by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 2, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life
Current estimates indicate that every year approximately 1.25 lakhs women are diagnosed with cervical cancer, and over 75 thousand die from the disease in India, and 83 % of invasive cervical cancers are attributed to HPVs 16 or 18 in India, and 70% of cases worldwide...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 1, 2022 | Health, Indian News
Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women globally, with an estimated 604,000 new cases and 342,000 deaths in 2020, according to the World Health Organization. About 90% of the new cases and deaths worldwide occurred in low- and middle-income...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 25, 2022 | Facts, Health, Pandemic
Covifenz is made from proteins, grown in plants, that look like the virus that causes Covid-19 to the human immune system, according to Medicago’s website. The vaccine also uses Glaxo’s pandemic adjuvant, a substance that boosts the immune system’s response The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 17, 2021 | Facts, Health, Pandemic
These companies have sold the majority of doses to rich countries, leaving low-income countries out in the cold. Pfizer and BioNTech have delivered less than one percent of their total vaccine supplies to low-income countries, while Moderna has delivered just 0.2...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 16, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Non-Life, Pandemic, Policy
The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country have crossed 113 crores. The minister noted their contribution in ensuring that 80 percent of the population and 40 percent of the population received their first and second dose of the vaccine...