by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 6, 2025 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health
“We can say HMPV is definitely not deadly. Most infections are mild, and only in children who are less than five and those who are over 65. It can cause common cold-like symptoms for 4 to 5 days,” Dr Raman Gangakhedkar, former Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)...
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 | 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 | Mar 14, 2024 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health
At current rates, 59 countries will miss the SDG under-5 mortality target, and 64 countries will fall short of the newborn mortality goal. That means an estimated 35 million children will die before reaching their fifth birthday by 2030—a death toll that will largely...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 10, 2024 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health
While the national in-hospital mortality rate among children suffering from pneumonia is 1.9 per cent, over 3 per cent succumb to the disease within three months of returning home Lucknow: Children in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are nearly twice at risk of succumbing to...
