by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 16, 2024 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Life, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
Report suggests potential excess mortality in the general population of up to 3% for the US by 2033 and 2.5% in the UK, the longest period of elevated peacetime excess mortality in the US. Key driver of excess mortality is the lingering impact of COVID-19; both as a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 22, 2024 | Data, Health, Risk Management
“This suggests that respiratory droplets might play a role in transmission. That being said, it’s considered to play a lesser role in transmission dynamics as compared to direct intimate contact and sexual contact which are the primary modes of transmission,”...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 20, 2024 | Data, Health, Pandemic, Policy
Using data collected from over 7.65 lakh individuals, researchers, including those from the University of Oxford, UK, evaluated changes in life expectancy between 2019 and 2020. Women experienced a life expectancy decline of 3.1 years, while men saw a 2.1-year...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 24, 2024 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Policy, Reinsurance
Between 2019 and 2021, global life expectancy dropped by 1.8 years to 71.4 years (back to the level of 2012). Similarly, global healthy life expectancy dropped by 1.5 years to 61.9 years in 2021 (back to the level of 2012) Geneva: The latest edition of the World...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 9, 2024 | Health, International News
The British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical is also being sued by more than 50 alleged victims and grieving relatives in a High Court case in the UK New Delhi: In a significant move, pharma giant AstraZeneca has recalled its Covid-19 vaccine, made in...
