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Covid BA.2.86 appears less transmissible than XBB & EG variants: Experts
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in its...
Refusal to waive IP rights for COVID-19 vaccines violates human rights: UN Experts
Quoting the latest data from the UN World Health Organization...
Covid pandemic had long-lasting impact on teens’ mental health, substance use: Lancet study
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a long-lasting impact on the mental health and substance use among adolescents, according to a study published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health journal. The research is based on survey responses from a nationwide sample of over...
Centre raises concern over gradual increase in Covid positivity rate amid influenza cases
Rajesh Bhushan,Union Health Secretary "While the COVID-19 trajectory has decreased substantially in last few months, the gradual rise in COVID-19 test positivity rates in some states is a concerning issue that needs to be promptly addressed," Union Health Secretary...
Long Covid associated with reduced brain oxygen levels cognitive impairment Study
In the case of the population study, "It appears that, regardless of gender and other demographic factors, COVID-19 infection at baseline is correlated with increased problems with emotion regulation six months later: depression, anxiety and agitation.In some cases,...
Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 accounts for nearly 90% new Covid cases in US
The prevalence of XBB.1.5 has kept increasing since late last year, and it is estimated to account for 89.2 per cent of new Covid-19 cases in the country this week, up from 85.4 per cent last week and 79.7 per cent two weeks prior, reports Xinhua news agency The...
Nearly 60% of long Covid patients suffered organ damage a year later: Study
The research, published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, focused on 536 long Covid patients who reported extreme breathlessness, cognitive dysfunction and poor health-related quality of life. Organ damage persisted in 59 per cent of long Covid patients...
Feds seek to limit telehealth prescriptions for some drugs
Drug Enforcement Administration said late Friday it plans to reinstate once longstanding federal requirements for powerful drugs that were waived once COVID-19 hit, enabling doctors to write millions of prescriptions for drugs such as OxyContin or Adderall without...
Past Covid infection provided substantial protection against reinfection: Lancet study
''Vaccination is the safest way to acquire immunity, whereas acquiring natural immunity must be weighed against the risks of severe illness and death associated with the initial infection,” said lead author Stephen Lim from the Institute for Health Metrics and...
COVID-19 has significant impact on liver, study at Mumbai civic hospital finds
The study by the Gastroenterology department of BYL Nair Hospital, which was among the main hospitals earmarked for treating coronavirus patients in the city, found that almost half the participants had developed liver abnormalities. The report was recently published...
China’s economic slowdown can generate ripple effects across world: Report
Observers were already talking about China falling into the middle-income trap and now, evidence has come to light that the country is finding it hard to keep its miracle of sustained higher growth rates anywhere closer to 10 per cent or more recorded during the late...
Booster dose of Covishield offers best immune response: Lancet study
According to the study, even though homologous and heterologous boosting with Covishield or Covaxin in Covishield or Covaxin primed individuals are immunogenic and safe, boosting with Covishield produced better binding and functional antibodies, irrespective of...