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Centre issues advisory on air pollution
Air quality has worsened in several cities, including Mumbai,...
GST Council to meet in Jaisalmer on December 21; may discuss insurance levy
The group of ministers (GoM) on health and life insurance GST last...
Experts cite lack of awareness why many don’t seek treatment for OCD
According to WHO, only about 35 per cent to 40 per cent of people suffering from the disorder seek therapy. The number of people who receive evidence-based treatment for the disorder is fewer than 10 per cent. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is the fifth most...
Indonesian families sue drug regulator, govt after children die of kidney disease
Nearly 200 children have died of acute kidney injury in Indonesia this year and authorities have said two ingredients, ethylene glycol and diethyelene glycol, found in some syrup-based paracetamol medications are linked to the illness Awan Puryadi, a lawyer...
Air pollution hurts Bangladesh GDP as well as health, World Bank says
Air pollution was deemed the second largest risk factor leading to deaths and disability in Bangladesh in 2019, with four out of the top five causes of total deaths being directly associated with its exposure. Dhaka: Bangladesh’s economic losses from ambient air...
FACTBOX-How many people might die, and why, if China loosens COVID restrictions
China could see 1.3 million to 2.1 million people die if it lifts its zero-COVID policy due to low vaccination and booster rates as well as a lack of hybrid immunity, British scientific information and analytics company Airfinity said on Monday. The company said it...
Many persons with disabilities face premature death due to health inequities
“It's a significant reason for these early deaths because of poor quality health services. There's also a higher incidence of diseases such as tuberculosis, diabetes, stroke, sexually transmitted infections, and cardiovascular problems among persons with disabilities,...
Covid still highly transmissible between mammals
Researchers including an Indian-origin scientist at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in New York in the US, developed computer simulations that show the coronaviruses use their spike proteins to attach themselves to the host cells in both bats and humans in...
Air pollution linked with multiple long-term health conditions: Study
“Our research has indicated that those people that live in areas of higher traffic-related air pollution are at greater risk of having multiple health conditions. People with more than one long-term health condition have a lower quality of life and greater dependence...
Covid pandemic altered teens’ brains, study finds
By comparing MRI scans from a cohort of 163 children taken before and during the pandemic, the study showed that this developmental process sped up in adolescents as they experienced the COVID-19 lockdowns, said first author on the paper, Ian Gotlib, Stanford...
WHO and European Commission partner to achieve universal health coverage
Strengthening health systems and advancing universal health coverage worldwide is one of the three key priorities of the Strategy Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Commission yesterday agreed on reinforcing a decade-long collaboration to...
Drop in COVID alertness could create deadly new variant – WHO
"Gaps in testing … and vaccination are continuing to create the perfect conditions for a new variant of concern to emerge that could cause significant mortality," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. COVID-19 infections are at record highs in China...