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Study finds link between computer access, mental health among young people
The findings of the study were published in Scientific Reports. The...
Popular dietary supplements may increase cancer risk: Study
The international team of researchers led by Elena Goun, an...
Maharashtra extends lockdown till May 31
“Lockdown 3.0 ends today. Lockdown 4.0 will come into effect tomorrow and will be valid till May 31. There will be some relaxations in the fourth phase.The green and orange zones will get more relaxations, in terms of starting more services. As of now only essential services are operational, State Chief Secretary Ajoy Mehta said.
Covid-19: Total 8 vaccine candidates are in clinical trial stage
There are uncertainties in developing vaccines. Coronaviruses, including MERS and SARS, have not seen a particularly reliable one so far… the best scenario is that if one of the vaccines that people are making is effective and progressing relatively fast, it should be available as soon as possible from March to June next year,” Chinese health official, Zhang Wenhon was quoted by the Global Times.
Mathematical Modelling Shows COVID-19 Containment Possible: Health Ministr
According to the document, “Containment for large outbreaks through geographic quarantine strategy calls for near absolute interruption of movement of people to and from a relatively large defined area where there is single large outbreak or multiple foci of local transmission of COVID-19”.
Covod-19 Pandemic:Cases climb to 90,927,death toll at 2,872
New Delhi: The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 2,872 and the number of total positive cases climbed to 90,927 Sunday morning, registering an increase of 120 fatalities and a record jump of 4,987 new cases in 24 hours, since 8 AM Saturday, according to the...
AXA to provide medical support to customers of 5,000 Accor hotels worldwide
“AXA’s ambition is to move from a payer to a partner with its customers, notably by providing them with innovative solutions in health. This is why AXA has become over the last year a world leader in telemedicine solutions. Partnering with Accor, a worldwide leader in hospitality, is a unique opportunity to enlarge people’s access to our healthcare expertise and solutions. As we are facing an unprecedented health crisis with Covid-19, this ambition has never been more relevant, said Thomas Buberl, CEO of AXA.
Health groups ask India to rescind Gilead’s patents for COVID-19 drug remdesivir
“The licenses divide the global market into two and profitable markets are retained with Gilead and less profitable markets are given to the five generic companies,” said K. Gopakumar, senior legal researcher at Third World Network, which sent a letter to the Indian government on Wednesday.
Death toll due to COVID-19 rises to 2,649; cases climb to 81,970: Health Ministry
Of the 100 deaths reported since Thursday morning, 44 were in Maharashtra, 20 in Gujarat, 9 in Delhi, 8 in West Bengal, five each in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, four in Rajasthan, two each in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka and one in Andhra Pradesh.
Temperature checks, masks the new normal for air travel, says Dubai airport CEO
Countries who have the spread of the virus under control and agree to reopen their borders to each other are likely to drive air travel demand over the near term, Griffiths said, but it is impossible to say when travel could return pre-pandemic levels.
U.N. warns of global mental health crisis due to COVID-19 pandemic
The UN report outlined action points for policy-makers to aim “to reduce immense suffering among hundreds of millions of people and mitigate long-term social and economic costs to society”.
These included redressing historic under-investment in psychological services, providing “emergency mental health” via remote therapies such as tele-counselling for frontline health workers, and working proactively with people known to have depression and anxiety, and with those at high risk of domestic violence and acute impoverishment.
WeWork directors seek to preserve right to sue SoftBank over failed $3 billion tender
In the motion, WeWork’s special committee, filed a “status quo order” which would preserve the committee’s authority pending the outcome of the legal case between WeWork and SoftBank. A judge in Delaware court last month set the trial date for the case for early January.