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Developing Asia and the Pacific failed to secure well-being of aging population: ADB report
``Governments need to prepare now if they’re going to be able to...
Oral cancer costs India $5.6 Billion in lost productivity in 2022: Tata Memorial Centre
India contributes two-thirds of the global mortality due to oral...
Omicron: Parliamentary panel recommends evaluation of vaccines, more research for booster dose
In view of loss of life during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the committee noted that the measures taken by the health ministry to contain or prevent the spread of SARS-COV-2 proved to be squarely inadequate and suggested that the focus should be on...
Omicron! Why it’s too soon to panic about COVID vaccines and the new variant
Currently fewer than 200 genetic sequences of Omicron have been compiled compared with more than 2.8 million Delta sequences. Delta remains the most dominant variant. So we should continue to use vaccines and therapies we know work against Delta. By Adam Taylor, Early...
Only 22 persons got Covid treatment under Ayushman Bharat in Bihar
According to official data, 8.29 lakh persons underwent treatment using the Ayushman Bharat Yojana card during the first and second waves of the pandemic, but only 22 persons of Bihar availed treatment under the scheme Patna: Only 22 persons in Bihar were treated for...
BioNTech CEO says vaccine upgrade on the cards, ready to move quickly
BioNTech CEO Ugur Sahin BioNTech CEO Ugur Sahin reiterated that a product relaunch could be achieved within about 100 days and said a redesign is already under way. But any confirmation of the existing shot's protection against severe disease could buy developers time...
Asia in cautious mood as Omicron spreads, U.S. CPI looms
Omicron remained a concern as the variant spread to about one-third of U.S. states, though there were reports from South Africa that cases there had mild symptoms.BofA chief investment strategist Michael Hartnett favours real assets, real estate, commodities,...
LS passes Bill on assisted reproductive tech clinics; MPs flag exclusion of single parents, LGBTQ people
The Bill, which envisages prevention of misuse, and safe and ethical practice of assisted ART services, also seeks to set minimum standards and a code of conduct for fertility clinics and egg or sperm banksAny clinic or bank advertising or offering sex-selective ART...
First case of Omicron detected in Delhi, more in Maharashtra
"So far, 17 COVID-19 patients and six of their contacts have been admitted to the Lok Nayak Hospital. The Omicron variant has been found in one of the 12 samples sent for genome sequencing so far, according to a preliminary report," Health Minister Satyendar Jain...
SPEED OF Omicorn mutation WORRIES SCIENTIST WHO DISCOVERED VARIANT
Velocity of the mutations also raises questions about how the variant evolved and adds to the puzzle of how transmissible the variant may be The speed at which the omicron variant appears to have accumulated its unusual pattern of mutations is a concern, according to...
Omicron isn’t fatal, but India should be prepared for third wave: Expert
"It might be a mild disease. It is possibly being observed in some countries such as South Africa that the gap between the infection and the manifestation of the disease is a little longer. And when it is longer than the Delta virus, it is likely to be transmitting...
Maharashtra man tests positive for Omicron; India’s fourth case
Cases with the Omicron variant have already been detected in Karnataka and Gujarat Mumbai: A 33-year-old man from Thane district near Mumbai who had arrived at the Delhi airport from South Africa via Dubai before flying to the Maharashtra capital has tested positive...