, indicating that India continues to be a target for tobacco smugglers in spite of several restrictions. It is clear that criminal enterprises are continuing to seek ways of ensuring infiltration of smuggled goods into the country.”
Mutated coronavirus from mink in Denmark most likely extinct, health ministry says
No infections with the new virus variant, known as Cluster-5, had been registered since Sept. 15, the ministry said.
India ranks 77 in global bribery risk matrix
According to this year”s data, North Korea, Turkmenistan, South Sudan, Venezuela and Eritrea present the highest commercial bribery risk, while Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden and New Zealand present the lowest.
Nobel scientists urge face mask rethink as Sweden’s COVID cases climb
Sweden’s soft-touch pandemic response has focused mostly on voluntary social distancing and the Public Health Agency has cast doubt on the effectiveness of face masks, which are mandatory in many public places in Europe.
However, a report on Thursday by the Royal Academy of Sciences said that face masks could play a role in reducing infection, particularly in enclosed spaces.
Social distancing most effective tool to combat COVID-19: Study
Coronavirus is a global pandemic with over 25 million cases worldwide. Currently, treatments are limited, and there is no approved vaccine. Interventions such as handwashing, masks, social distancing, and “social bubbles” are used to limit community transmission, but it is challenging to choose the best interventions for a given activity.