Ever since schools were reopened almost after two years' gap, a huge number of school children across India have fallen ill and are frequently suffering from cold, fever, cough and body aches. Doctors say children, mostly younger ones or those with pre-existing health conditions, are complaining...
To combat the Covid-19 pandemic, vaccination drives around the world are seen as one of the crucial initiatives. Though some initiatives were taken in this regard for FSWs, they were not enough to meet the required ends. An organization named AINSW (All India Network of Sex Workers) represe...
COVID-19 vaccine roll-out:India has released information on its vaccination program. The COVID-19 vaccine will be first administered to healthcare workers, frontline workers, and persons above the age of 50 to be followed by those younger than 50 years suffering from co-morbidities. The person...
The emergence and recurrence of pandemics every 5 years in relation to solar activities (Source: www.swpc.noaa.gov/). Note: The yellow boxes indicate the solar maximum, while the blue boxes represent the solar minimum Full size image The magnetic field of the sun protects the earth from cosm...
preliminary data for the first four months of 2020 "points to a substantial drop" in the number of children getting all three doses of the DTP vaccine that protects against them, the report said - the first time in 28 years that the world could see a fall in coverage for this...
"We should also keep in mind that some people are silent carriers of the virus, but are capable of spreading it to others, particularly when people mingle with each other at public places," he added. Compared to recurring situations over the past two years when India witnessed as many as ...
4). Diagnostic delays and treatment interruptions are likely to contribute to stage migration and higher cancer-related mortality in the next few years, with the added burden this will impose on healthcare systems. Delays in cancer treatment are known to have a detrimental effect on cancer ...
Disability Affected Life Years (DALYs) suggest that deaths of around 1.24 million could be due to air pollution in the year 2017 for India [20]. Early estimates suggest that reduced air pollution during lockdowns and restrictions in the economy could have prevented up to 0.65 million annual ...
NEW DELHI, July 5 (Xinhua) -- After over two years of transmissions in India, COVID-19 seems to be playing hide-and-seek in the South Asian country, if the trend of new cases recorded per day in recent weeks is any indication. ...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged the Indians to observe a self-imposed curfew on Sunday from 07:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. He especially urged those aged above 60 years not to move out of their homes in the coming weeks. ...