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Scientists have long recognised differences between tropospheric...
Long COVID linked with self-perceived cognitive deficits: Study
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WHO recommends antibody treatment for some critical Covid patients
The WHO Guideline Development Group (GDG) panel recommends treatment combining casirivimab and imdevimab for two specific groups of patients with COVID-19.
Children less severely impacted by COVID-19 pandemic: WHO chief scientist
Participating in a virtual session on ‘Priorities after Pandemic; What Young India wants?’- Indian Student Parliament, Swaminathan said the reason why people talk about children being susceptible is because vaccination programmes today in most countries are targeting people above the age of 18 and elderly as they are the most vulnerable.
Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine works in kids ages 5 to 11
While kids are at lower risk of severe illness or death than older people, more than 5 million children in the US have tested positive for COVID-19 since the pandemic began and at least 460 have died, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Cases in children have risen dramatically as the delta variant swept through the country. “I feel a great sense of urgency” in making the vaccine available to children under 12, Dr. Bill Gruber, a Pfizer senior vice president, said.
U.S. CDC advisers back COVID-19 booster shots for those 65 and older, not for high-risk workers
Beyond older Americans, the committee also recommended the shots for all adults over 50 with underlying conditions, as well as some 18- to 49-year-olds with those conditions, based on their individual risk profile. Those conditions include cancer, diabetes, certain heart conditions and chronic kidney disease and lung disorders.
Many US families face food challenges, poll shows
Black and Hispanic Americans, Americans living below the federal poverty line and younger adults are especially likely to face food challenges, according to the poll.
Most of those facing food challenges enrolled in a government or nonprofit food assistance program in the past year, but 58per cent still had difficulty accessing at least one service.
And 21 per cent of adults facing challenges meeting their food needs were unable to access any assistance at all. The most common challenge to those in need was a basic lack of awareness of eligibility for both government and nonprofit services.
‘All we can do is cry’ – La Palma volcano leaves trail of devastation
Property portal Idealista estimated the volcano had caused around 87 million euros ($102 million) in property destruction so far. Late on Tuesday, the Canary Islands’ volcanology institute said the scale of seismic activity within the volcano was intensifying.
Indian homebuyers rank green spaces as key feature: Knight Frank
Asia Pacific homebuyers now rank good air quality (70 per cent), proximity to green spaces (69 per cent) and access to good healthcare (64 per cent) as top three location features.
Moderna chief executive sees pandemic over in a year
“If you look at the industry-wide expansion of production capacities over the past six months, enough doses should be available by the middle of next year so that everyone on this earth can be vaccinated. Boosters should also be possible to the extent required,” he told the newspaper in an interview.
Vaccinations would soon be available even for infants, he said.
Estimated 57K premature deaths in Delhi last year can be attributed to air pollution: Greenpeace
According to Greenpeace India, among 100 global cities, Mumbai’s annual PM2.5 trends in 2020 exceeded 8 times more than WHO’s revised air quality guidelines of 5 ug/m3, Kolkata 9.4, Chennai 5.4, Hyderabad 7 fold and Ahmedabad exceeded 9.8 fold.
Study probes how ejections from Sun’s corona influence space weather predictions
Space weather refers to the conditions in the solar wind and near-Earth space, which can adversely affect the performance of space-borne and ground-based technological systems.
An example of space weather events is the geomagnetic storm, a perturbation in the Earth’s magnetic field, which can last for a few hours to a few days. Understanding of how events in the solar atmosphere influence space weather is necessary for monitoring and maintaining our satellites.