by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Life, Non-Life
Washington: According to a new study, fine particulate air pollution is associated with a higher risk of dementia. Using data from two large, long-running study projects in the Puget Sound region — one that began in the late 1970s measuring air pollution and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
New Delhi: No recommendation has been made so far on mixing anti-coronavirus vaccines, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Friday. COVID-19 vaccines have been developed recently. Therefore, scientific evidence about mix and match studies of different vaccines is still...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Geneva: WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said the global body is calling for a moratorium on booster COVID-19 vaccine shots until the end of September to ensure equitable access to vaccines. Addressing a press briefing on Wednesday, Tedros said,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Policy
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday clarified that while some COVID-19 cases could go undetected as per the principles of infectious disease and its management, missing out on deaths was completely unlikely given the robust and statute-based death...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Policy, Regulation
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the Limited Liability Partnership (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to encourage the start-up ecosystem and further boost ease of doing business, amid uproar by the opposition on Pegasus snooping row and other issues. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Mumbai: Mumbai's first genome sequencing laboratory at civic-run Nair Hospital will offer the city an added advantage in the battle against coronavirus as the new facility can analyse a large number of samples in a short period and also identify mutants, something...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 4, 2021 | Intermediaries, International News, Non-Life, Regulation, Reinsurance
NEW YORK: Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson PLC said on Tuesday it is weighing strategic alternatives for its reinsurance unit, Willis Re, days after a planned sale to rival Arthur J. Gallagher fell through. Willis and broker Aon PLC had planned to merge to create...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 4, 2021 | Articles, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
If you've been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, maybe you figured you no longer need to worry about contracting the coronavirus. But along with the rising number of new COVID-19 cases globally and growing concern about highly transmissible strains like...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India on Wednesday reported 42,625 new COVID-19 cases, 36,668 recoveries and 562 deaths in 24 hours, as per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. An increase of 12,076 cases was recorded in the daily infections since Tuesday when 30,549 new cases were...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 3, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
The spread of the delta coronavirus variant has pushed the threshold for herd immunity to well over 80% and potentially approaching 90%, according to an Infectious Diseases Society of America briefing on Tuesday. That represents a “much higher” bar...
