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Study provides insights into heart inflammation post COVID-19 vaccination
Lead researcher Carrie Lucas, associate professor of immunobiology...
WHO declares end to COVID global health emergency
The WHO's emergency committee first declared that COVID represented...
COVID-19 infection increases risk of long-term brain problems: Study
Those who had COVID were 80% more likely to have seizures, 43% more likely to have mental health issues, such as anxiety or depression, 35% more likely to have headaches and 42% more likely to suffer movement disorders, such as tremors, compared with the control...
Sense of an ending: Scientists say worst of Covid could be over
''We have spent two-and-a-half years in a long, dark tunnel, and we are just beginning to glimpse the light at the end of that tunnel,” WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Tedros said on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Thursday. Globally, as of...
End of the COVID-19 pandemic is in sight, says WHO chief
"We are not there yet. But the end is in sight," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters at a virtual press conference. Deaths from COVID-19 last week were the lowest since March 2020, the U.N. agency reported The world has never been in a...
DCGI nod to Bharat Biotech’s intranasal Covid vaccine for restricted emergency use
''Big Boost to India's Fight Against COVID-19! Bharat Biotech's ChAd36-SARS-CoV-S COVID-19 (Chimpanzee Adenovirus Vectored) recombinant nasal vaccine approved by @CDSCO_INDIA_INF for primary immunization against COVID-19 in 18+ age group for restricted use in...
Bombay HC issues notice to Central govt, Bill Gates, Serum Institute over plea on alleged Covid vaccine death
Dilip Lunawat in his petition, "blamed the Government and others for misrepresenting the facts about the COVID-19 vaccine by making false claims about its safety and 'forcing' medical practitioners to take the vaccine." Mumbai: The Bombay High Court issued notices to...
Health insurance needs to provide covers for geriatrics care and pre-existing diseases, IRDAI chief
Debasish Panda, Chairman, IRDAI Health insurance sector has the potential to grow at a CAGR of 30-35 per cent with 3 A’s - Awareness, Accessibility and Affordability IRDAI has come up with BIMA SUGAM- an all in one insurance platform, where one can sell all products...
COVID drives down U.S. life expectancy for the second straight year – CDC data
The nearly one-year decline from 2020 to 76.1 years marked the largest two-year drop in life expectancy at birth in close to a century, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found. Disparity in life expectancy between men and women also widened...
Asian Markets: Reinsurers grapple with economic challenges and climate risk, says Fitch
Asia-Pacific reinsurers face weather-related catastrophe losses from flooding and drought, such as the major floods in eastern Australia and China in 2022. Reinsurers are re-assessing risk modelling and catastrophe management frameworks to help quantify potential...
World reaches ‘tragic milestone’ of one million COVID-19 deaths so far in 2022
In January, WHO and partners launched the COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership, focused mainly on the 34 countries that were at or below 10 per cent coverage. All but six are on the continent Today, only 10 countries still have less than 10 per cent coverage, most of...
People facing acute food insecurity reach 345 million worldwide – WFP
Before the coronavirus crisis, 135 million suffered from acute hunger worldwide, said Corinne Fleischer, the WFP's regional director, told Reuters. The numbers have climbed since and are expected to soar further because of climate change and conflict The number of...