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Study finds 65 pc doctor-moms struggling to balance personal, professional lives
Dr Garima Sawhney, co-founder and gynaecologist at Pristyn Care,...
Obesity speeds up loss of immunity from COVID vaccines – new research
Obesity – and its association with several other conditions such as...
Fauci says boosters for all key to U.S. reaching COVID-19 endemic level
Dr. Anthony Fauci "To me, if you want to get to endemic, you have got to get the level of infection so low that it does not have an impact on society, on your life, on your economy,People will still get infected. People might still get hospitalized, but the level...
WHO and partners unite for Day of Action for Cervical Cancer Elimination
Last year, just 13 per cent of girls aged nine to 14 globally were inoculated against HPV, while some 80 countries – representing around two-thirds of the global cervical cancer burden – have yet to introduce vaccination. UN: With more than 300,000 women dying from...
Pfizer, BioNTech and Moderna making $1,000 profit every second, poorest countries remain largely unvaccinated
These companies have sold the majority of doses to rich countries, leaving low-income countries out in the cold. Pfizer and BioNTech have delivered less than one percent of their total vaccine supplies to low-income countries, while Moderna has delivered just 0.2...
Delta dominates the world, but scientists watch for worrisome offspring
People infected with Delta carry around 1,200 times more virus in their noses compared with the original version of the coronavirus. The amount of virus in vaccinated individuals who become infected with Delta is on par with those who are unvaccinated, and both can...
Dubai eases visa rules, UAE makes labour laws more competitive
The Gulf state has recently launched a raft of economic reforms and legal reforms, including longer-term residency visas, to attract investment and foreigners to help the economy recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic In the latest move to boost the United...
New Research on Looming Threat of Global Insurance Raises Alarms
The study was conducted in partnership with IBM and Luxoft. "We've seen organized scammers exploit the telehealth system; intercept personal information through phishing scams and other data harvesting schemes; carry out ransomware attacks; and run a number of...
Israel’s Redefine Meat serves up plant-based whole cuts of beef
The company, which until now worked with about 150 restaurants in Israel, said the whole cuts will broaden the appeal of alternative meat products that have mostly been limited to ground-beef dishes, including hamburgers and sausages. "This is the money-maker. This is...
Combustion of coal has led to increase in premature mortality rate in India: Lancent Report
Data from the 2021 global Lancet Countdown report shows that there has been a nine-per cent increase in the number of deaths related to coal-derived PM2.5 in India in 2019 compared to 2015. New Delhi:The combustion of coal, mainly in power plants followed by...
Establish regulatory frameworks pertaining to control of air pollution at source of generation, says ICMR, Lancet report
The report further said that the country needs to move away from the traditional animal husbandry practices that will contribute to the reduction of Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions New Delhi: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), National Institute for...
Every additional year of education in India increases person’s avg income by about 6.7 pc: Study
The study also found that every rupee invested towards the completion of school education is expected to bring an economic benefit between Rs 4.5 and Rs 8.2 in terms of future earnings of each individual The study pegs the total cost of establishing adequate mental...