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12 Sep 2024

NITI Aayog Releases Report On Future Pandemic Preparedness

After the recent Covid-19 pandemic, which claimed over 7 million lives globally, and more than half a million lives were lost in India, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned of more such health threats.

24 May 2024

Bird Flu Cases In Humans In US, Oz: Experts On Why You Should Be Concerned

The recent cases show that the virus has adapted for circulation in mammals, raising fresh concerns over the risk of spillover to humans The bird flu virus H5N1 has in recent years seen a significant increase in spillover to mammals Besides killing a record number of birds in 2023, the virus also spread to otters, sea lions, minks, foxes, dolphins, and seals, among others

23 Jan 2024

Another Pandemic On The Horizon? Experts Warn Of Zombie Viruses In The Arctic

Researchers are worried about a new global crisis that zombie viruses residing in the permafrosts can unleash upon the world.

02 Oct 2023

Katalin Karikó & Drew Weissman Win Nobel Prize For mRNA Vaccine

Nobel Prize 2023: Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman have been awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine for pioneering mRNA vaccine development, transforming COVID-19 response, with a cash prize of 1.1 million Swedish kronor.

25 Sep 2023

The Next Pandemic: Disease X Is Deadlier Than COVID-19, Could Kill Millions

The World Health Organization (WHO), had also alerted the world of the possibility of an "inevitable" next pandemic, dubbed "Disease X" in 2018 before the COVID-19 outbreak.

18 Jul 2023

Dogs To Detect Covid? Study Reveals Sniffer Canines Are More Accurate

A new study has revealed that dogs can detect Covid with high accuracy, even asymptomatic cases. Here is all about the recent study and it's shocking results.

02 Apr 2023

COVID-19 Effects: Increase In Teen Eating Disorders After The Pandemic- Study

Eating disorders among teens have more than doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic, here's what Professor of Pediatrics has to say about the shocking numbers stated in a study.

01 Apr 2023

Risk Of Sudden Cardiac Arrest Increased During Covid-19: Study

The study reveals indirect effects of the pandemic played a crucial role in the spike of incidence.

28 Mar 2023

Kids Who Were Physically Active Before The Pandemic Did Better During Lockdown

Values learnt in sports helped children deal with challenges and losses and were able to face setbacks during lockdown, reveals a new study on kids. Here is everything you need to know about this study, read on

18 Mar 2023

The Origin Of Covid: New Data Point To Raccoon Dogs In China Market

Many scientists believe Covid-19 most likely jumped from animals to people Genetic material collected at a Chinese market gave information on the origin of the virus The WHO chief recently criticized China for not sharing the genetic information sooner

05 Mar 2023

Social Workers Experienced Depression, Anxiety During Covid-19 Pandemic: Study

The study reveals that with rising rates of domestic violence, child abuse, mental health illnesses and addictions, social workers’ jobs have become more demanding than ever.

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04 Mar 2023

Vivek Agnihotri Slams Comedian For Joking About Covid 2nd Wave In Viral Video

Vivek Agnihotri slammed comedian Daniel Fernandes for his 'insensitive' jokes on the pandemic A clip of Fernandez's comedy piece on the second wave of Covid-19 has been going viral The video has sparked outrage across Twitter

22 Jan 2023

'Covid destroyed business': Tea seller in MP dies by suicide, leaves note

A Madhya Pradesh tea seller died due to suicide He left a suicide note as per the police He said that he took this decision due to financial burdens

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05 Jan 2023

Pandemic SCRAPPED “Palace on Wheels” tour in 2019, travelers NOW get HC permit

Palace on Wheels tours is conducted by Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation The tour was called in the year 2019 due to Covid-19 pandemic HC has now granted permits to 18 foreigners to attend the tour now

10 Nov 2022

Stress can WORSEN symptoms of long-term COVID, says study

A new study reveals that the death of a loved one, financial or food poverty, or the development of a new disability were some of the best indicators of whether a patient hospitalised for COVID-19 will suffer signs of long COVID a year later. The study found that adult patients with such "major life stressors" were at least twice as likely to struggle with depression, brain fog, fatigue, sleep problems, and other long-term COVID-19 symptoms.

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02 Nov 2022

Study: Pandemic-related stress is associated with changes in menstrual cycle

According to recent research, women who were under significant stress because of the COVID-19 outbreak, were twice as likely to undergo alterations in their menstrual cycle. The findings of the study were done by the University of Pittsburgh and were published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

17 Oct 2022

Omicron poses new threat as India detects highly infectious sub variant BF.7

Reports suggest that Omicron's highly infectious sub-variant BF.7 is behind the rise in Covid-19 cases in China and its first case has been detected in Gujarat.

03 Oct 2022

Blood tests might help to detect long covid in patients, suggests research

According to research, a blood test conducted at the time of Covid-19 infection can help indicate whether a person is likely to develop long-term Covid. The study, published in the Lancet eBioMedicine journal, analysed proteins in the blood of healthcare workers infected with SARS-CoV-2 and compared them to samples collected from healthcare workers who had not been infected.

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29 Sep 2022

Has pandemic changed us? New research says we're 'less open and agreeable' now

The researchers found that people were less extroverted, less open, less agreeable and less conscientious in 2021 and 2022 compared with before the Covid-19 pandemic.

20 Sep 2022

Mumbai Int'l Airport records highest single-day passengers since pandemic

On September 17, close to 95,080 passengers travelled through Mumbai Airport Terminal 2 (T2) and 35,294 were witnessed travelling through Terminal 1 (T1) with 839 total flight movements on this day.

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